PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luzny Stolec (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silfa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Stolec
vs
Silfa

171 cm
18
202 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
211 lbs
1 - 21 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Luzny Stolec!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 21 - 0, fighting out of London, Anderson Silfa!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silfa shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Stolec as he avoids it easily.

Stolec shoots in and gets a takedown into Silfa's guard.
Stolec postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Stolec connects with a couple of short punches.
Stolec throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silfa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silfa has momentary wrist control but Stolec slips an elbow through the middle.
Stolec working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Stolec working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silfa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Stolec working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Stolec throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silfa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Stolec might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Silfa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stolec throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silfa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Stolec has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Stolec throws a big elbow that misses.
Stolec postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Stolec with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silfa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stolec with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silfa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Stolec is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Stolec postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Stolec connects with a couple of short punches.
Stolec really is a fat lump.
Stolec throws a big elbow that misses.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Stolec's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Silfa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Stolec in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silfa tries to strike from the bottom.
Stolec scoring with punches to the head and body.
Stolec throws a big right hand that misses.
Stolec throwing strikes from guard but Silfa blocks nicely.
Stolec works over Silfa with some ground and pound from guard.
Stolec postures up in Silfa's guard and throws a big left but Silfa blocks it.
Stolec lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stolec scoring with punches to the head and body.
Stolec throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Stolec throwing strikes from guard but Silfa blocks nicely.
Silfa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stolec is working Silfa over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stolec postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Stolec is looking to work some ground and pound but Silfa has wrist control.
Silfa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stolec with a nice head shot there.
Stolec working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Stolec postures up in Silfa's guard and throws a big left but Silfa blocks it.
Stolec throwing strikes but missing.
Stolec with a nice head shot there.
Silfa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stolec.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stolec postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Silfa has momentary wrist control but Stolec slips an elbow through the middle.
Stolec is breathing heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stolec accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stolec postures up in Silfa's guard and throws a big left but Silfa blocks it.
Stolec makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Stolec throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stolec accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stolec is working Silfa over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Stolec distracts Silfa with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Stolec scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Stolec is looking to work some ground and pound but Silfa has wrist control.
Silfa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stolec scoring with some ground and pound.
Stolec throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silfa controls Stolec momentarily but Stolec frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stolec works over Silfa with some ground and pound from guard.
Stolec loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Stolec throwing strikes but missing.
Stolec throws a strike but Silfa rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Stolec striking off his back but it's not causing Silfa any problems.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Stolec is on top in guard.

Stolec trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Stolec throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silfa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Stolec throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silfa working a defensive guard here.
Stolec postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luzny Stolec dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nice takedown defense from Stolec. No joy for Silfa on that attempt.
Silfa fails with a takedown attempt.
Silfa shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Stolec sprawls well. Stolec wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silfa gets slowly back to his feet.
Luzny Stolec has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Silfa.

Stolec gets a takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stolec working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Stolec is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stolec looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Stolec working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Stolec prevents Silfa from improving his position.
Stolec lands strikes from half guard.
Stolec throwing shots but Silfa is blocking nicely.
Luzny Stolec overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stolec throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stolec throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Stolec working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Stolec is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Silfa taking some punishment here, with Stolec in his half guard.
Stolec not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Stolec is nestled in close to Silfa, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Stolec lands a nice short elbow.
Silfa taking some punishment here, with Stolec in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silfa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Stolec is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Stolec scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Stolec throwing shots but Silfa is blocking nicely.
Stolec working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Stolec lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Stolec throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stolec is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Stolec is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silfa can do to turn this around?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silfa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Stolec not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silfa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Stolec.
Stolec scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Stolec thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Stolec thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silfa's head.
Silfa moves into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stolec postures up in Silfa's guard and throws a big left but Silfa blocks it.
Stolec in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Stolec throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silfa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stolec accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stolec throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silfa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silfa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stolec.
Silfa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silfa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Silfa shoots in but Stolec avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silfa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silfa has a takedown stuffed.
Silfa shoots in for a takedown but Stolec shows good takedown defense.
Silfa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Stolec pinned against the cage. Stolec gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Stolec shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Silfa napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Stolec lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Silfa down.
Silfa dodges the ground and pound from Stolec.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luzny Stolec dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Silfa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Stolec as he jumps to the side.
Silfa fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Stolec avoids it really well and circles away.
Silfa fails with a takedown attempt.
Luzny Stolec has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Silfa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Stolec throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Silfa was covering up waiting for the punch and Stolec finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Silfa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stolec with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silfa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stolec lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Stolec postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Stolec lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Stolec landing with the ground and pound.

Silfa working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Stolec doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Stolec manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Stolec keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silfa's head.
Stolec scoring with punches to the head and body.
Stolec with a flurry of punches that miss.
Stolec is pushing down on Silfa's leg trying to pass to half guard. Silfa is fighting to maintain full guard but Stolec has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stolec winds up and cracks Silfa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Stolec missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Stolec takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Stolec is nestled in close to Silfa, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Nice strikes from Stolec there.
Stolec is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Stolec is nestled in close to Silfa, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Stolec scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Stolec slips a nice elbow through Silfa's hands, connecting with Silfa's forehead.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Stolec connects with a nice short shot to Silfa's temple.
Stolec lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Silfa taking some punishment here, with Stolec in his half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ground and pound from Stolec.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stolec working the head and body with strikes.
Stolec is nestled in close to Silfa, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Stolec not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Stolec throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stolec throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silfa trying to hold on to Stolec's head to control him but Stolec postures up.
Stolec drops an elbow to the side of Silfa's head.
Stolec sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silfa defending well though.
Stolec thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silfa's head.
Stolec missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Silfa is trying to get back to full guard.
Stolec is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Silfa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Stolec. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Stolec lands a nice short elbow.
Stolec throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Stolec not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Stolec missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Stolec not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silfa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stolec.
Silfa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stolec.
Stolec throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silfa has hold of Stolec's hands but Stolec slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Stolec thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stolec thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silfa's head.
Stolec throwing shots but Silfa is blocking nicely.
Anderson Silfa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luzny Stolec is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stolec controlling the pace.

And that's the end of the fight!
Luzny Stolec showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stolec has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:26
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luzny Stolec!