PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Golden Glory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Golden Glory
vs
Silva

188 cm
22
217 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
215 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucas Golden Glory!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Golden Glory swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Silva.

It looks like Lucas Golden Glory has been cut.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Golden Glory is breathing heavily.
Golden Glory tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
No luck for Golden Glory with that takedown attempt.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Golden Glory blocks with his arms.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Golden Glory blocks it.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Golden Glory is blocking nicely.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Golden Glory fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucas Golden Glory. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Golden Glory is blocking nicely.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Golden Glory is blocking nicely.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Golden Glory in his tracks for a moment.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Golden Glory avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Golden Glory fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Golden Glory blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Golden Glory is blocking nicely.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Golden Glory blocks it.
Golden Glory tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Golden Glory blocks it with crossed arms.
Golden Glory fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
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 Golden Glory blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Golden Glory has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Golden Glory tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva misses with a low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Golden Glory paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Golden Glory shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Silva's guard.
Golden Glory wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Golden Glory drops back, looking for a kneebar! Silva looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Silva looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Silva!
Golden Glory tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Golden Glory gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Golden Glory looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderlei Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lucas Golden Glory's cut.
That's time! Golden Glory's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silva wants to clinch.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Golden Glory paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Golden Glory is blocking nicely.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Wanderlei Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Golden Glory has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Golden Glory is blocking nicely.
Golden Glory tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Golden Glory jumps guard but Silva stands there with Golden Glory around his waist. Golden Glory gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Golden Glory jumps guard but Silva stands there with Golden Glory around his waist. Golden Glory gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucas Golden Glory. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Golden Glory tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Golden Glory tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Golden Glory drops back down to his feet.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Golden Glory fails to pull guard.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Golden Glory jumps guard but Silva stands there with Golden Glory around his waist. Golden Glory gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Golden Glory fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Golden Glory jumps guard but Silva stands there with Golden Glory around his waist. Golden Glory gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Golden Glory blocks it.
Golden Glory tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Golden Glory's defenses.
Golden Glory tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Golden Glory closes this distance looking for a takedown but Silva circles away.
Golden Glory tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Wanderlei Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva drives through and clinches with Golden Glory against the cage.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Golden Glory is blocking nicely.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Golden Glory is blocking nicely.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Golden Glory blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Golden Glory blocks it with crossed arms.
Golden Glory takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Golden Glory is blocking nicely.
Golden Glory takes a knee right on the jaw!
Golden Glory jumps guard but Silva stands there with Golden Glory around his waist. Golden Glory gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Golden Glory blocks with his arms.
Silva misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Golden Glory blocks with his arms.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Golden Glory blocks it.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.

Golden Glory pulls guard successfully.

Golden Glory is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Silva rolls with it to try and escape but Golden Glory cranks on the arm and Silva is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lucas Golden Glory!