PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adonis Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's entrance music is Who Let the Dogs Out. A fine choice. Adonis Silva has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Silva
vs
James

205 cm
32
271 lbs
18 - 16 - 1

185 cm
26
212 lbs
11 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 18 - 16 - 1, fighting out of New York, Adonis Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex James!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James with a lazy takedown attempt
and Silva counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps James thinking.
James tries to score a power double leg takedown but Silva sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten James somewhat.
James tries to score a power double leg takedown but Silva sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten James somewhat.
Adonis Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex James.

Silva decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
James is trying to stand back up but Silva is controlling him
James is refusing to be controlled, as Silva sits in half guard.

James pushes Silva off and gets back to his feet.
James gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Silva counters with a shoot takedown. James fights it but they end up in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva prevents James from getting back to his feet.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but James is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
James is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of James's head.
Silva will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
James wants to stand and escape but Silva is having none of it.
Silva throws a big elbow that misses.
Silva postures up in James's guard and throws a big left but James blocks it.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva postures up and lands a big shot to James's brow.
Silva controlling from the top position.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but James has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silva wants to control from the top but James keeps moving.
James wants to get back to his feet but Silva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
James has control of Silva's left arm, preventing Silva from doing any damage.
Silva postures up in James's guard and throws a big left but James blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva won't allow James to get back to his feet.
Silva has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
James avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but James blocks nicely.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

James has his feet on Silva's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on James. That did some damage!
Silva feints and then cracks James's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow James down.
Silva tries to score a power double leg takedown but James sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Silva somewhat.

James throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Silva was covering up waiting for the punch and James finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Silva is trying to control the position but James postures up.
James working some strikes from top position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as James accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
James postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as James accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
James with a nice head shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva trying to control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
James has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
James is fighting to break Silva's control of his arms but Silva is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Silva wants to sweep here but James controlling him for the moment.
James trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
James postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
James scoring with punches to the head and body.
James working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silva's head.
James trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
James throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Adonis Silva will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Silva ducks under a wild hook from James.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
James misses with a jab, cross combination.
Horrible takedown by James or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva which made him look bad.
No luck for James with that takedown attempt.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses James's sensitive parts.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but James sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silva throws a hook but James avoids it easily.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.

Silva tries to sprawl but James drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Alex James has got the better of the ground game so far.
James is nestled in close to Silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva wants to control but James is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva works his way to full guard. Good work.
James won't allow Silva to sweep him here.
James loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
James is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
James trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
James postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silva is pulling down on James's head. It's preventing any offense from James, at least for the moment.
James looking to pass the guard.
Silva lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for James!
James wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva with good strikes from the mount here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
James wants to get back to his feet.
Silva landing strikes from the mount.
Silva pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
James is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
James working to try and regain half guard.
Silva lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Silva lands a big elbow.
Silva connects with a bit shot that sees James covering up! More strikes from Silva and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Silva is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adonis Silva!
Adonis Silva made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I am having a good time here in Vegas! Wooo! '.