PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Ben Faur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into the arena with No New Friends blaring out of the sound system. Ben Faur is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: remember the name. Jean Ben Faur has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silva
vs
Ben Faur

190 cm
26
206 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

186 cm
20
205 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jean Ben Faur!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to clinch

and Ben Faur counters by moving into the clinch.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Ben Faur is blocking nicely.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ben Faur has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ben Faur's face.

It looks like Jean Ben Faur has been cut.

Ben Faur decides to pull guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ben Faur is pulling down on Silva 's head to control his posture.
Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ben Faur is proving hard to escape from.
Ben Faur bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva 's guard.

Ben Faur gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva looks to clinch
and Ben Faur connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ben Faur circles away from the clinch attempt

and Ben Faur counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ben Faur is struggling to control the position.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Ben Faur blocks with his arms.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ben Faur blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Ben Faur blocks with his arms.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ben Faur blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva misses with a knee strike.

Ben Faur breaks the clinch.

Silva tries to keep at a distance but Ben Faur has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ben Faur has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ben Faur lands a nice uppercut.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ben Faur has hold of one of Silva 's legs. Silva is fighting the takedown attempt but Ben Faur gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Silva is working an open guard so Ben Faur takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Silva wants to clinch but Ben Faur slips to the side

and Ben Faur moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ben Faur has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Ben Faur has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Silva regains guard immediately.
Ben Faur lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ben Faur controlling from the top position.

Ben Faur gets to his feet - Silva follows without any prompting.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Ben Faur looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Silva !
Ben Faur controls the position.

Ben Faur has hold of Silva 's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Silva seems comfortable defending it but Ben Faur has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Silva is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Silva is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Ben Faur couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jean Ben Faur!
Jean Ben Faur really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Dragon logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.