PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Lovelair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Silva Jr's choice of entrance music: Dmx Aint no sunshine. Jonathan Lovelair had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Lovelair
vs
Silva Jr

192 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
212 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonathan Lovelair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva Jr!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lovelair fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva Jr manages to avoid it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva Jr working aggressively here.
Silva Jr is trying to break the clinch but Lovelair has him pressed against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva Jr.
Silva Jr tries to break the clinch but Lovelair is controlling the position.
Lovelair lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva Jr has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Lovelair after a bit of a struggle.
Lovelair is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva Jr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lovelair scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lovelair lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva Jr won't want to take too many of those.
Silva Jr looks winded!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Lovelair uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva Jr misses with some punches.
Silva Jr tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A right hand to the body from Lovelair.
A body shot lands from Lovelair.
Nice body punch from Lovelair.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovelair scores with a nice hook to the head.

It looks like Anderson Silva Jr has been cut.
Lovelair working Silva Jr over with knees to the body.
Lovelair is leaning against Silva Jr and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lovelair lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva Jr backwards.
Silva Jr looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lovelair crunches a lovely knee into Silva Jr's ribcage.
Lovelair presses Silva Jr against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lovelair scores with a shoulder strike.
Lovelair using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lovelair scores a nice knee to the body.
Lovelair crunches a lovely knee into Silva Jr's ribcage.
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!
A left hand lands to the body for Lovelair.
Lovelair lands a knee to the head.
Lovelair putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva Jr in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lovelair lands with a right to the head.
Lovelair lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lovelair landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Lovelair.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Lovelair.
Lovelair is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Lovelair lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Silva Jr goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Lovelair in side control.

Silva Jr is rocked!
Lovelair postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Silva Jr is still in real trouble! Can Lovelair finish him?
Lovelair has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Silva Jr seems to have recovered his senses.
Lovelair sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Silva Jr is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Lovelair is staying tight to Silva Jr's torso, preventing him from escaping.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Lovelair has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Lovelair.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva Jr is looking to reverse the position.
Silva Jr managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Lovelair.
A lull in the action here.
The ground and pound from Lovelair seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Lovelair controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Lovelair misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Lovelair just content to control the position.
Silva Jr is looking to reverse the position.
Lovelair controlling the position from side mount.
Lovelair in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Lovelair controlling the position from side mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Lovelair dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Silva Jr's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lovelair will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva Jr is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Silva Jr dodges the punch combination from Lovelair.

Silva Jr closes the distance and pushes Lovelair back into the ropes.
Lovelair prevents a body shot from Silva Jr.
Lovelair has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Silva Jr tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lovelair avoids it.
Lovelair using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lovelair scores with a shoulder strike.
Lovelair is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva Jr can do to turn this around?
A right hook to the body lands for Lovelair.
Lovelair presses Silva Jr against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Lovelair scores with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice right hand lands inside from Lovelair.
Lovelair lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva Jr backwards.
Lovelair lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva Jr backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lovelair.
Lovelair unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva Jr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lovelair pushes Silva Jr back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Silva Jr is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovelair lands a nice shot to the body.
Lovelair lands a nice knee to the body.
Lovelair unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva Jr lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short left from Lovelair.
Lovelair landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lovelair landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jonathan Lovelair has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lovelair landing knees to the body.
Lovelair lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Lovelair on the inside.
Lovelair lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silva Jr.
A hook to the body from Lovelair.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Lovelair - that landed with a thud.
Lovelair gets through Silva Jr's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Lovelair lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Silva Jr goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Lovelair in side control.

That has opened up Anderson Silva Jr's cut even more.
Silva Jr being controlled for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Lovelair controlling from side mount.
Lovelair working the head and body with strikes.
Silva Jr struggling a bit here.
Lovelair throws a strike aimed at the side of Silva Jr's head but Silva Jr avoids it well.
Silva Jr avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Lovelair.
Silva Jr takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Silva Jr is avoiding damage well.
Silva Jr trying to remain calm as Lovelair controls from the top position.
Lovelair 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.
Silva Jr on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Lovelair controls the position from side control.
Lovelair works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Lovelair misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Silva Jr defending against the ground and pound.
Lovelair scores with a couple of short elbows.
Lovelair controls the position.
Lovelair sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Silva Jr is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Lovelair throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Lovelair looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Silva Jr is avoiding damage well.
Lovelair lands a decent elbow from side control.
Lovelair controls the position.
Lovelair continues to hold on tight.
Lovelair landing a few strikes.
Jonathan Lovelair overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lovelair moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Lovelair dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Silva Jr's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Silva Jr ducks straight into an uppercut from Lovelair and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Silva Jr manages to regain guard straight away.
Lovelair throws a big right hand that misses.
Lovelair preventing the sweep.
Lovelair controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Lovelair postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lovelair engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Lovelair continues to stall.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Silva Jr takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lovelair scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovelair controls from within his opponent's guard.
Lovelair throws a big elbow that misses.
Lovelair with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lovelair pushes down on Silva Jr's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Lovelair's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Lovelair throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Silva Jr is trying to stand back up but Lovelair is controlling him

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Lovelair throws a nice looking combination but Silva Jr bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Lovelair drops Silva Jr with a big left hand and mounts him. Silva Jr is in big trouble!
Lovelair working the ground and pound effectively.
Lovelair controlling the pace for now.
Lovelair throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Silva Jr because Lovelair loaded up on that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva Jr holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Lovelair tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Silva Jr really wants to buck Lovelair off and get back to his feet.
Lovelair throwing strikes here but Silva Jr is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Lovelair content just to control the position here.
Lovelair lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva Jr hang on?
Lovelair controlling his opponent.
Further stalling from Lovelair.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva Jr holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Lovelair tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Silva Jr holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Lovelair tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Silva Jr is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Lovelair has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva Jr's face.
Lovelair content just to control the position here.
Lovelair fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Anderson Silva Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jonathan Lovelair is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lovelair landing punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonathan Lovelair showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lovelair 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:24
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:24
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:24

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonathan Lovelair!