PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Pablos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Pablos
vs
Silva

175 cm
28
186 lbs
8 - 23 - 0

188 cm
37
195 lbs
21 - 19 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 8 - 23 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pablo Pablos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 19 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Pablos shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Silva sprawls well. Silva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pablos gets slowly back to his feet.
Pablos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Silva unleashes a big counter combination but Pablos bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pablo Pablos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva slaps away a takedown attempt from Pablos, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Pablos.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pablos is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Silva is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Silva is not content to let Pablos control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Pablos has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Pablos is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Silva knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Pablos happy to just control the position for now.
Silva is trying to get back to his feet.
Pablos moves into full mount!
Silva trying desperately to get to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pablos looking to control and managing it successfully.

Pablos working for a submission but Silva is keeping him at bay.
Silva is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Pablos tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Pablos sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Pablos's attempts to control the action.
Silva's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Pablos wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Silva is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pablos wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Silva is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Silva can do anything to dispel that myth.
Pablos looking to control and managing it successfully.

Pablos is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Pablos extends the arm and Silva is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Pablo Pablos!
After winning the bout, Pablo Pablos thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.