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). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Stolec
vs
Silfa

171 cm
18
202 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
211 lbs
1 - 22 - 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 2 - 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 - 22 - 0, fighting out of London, Anderson Silfa!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stolec decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silfa has hold of Stolec's hands but Stolec slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Stolec seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Stolec scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stolec looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silfa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Stolec really is a fat lump.
Stolec slips a nice elbow through Silfa's hands, connecting with Silfa's forehead.
Stolec not landing any meaningful shots this time.
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 throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stolec missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Stolec landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
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.
Nice strikes from Stolec there.
Silfa is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Stolec scores with a couple of nice shots.
Silfa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Stolec scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Stolec throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stolec missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Stolec working over Silfa with some ground and pound. Silfa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Silfa on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Stolec working over Silfa with some ground and pound. Silfa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Silfa looks winded!
Stolec working Silfa over with strikes.
Stolec thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silfa's head.
Silfa is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Stolec scores with a couple of nice shots.
Silfa has hold of Stolec's hands but Stolec slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Stolec winds up and cracks Silfa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Stolec thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silfa's head.
Stolec looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Stolec lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Stolec throwing shots but Silfa is blocking nicely.
Stolec lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stolec throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stolec looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Stolec scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Stolec drops an elbow to the side of Silfa's head.
Stolec lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Stolec missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stolec working over Silfa with some ground and pound. Silfa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Stolec not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Stolec lands strikes from half guard.
Stolec landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Stolec looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silfa with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
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 throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silfa trying to control from the bottom.
Stolec landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Stolec missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Stolec looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Stolec lands strikes from half guard.
Stolec is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Silfa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stolec.
Stolec scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Stolec winds up and cracks Silfa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Stolec winds up and cracks Silfa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Stolec working over Silfa with some ground and pound. Silfa looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Stolec thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silfa's head.
Stolec scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Stolec sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silfa defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silfa trying to control from the bottom.
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 throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Stolec missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Stolec working Silfa over with strikes.
Silfa tries to get to full guard but Stolec has control of the leg.
Stolec winds up and cracks Silfa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
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 thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Stolec sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silfa defending well though.
Stolec not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Stolec throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luzny Stolec dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Stolec leaves Silfa with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Stolec shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Silfa's guard.
Stolec throws a big right hand that misses.
Stolec throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Stolec missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Stolec throwing strikes from guard but Silfa blocks nicely.
Stolec working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silfa's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stolec postures up and lands a big shot to Silfa's brow.
Stolec content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Stolec makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Stolec missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stolec postures up and lands a big shot to Silfa's brow.
Stolec distracts Silfa with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Stolec might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Stolec scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Stolec distracts Silfa with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Stolec throws a big elbow that misses.
Stolec working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Stolec content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Silfa has momentary wrist control but Stolec slips an elbow through the middle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stolec accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stolec lands a couple of elbows.
Luzny Stolec overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Stolec lands a couple of digs.
Stolec makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Stolec throws a big right hand that misses.
Stolec is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silfa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
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.
Stolec connects with a couple of short punches.
Stolec scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Stolec working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Silfa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Stolec lands a couple of elbows.

Silfa is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Stolec keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silfa's head.
Stolec pushing down on Silfa's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Stolec seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Stolec throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stolec not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
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 scoring with strikes to the body and head.
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 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 scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Stolec seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Stolec is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Silfa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Stolec.
Stolec sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silfa defending well though.
Stolec working the head and body with strikes.
Stolec throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stolec working the head and body with strikes.
Stolec lands strikes from half guard.
Silfa on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silfa is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Stolec moves into full mount! Silfa won't be happy about that!
Stolec working Silfa over with strikes here.
Silfa is in a horrible position here. Stolec smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Stolec landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silfa taking shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stolec looking to finish with strikes here!
Stolec with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luzny Stolec dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Stolec scores with a takedown into Silfa's guard.
Stolec landing with the ground and pound.
Stolec trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Stolec postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Stolec working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Silfa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silfa has momentary wrist control but Stolec slips an elbow through the middle.
Stolec with a nice head shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stolec postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Stolec content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Silfa had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Stolec defends it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Stolec scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stolec working some strikes from top position.
Stolec working some strikes from top position.
Stolec scoring with punches to the head and body.
Silfa has momentary wrist control but Stolec slips an elbow through the middle.
Stolec scoring with punches to the head and body.
Stolec postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Stolec working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Stolec landing some decent shots from guard.
Silfa has momentary wrist control but Stolec slips an elbow through the middle.
Stolec stopping the sweep attempt from Silfa.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Stolec's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Stolec postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stolec landing with the ground and pound.
Stolec working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Stolec postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Stolec scoring with punches to the head and body.
Stolec with a flurry of punches that miss.
Stolec scoring with some ground and pound.
Stolec keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silfa's head.
Stolec scoring with some ground and pound.
Stolec scoring with some ground and pound.
Silfa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stolec throwing strikes but missing.
Stolec throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silfa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stolec is looking to work some ground and pound but Silfa has wrist control.
Stolec is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silfa can do to turn this around?
Stolec lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Stolec is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Silfa escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Stolec gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Stolec landing some decent shots from guard.
Silfa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stolec.
Stolec throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Stolec loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stolec accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Nice sprawl there from Stolec as Silfa shoots in.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silfa looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Stolec is fending him off so far but Silfa persists. Nope, Stolec circles away and we're back to standing.
Stolec tries to counter with a takedown but Silfa is quick to defend against it.
Silfa is trying hard to land a takedown here. Stolec sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Luzny Stolec has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Silfa.

Stolec manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Silfa on his heels. He'll look to pass Silfa's guard now, I'm sure.
Stolec makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Stolec works over Silfa with some ground and pound from guard.
Stolec lands a couple of elbows.
Stolec postures up in Silfa's guard and throws a big left but Silfa blocks it.
Silfa working a defensive guard here.
Stolec postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stolec throws a big elbow that misses.
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.

Silfa had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Stolec defends it easily.
Stolec looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

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 William Gold scores the fight 30:24
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:25
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:24

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