PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy McFadden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson Silva has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Silva
vs
McFadden

188 cm
29
184 lbs
3 - 6 - 1

204 cm
21
196 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andy McFadden!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

McFadden clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the ropes.
Silva has McFadden pressed against the ropes, preventing McFadden from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McFadden's efforts to push away.
McFadden is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
McFadden tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
McFadden is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
McFadden tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but McFadden avoids the damage to the body.
McFadden on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McFadden is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
McFadden blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McFadden tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McFadden is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Silva is defending well.
Anderson Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andy McFadden.
McFadden with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McFadden.
McFadden is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
McFadden avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
McFadden looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but McFadden avoids the damage to the body.
McFadden fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
McFadden has Silva pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McFadden.
McFadden changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Excellent takedown into side control there by McFadden.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
McFadden throws a strike aimed at the side of Silva's head but Silva avoids it well.
McFadden working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
McFadden throwing shots but missing, from side control.
McFadden throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Silva managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by McFadden.
McFadden has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McFadden with the ground and pound but Silva regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
McFadden missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
McFadden not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from McFadden.
McFadden thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
McFadden throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
McFadden lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
McFadden passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Silva!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFadden unloads with some shots from mount but Silva bucks and avoids them well.
McFadden lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McFadden throws some wild stikes that Silva manages to avoid easily.
McFadden throws some wild stikes that Silva manages to avoid easily.
McFadden thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McFadden scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy McFadden dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

McFadden drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
McFadden throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

McFadden goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Silva rolls with the submission and now he's on top in McFadden's guard! Nice work there by Silva!
Andy McFadden has got the better of the ground game so far.

McFadden is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Silva has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
McFadden is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

McFadden throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

McFadden has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Silva is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for McFadden.
McFadden is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McFadden gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
McFadden moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
McFadden lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Silva!
McFadden scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McFadden dominating with strikes here.
McFadden lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
McFadden has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McFadden misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
McFadden landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!

Silva is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poor strikes thrown by McFadden there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Oh Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
McFadden throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
McFadden lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
McFadden lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McFadden thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
McFadden looking to ground and pound but Silva is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McFadden putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
McFadden loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Silva scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from McFadden land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. McFadden stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andy McFadden!
Andy McFadden decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.