PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edson Clas Viera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silfa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silfa has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! 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.

Clas Viera
vs
Silfa

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
19
211 lbs
1 - 19 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 London, Edson Clas Viera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Anderson Silfa!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clas Viera cracks Silfa with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silfa looks winded!
A left and a right from Clas Viera both land. Nice combination.
Clas Viera jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Clas Viera throws a series of punches but Silfa moves out of range.
And Silfa tries to counter it with a takedown but Clas Viera pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Clas Viera feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silfas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Clas Viera lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Jab by Clas Viera.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silfa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Clas Viera.
Clas Viera scores with a sloppy right hand. Silfa should have avoided that one.
Clas Viera misses with a few strikes there.
Clas Viera misses with a wild combination.
Clas Viera throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Clas Viera throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Clas Viera scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silfa in his tracks.
Clas Viera jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Clas Viera stalks Silfa and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silfa's face. Silfa staggers backwards, shaken.
Clas Viera throws a one two combo.
Clas Viera lands with a good body shot.
Clas Viera paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sloppy strikes from Clas Viera. Those never looked like landing.
Silfa goes for a double leg but Clas Viera avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Clas Viera continues to drive forward.
Clas Viera is looking for a counter combo.
Edson Clas Viera is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No joy there for Clas Viera, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silfa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Clas Viera as he jumps to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clas Viera scores with a nice right hand.
Silfa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Clas Viera throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silfa counters with a two punch combo.
The fighters circling - Silfa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Clas Viera misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silfa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Clas Viera but Clas Viera pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A little feinted left hand from Clas Viera on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Edson Clas Viera has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Silfa.
Clas Viera lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silfa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clas Viera appears to be looking for a big counter.
Clas Viera rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silfa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silfa ducks under a wild hook from Clas Viera.
Clas Viera will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Clas Viera throws a right and a left that Silfa avoids nicely.
Clas Viera throws a series of punches but Silfa avoids them all with ease.
A punch combination from Clas Viera misses.
Silfa tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Clas Viera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silfa.
Silfa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Clas Viera paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Clas Viera displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silfa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silfa fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Clas Viera misses with a two punch combination.
Silfa shoots in and drives through. Clas Viera sprawls well.
Silfa tests Clas Viera's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Clas Viera throws a series of punches but Silfa moves out of range.
Clas Viera lunges at Silfa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Silfa's hand.
Clas Viera is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Silfa fails to land the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edson Clas Viera dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Silfa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Clas Viera looks to land a combination. Silfa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Silfa goes for a double leg but Clas Viera avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Clas Viera continues to drive forward.
Silfa slips a jab and a cross from Clas Viera.
Clas Viera swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Clas Viera will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Good shot there by Clas Viera.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good exchange - Clas Viera coming out on top.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Clas Viera throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silfa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Clas Viera fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silfa manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silfa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Clas Viera cracks Silfa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Clas Viera misses with a few strikes there.
Silfa shoots for a double leg takedown but Clas Viera sprawls well. He's pushed Silfa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silfa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Clas Viera as he jumps to the side.
Clas Viera is looking for a counter combo.
Edson Clas Viera has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Silfa.
Clas Viera scores with a hook to the body. Silfa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Clas Viera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silfa tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Silfa doesn't manage to clinch there - Clas Viera circles away.
Clas Viera was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clas Viera throws a jab when Silfa was well out of range.
Silfa slips a jab and a cross from Clas Viera.
Silfa is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Silfa shoots in looking for a takedown but Clas Viera manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Silfa's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Silfa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Clas Viera to score with a decent uppercut.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Silfa might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Clas Viera has got the better of the exchanges.
Clas Viera misses with a combination
and Silfa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Clas Viera rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silfa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silfa tries to move into range but Clas Viera moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
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!
Silfa throws a hook but Clas Viera avoids it easily.
Clas Viera throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silfa is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A left and a right from Clas Viera both land. Nice combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clas Viera throws a one two combo.
Silfa takes a jab right on the kisser.
A telegraphed right hand from Clas Viera misses the target.
Silfa connects with a jab.
Clas Viera sizes up Silfa with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Silfa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Clas Viera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silfa.
Clas Viera fails to land with a series of punches.
Clas Viera defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Silfa.
Silfa slips a jab from Clas Viera.
Silfa steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Clas Viera.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silfa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Clas Viera slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Clas Viera clobbers Silfa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
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!
Silfa walks into a left hand.
Clas Viera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silfa tries to counter with a clinch but Clas Viera shakes him off and moves away.
Clas Viera missing with a left hand there. Silfa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silfa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Clas Viera manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Clas Viera wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Clas Viera waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silfa.
Clas Viera swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edson Clas Viera dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Clas Viera goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Silfa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Clas Viera sprawls well. Clas Viera wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silfa gets slowly back to his feet.
Clas Viera lands with a cross.
Silfa is trying desperately to land a takedown but Clas Viera is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Silfa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clas Viera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Clas Viera rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silfa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Clas Viera throws a series of punches but Silfa avoids them all with ease.
Clas Viera stalks Silfa and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silfa's face. Silfa staggers backwards, shaken.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silfa slips a jab and a cross from Clas Viera.
Silfa shoots in and drives through. Clas Viera sprawls well.
Clas Viera throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silfa staying out of range there.
Clas Viera throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Clas Viera throws a one two combo.
Silfa swings for the body but Clas Viera moves out of range.
A left lands for Clas Viera.
Silfa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Silfa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Clas Viera sprawls well. Clas Viera wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silfa gets slowly back to his feet.
Edson Clas Viera has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Silfa.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silfa closes this distance looking for a takedown but Clas Viera circles away.
Clas Viera throws a left and a right that both miss

and Silfa moves into the clinch.

Clas Viera pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silfa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Clas Viera counters with a stiff right hand.
No joy there for Clas Viera, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silfa ducks under a wild hook from Clas Viera.
Clas Viera throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Horrible takedown attempt by Silfa or perhaps it was just good defense by Clas Viera, which made it look bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Clas Viera lands an impressive looking overhand right. Silfa doesn't seem phased though.
Clas Viera fails to land with a series of punches.
Clas Viera throws a right and a left that Silfa avoids nicely.
Silfa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Clas Viera.
Clas Viera throws a lazy right hand but Silfa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silfa works over Clas Viera's head and body with a nice combination.
Clas Viera rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silfa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Clas Viera throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silfa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Edson Clas Viera is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Clas Viera.
Clas Viera throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silfa wants to counter with a clinch but Clas Viera pushes him away.
Jab by Clas Viera.
Silfa wants to clinch.
Clas Viera lands the left hand.
Clas Viera is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silfa can do to turn this around?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silfa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clas Viera.
Anderson Silfa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Edson Clas Viera is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Clas Viera throws a series of punches but Silfa avoids them all with ease.

And that's the end of the fight!
Edson Clas Viera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Clas Viera, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:25
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edson Clas Viera!