PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Axel Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adonis Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drago's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Megadeth - Crush 'Em. Silva has chosen Who Let the Dogs Out as his entrance music. Axel Drago could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Adonis Silva's chin.

Drago
vs
Silva

199 cm
27
270 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

205 cm
29
271 lbs
15 - 14 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Axel Drago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Adonis Silva!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Russell Pearce and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Silva is defended easily by Drago.

Drago clinches.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Drago misses.

Silva closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Drago quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Silva wants to take a breather but Drago is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drago trying to control here.
Silva controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Silva is working away from the top position though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Drago has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Drago there as he acknowledges the shot.
Silva takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

It looks like Adonis Silva has been cut.

Silva shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Drago napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Drago tries to buck Silva off but Silva is having none of it.
Silva is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva with the ground and pound but Drago regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Still in half guard, Silva seems content to control.

Silva seems to be working for a kimura but Drago defends the submission attempt.
Silva seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Drago's head.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silva is looking to stall here but Drago recovers full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Drago is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Drago blocks nicely.
Silva stays in close to Drago's body and controls the position.
Drago preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva's corner is telling him to maintain position.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Adonis Silva wasn't active enough on the ground.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Drago's head but Drago sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Silva shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Silva was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Drago working to try and regain half guard.
Silva sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Drago avoids a series of strikes thrown by Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adonis Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adonis Silva's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Drago misses with a two punch combination.

Silva scores with a takedown into Drago's guard.
Adonis Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Drago wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Silva not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Let's hope that Silva has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Adonis Silva.
Drago misses with a straight left.
Silva takes a jab right on the kisser.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva walks into a straight right hand from Drago.
Drago lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice sprawl there from Drago as Silva shoots in.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva misses with a looping right.
Drago tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva closes the distance and clinches up with Drago, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes Drago against the cage but Drago circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Axel Drago has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adonis Silva.
Nice cross by Drago.
Drago lands a right hook to the body.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Drago.
Axel Drago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drago throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Drago throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Drago scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silva doesn't seem bothered though.
Drago misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Drago tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
A swing and a miss from Drago.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Drago throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Drago pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.

Drago gets caught flat footed, as Silva shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Drago is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Drago not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva controls from within his opponent's guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Adonis Silva.
Drago misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Drago defends it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks a jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Drago.
Drago tries to clinch but Silva moves away
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Silva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Silva lands a few punches from side control.
Silva lands a decent elbow from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Drago keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Axel Drago will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Adonis Silva's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Drago throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva blocks a jab.
Drago fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Drago avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice uppercut lands for Drago. That snapped Silva's head back.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva scores with a nice strike.
Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Drago connects with a right hand. Silva shakes it off.

That has opened up Adonis Silva's cut even more.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drago fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drago misses with a looping right.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Drago sprawls well. Drago wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.

Silva looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Silva is controlling the pace.

Silva is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Drago is just riding it out for now. Silva eventually gives up the hold.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drago works his way to full guard. Good work.
Silva slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Drago looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Drago is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Drago.
Drago keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Adonis Silva wasn't active enough on the ground.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
Axel Drago has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adonis Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drago fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Drago.
Drago steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Drago throws out a powerful jab.
Drago catches Silva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Drago loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.

Silva closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Silva lands in his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drago tries to land a sweep but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Axel Drago showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Drago has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Axel Drago!
Axel Drago bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.