PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Juan Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Dixon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Dixon

180 cm
25
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
188 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Very confident

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Juan Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Anthony Dixon!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dixon looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Dixon trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dixon.
Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Silva tries to get out of the position.
Dixon controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Dixon postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dixon in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dixon stands up over Silva, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dixon throws an elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dixon's guard. Nice move by Silva!

Silva wants to stand but Dixon is controlling his posture from full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dixon working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Silva doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Silva manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dixon pulls Silva in close to his closed guard and prevents Silva from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to stand but Dixon has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Dixon wants to sweep but no luck.
Dixon is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dixon 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.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Dixon holds on and takes a little breather.
Dixon manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Silva manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two 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.
Dixon controlling from the top position.
Dixon makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dixon is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dixon stays in close to Silva's body and controls the position.
Dixon throws an elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dixon's guard. Nice move by Silva!

Dixon wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment.

Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva being controlled here momentarily.
Dixon lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Dixon thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Dixon from controlling successfully.
Dixon sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Dixon postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dixon won't allow Silva to get back to his feet.
Dixon postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dixon advances position into side control!

Dixon working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Dixon taking a breather here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dixon prevents Silva from escaping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Dixon looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Silva!
Dixon has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dixon landing strikes.
Dixon scores with a couple of short elbows.
Dixon lands an elbow.
Dixon in side control lands a decent elbow.
Dixon scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Silva to see if he's OK.
Dixon working the ground and pound from side control.
Dixon works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Dixon lands a decent elbow from side control.
Dixon is putting a hurting on Silva here, landing some big shots from side control.
Dixon controlling the position.
Anthony Dixon has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dixon has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Silva!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dixon lands a nice shot to the head.
Dixon lands a big elbow.
Dixon fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dixon lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dixon looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

It looks like Juan Silva has been cut.
Dixon with shots to the head and body - Silva looks very uncomfortable down there.

Silva is rocked!
Dixon looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Silva covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Dixon!