PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Escargesa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Escargesa
vs
Silva

189 cm
26
197 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

188 cm
37
198 lbs
20 - 15 - 2

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Savage

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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Vincent Escargesa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Albert Achterberg and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escargesa displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Anderson Silva has been cut.
Escargesa is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A big left from Silva misses.
Escargesa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Escargesa avoids the body shot from Silva.
Escargesa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escargesa tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.

Escargesa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Escargesa tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Escargesa back against the ropes.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big right from Escargesa misses.
Escargesa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silva connects with the punch.
The crowd cheers as Escargesa lands an impressive looking overhand right. Silva doesn't seem phased though.
Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Escargesa missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escargesa tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Escargesa tries to clinch up
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Escargesa.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Silva.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Escargesa tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.
Escargesa throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Escargesa.
Escargesa moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Escargesa blocks a jab.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Escargesa misses the target.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Escargesa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Escargesa throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Escargesa looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escargesa misses with a series of wild punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Escargesa counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Escargesa.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Escargesa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Escargesa slips a jab from Silva.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Escargesa.
Escargesa misses with an uppercut.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Escargesa.
A punch lands to the side of Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escargesa scores with a shot to the body.
A combination from Escargesa does no damage.
Escargesa scores with a nice strike.

That has opened up Anderson Silva's cut even more.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva throws a right and a left that Escargesa avoids nicely.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Escargesa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Escargesa connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Silva takes one to the side of the head.

Silva is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Escargesa dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Escargesa finish him?

Escargesa throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Silva tumbling to the canvas!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Silva wants to stand and escape but Escargesa is having none of it.
Escargesa with a nice head shot there.
Escargesa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Escargesa scoring with punches to the head and body.
Silva wants to stand but Escargesa is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escargesa wants to get up but he can't break Silva's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Escargesa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Escargesa is working Silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Escargesa from controlling successfully.
Silva is looking to stand up but Escargesa isn't so interested in that idea.
Escargesa is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Escargesa lands a couple of digs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Escargesa is controlling him.
Escargesa looking to pass the guard.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Escargesa lands a lovely overhand right.
No joy there for Escargesa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Escargesa circles away quickly and effectively.
Escargesa fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva on the side of the head.
Escargesa misses with a wild combination.
Escargesa needs to keep his hands up - Silva had a free shot at his head there.
Escargesa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva avoids the body shot from Escargesa.
A jab from Escargesa finds it's way through Silva's defenses.

The cut above Anderson Silva's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Escargesa counters with a beautiful punch that sends Silva to the canvas!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Escargesa trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Escargesa connects with a couple of short punches.
Escargesa loads up on a big left hand. Silva felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Escargesa looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Silva can't hide his disappointment, as Escargesa celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vincent Escargesa!
An out of breath Vincent Escargesa thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.