PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griffin comes to the cage accompanied by Killing In The Name. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Griffin
vs
Silva

190 cm
32
213 lbs
22 - 14 - 1

180 cm
25
215 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

A.C: Awesome Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Forrest Griffin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Griffin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Griffin defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Griffin throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Silva.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva lunges at Griffin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Griffin's hand.
Griffin jabs Silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Griffin works Silva's body with a nice hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Griffin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses.
Griffin keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Silva sizes up Griffin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Griffin connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Griffin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Griffin counters with a stiff right hand.
Griffin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Griffin. Those never looked like landing.
Griffin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Griffin throws a big shot that misses.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Griffin's shoulder, as Griffin tries to avoid the shot.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Griffin scores with a nice right hand.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Griffin throws a body kick that misses
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Griffin throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva misses with a low kick as Griffin jumps back.
Forrest Griffin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Griffin misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Griffin.
A jab lands there for Silva.
Silva avoids the head kick by Griffin.
Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Griffin looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Griffin misses with a leg kick
and Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Griffin slips under a jab.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Griffin's front leg but catches the back leg as Griffin tries to avoid it.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Griffin manages to avoid it.
Griffin misses the jab.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Griffin should have avoided that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Griffin misses the target.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Griffin should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin misses with a double jab.
Griffin looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Griffin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Griffin takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Griffin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Griffin misses with a two punch combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silva.
A good leg kick by Griffin.

Silva has closed the distance and engaged Griffin in a clinch.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Griffin avoids the damage to the body.
Silva lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Forrest Griffin has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Griffin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Griffin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Forrest Griffin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva tries to bum rush Griffin with a series of wild strikes but Griffin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Griffin looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Griffin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Griffin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Griffin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Griffin had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Come on Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Griffin blocks with his arms.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Griffin is defending well for now.
Griffin managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Griffin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Griffin digs a right hand into Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silva's gas tank.
Griffin scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Silva leaning against his opponent.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A shot in the inside from Griffin.
Griffin trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Griffin into the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Griffin blocks with his arms.
Griffin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Griffin presses Silva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Griffin can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Griffin in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Griffin working aggressively here.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Griffin blocks it.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Griffin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks a body shot from Griffin.
Griffin wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Griffin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A nice left hand lands by Griffin.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva lands a knee to the head.

Griffin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Griffin lands a jab to the head.
Griffin takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to slow Griffin down with leg kicks.
Griffin keeps the fight on the outside.
Griffin throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Griffin misses with a double jab
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Griffin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Griffin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Griffin tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Griffin misses the shot to the body.
Silva moves into range and connects with a jab.
Griffin keeps the fight on the outside.
Griffin tries to land a leg kick but Silva saw it coming and moves away.
Griffin throws a big shot that misses.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws the left hand but Griffin avoids the punch easily.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Silva tries to clinch but Griffin is having none of it.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Griffin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Griffin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Griffin scores with a three punch combo!
A big right from Griffin misses.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown but Griffin manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Silva's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Silva misses with a looping left.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Griffin swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Sloppy strikes from Griffin. Those never looked like landing.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva scores with a nice head shot.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Griffin.
Griffin throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Good shot there by Griffin.
Griffin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Griffin is breathing heavily.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Griffin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Silva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Griffin's front leg but catches the back leg as Griffin tries to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva scores with a jab to the head.
Griffin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Griffin tries to move into range but Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Wanderlei Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Forrest Griffin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Silva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Silva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Griffin is looking to score with low kicks.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Griffin.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Griffin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Griffin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Griffin takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Griffin looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Griffin tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Silva is able to avoid easily.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva is looking to score with low kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
A telegraphed right hand from Griffin misses the target.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Griffin looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Griffin throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Griffin throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Griffin tries to move into range but Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Griffin tries to move into range but Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Forrest Griffin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Griffin checks a leg kick.
Silva works the jab nicely.
Griffin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Griffin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Griffin misses the target.
Griffin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Griffin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Griffin. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Griffin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
Griffin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Griffin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Griffin.
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Griffin's head back.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Griffin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Silva - the referee stops the clock and Griffin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Silva. Griffin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Silva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Griffin moves out of range of the strikes.
Griffin scores with a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Griffin takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wanderlei Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva cracks a nice hook into Griffin's ribs.
Griffin looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Griffin throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Griffin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Griffin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice uppercut there from Silva.
Silva tries to clinch up but Griffin circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd cheers as Silva lands an impressive looking overhand right. Griffin doesn't seem phased though.
Silva moves out of range as Griffin strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab by Silva.
Silva misses with a hook. Griffin ducked under it nicely.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses.
Griffin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Griffin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Griffin checks a leg kick.

Silva clinches up with Griffin and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Griffin avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Griffin.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Griffin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Griffin lands a shot to the body.
Griffin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Griffin is defending well for now.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short left from Griffin.
Griffin is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Griffin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Griffin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Griffin lands with a light punch inside.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Griffin manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griffin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Griffin.
Griffin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab by Griffin.
Silva throws a right hand that Griffin ducks under and follows up with a left that Griffin also avoids with ease.
Sloppy strikes from Griffin. Those never looked like landing.
Griffin lands with a cross.
Griffin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Griffin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Griffin throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Griffin misses with a two punch combination.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Griffin misses with a left hand
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Griffin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Griffin with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Griffin throws an off balance right hand
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva throws a jab when Griffin was well out of range.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Griffin looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Griffin misses with a straight left.
Silva takes one to the side of the head.
Griffin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Griffin moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva tries to clinch there but Griffin circles away.
Griffin moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Griffin circles away.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Griffin moved out of range.
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Silva shoots in but Griffin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Griffin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Griffin.
Griffin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Griffin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Griffin looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Griffin circles away.
Griffin scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silva is looking to slow Griffin down with leg kicks.
A low kick from Griffin misses
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Griffin's waist but Griffin gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Griffin misses with a series of wild punches.
Griffin throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Griffin throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Silva.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Griffin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Jab from Griffin.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva slips under a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin misses with the combination.
Griffin misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Wanderlei Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Forrest Griffin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Some wild striking there from Griffin.
Silva needs to keep his hands up - Griffin had a free shot at his head there.
Griffin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Griffin throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Griffin.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Griffin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Griffin staying out of range there.
Griffin with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Griffin with a jab.
Silva misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Griffin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the cage.
Silva misses with a leg kick.
Silva feints and then cracks Griffin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Griffin down.
Griffin attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Griffin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Griffin misses with an uppercut.
Griffin takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Griffin lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva slips under a jab.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Griffin swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Some wild striking there from Griffin.
That kick from Silva tenderised Griffin's leg. Griffin is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Griffin slips a straight right by Silva.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Griffin missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Griffin moves his leg out of the way.
Griffin drops his hands momentarily and Silva takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Griffin misses with a wild combination.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva lands with a slapping head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Griffin. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Griffin misses with a wild body shot.
Griffin takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Griffin. Those never looked like landing.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Griffin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Griffin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Griffin misses the body punch
and Silva counters with a thumping low kick.
Griffin moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva lands with a shot to the body.
Griffin slips under a jab from Silva.
Griffin just misses with a punch to the body.
Griffin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Griffin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Griffin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Griffin misses with an uppercut.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva tests Griffin's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Griffin throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Griffin throws out the jab.
Griffin swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva misses with an uppercut. Griffin saw that one coming.
Griffin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Griffin throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Griffin pushes him off.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
Griffin scores with a nice head shot.
Silva misses with a head kick.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice cross by Silva.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Griffin.
Griffin misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Griffin throws a sloppy head kick
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Griffin.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Griffin.
Griffin thows a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Griffin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Griffin on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Griffin circles away.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva is looking to slow Griffin down with leg kicks.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Griffin swinging wildly here.
Griffin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Griffin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Griffin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva dips to his left and cracks Griffin with an uppercut!
Griffin misses with a combination
and Silva counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Griffin walks into a left hand.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses.
Griffin throws a good cross that connects.
Silva connects with the punch.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Griffin misses the target.
Silva moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Silva. Griffin shrugs it off though.
Griffin throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Griffin crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Silva - the referee stops the clock and Griffin gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Silva. Griffin manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Griffin throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Griffin throws a sloppy body shot
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Griffin avoids the head kick by Silva.
Griffin throws a leg kick that is checked
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griffin throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with an inside leg kick.
Silva thuds his right hand into Griffin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Silva works the jab nicely.
Griffin throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Silva clobbers Griffin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Griffin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Griffin throws an off balance right hand
and Silva counters with a low kick, right behind Griffin 's knee.

Silva shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Griffin is trying to defend but Silva finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Griffin tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Griffin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Silva thows a huge punch but Griffin dodges it nicely.
Griffin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Silva working the head and body with strikes.
Silva is nestled in close to Griffin, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Griffin is rocked!
Silva looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Oh Griffin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva is pressing down on Griffin's thigh, looking to free his foot. Griffin is holding on for now.
Silva is looking to stall here but Griffin recovers full guard.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Griffin is retaining full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wanderlei Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Wanderlei Silva!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Wanderlei Silva!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Wanderlei Silva!

Wanderlei Silva wins by unanimous decision!
Wanderlei Silva is the new light heavyweight champion!
Wanderlei Silva spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.