PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sena Willians (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adriano Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sena Willians has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Willians
vs
Silva

190 cm
18
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
206 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

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 Rio de Janeiro, Sena Willians!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adriano Silva!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Emerson Jorge and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Adriano Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Willians swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Willians lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Silva should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Silva throws a combination that misses
letting Willians counter with a right hand.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva tries to clinch but Willians is having none of it.
Willians scores with a push kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Willians pushes him off.
Willians closes this distance looking for a takedown but Silva circles away.
Silva walks forward, straight into a front kick from Willians.
Willians plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Willians lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Willians looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Willians persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sena Willians. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Willians shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Willians keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Willians looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Willians fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willians lunges at Silva with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Silva's hand.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Willians. Willians gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Willians counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
The fight stays on the outside here - Willians looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination

and Willians moves into the clinch.
Willians jumps guard but Silva stands there with Willians around his waist. Willians gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Willians moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
No luck for Willians with that takedown attempt.
A punch combination from Willians misses.
Willians shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a three punch combo!
Silva misses with a combination

and Willians counters by moving into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.

Willians jumps into guard, dragging Silva to the mat.
Silva wants to get up but he can't break Willians's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Willians working a defensive guard here.
Willians has a closed guard, preventing Silva from standing up.

Silva gets to his feet. Willians looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch there but Willians circles away.
Willians throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Silva's head.
Willians tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
Silva gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Willians counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Willians counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Willians has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva missing with knees to the body.

Willians has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Silva uses from the top position.
Willians striking off his back but it's not causing Silva any problems.

Willians had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Silva is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Willians Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Silva's back instead.
Willians tries to keep control of the position but Silva is staying busy.
Willians is really struggling to control Silva but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sena Willians dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Willians blocks a head kick by Silva.
Willians shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Willians keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Willians lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Willians lands with a kick to the ribs.
Sena Willians is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Willians wants to clinch.
Willians shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Willians keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Willians tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Willians blocks a head kick by Silva.
Willians fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sena Willians. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva throws a lazy head kick

and Willians counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva throws a head kick that misses
and Willians counters with a thumping low kick.
Willians throws a one two combo.
Silva misses with a combination
and Willians counters with a good low kick that Silva was not able to check.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Willians lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Silva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Willians checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Willians. That did some damage!
Willians throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Silva's head.
Silva lands with a nice combination. Willians backs away looking to recover.
Silva is looking to clinch but Willians is avoiding it.
Adriano Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Willians looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Silva clinches up with Willians and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Willians keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willians tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Willians drops back down to his feet.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Willians on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Willians wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Willians taking a breather.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Willians blocks it with crossed arms.
Willians fails to pull guard.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Willians changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Willians manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva misses with a double jab

and Willians counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Willians won't allow Silva to get back to his feet.

Silva uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Willians counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Silva wants to clinch but Willians slips to the side

and Willians moves into the clinch.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva tries to clinch but Willians is having none of it.
Willians circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Willians shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Willians swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Willians wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva is looking to clinch.

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.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sena Willians is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Willians moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Willians fails to land the takedown.
Willians shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Willians counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva tries to clinch up but Willians circles away and keeps his distance.
Danga de danga de dang - Silva scores with a four punch combination!
Silva is looking to clinch but Willians is avoiding it.
Willians shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Willians finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

Silva gets a clinch.
Willians managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Willians lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Willians counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Sena Willians will probably get the nod.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Silva throws a lazy head kick
and Willians counters with a head kick. That will keep Silva thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Willians tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Willians shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Willians counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Silva is trying to escape back to his feet but Willians uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Silva is not content to let Willians control the position.
Silva pushes Willians away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Willians gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Willians. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but Willians is dominant here and he's now got Silva's back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Even with his hooks in, Willians manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Even with his hooks in, Willians manages to miss with strikes from the back.

Silva manages to escape to his feet.
Willians keeps the fight on the outside.
Willians closes the distance and clinches up with Silva, looking for a takedown. Willians pushes Silva against the cage but Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Willians is blocking nicely.
Willians is trying to break free.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Willians.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Willians tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sena Willians. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Willians closes this distance looking for a takedown but Silva circles away.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Willians counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Silva forces Willians back against the cage and clinches.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Willians tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
Willians has Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Willians swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva throws a head kick but Willians moves out of range.
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Silva has closed the distance and engaged Willians in a clinch.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Willians leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Willians blocks with his arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Willians.
Willians tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Willians throws a good cross that connects.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Willians swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Willians tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva scores with a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch

and Willians counters by clinching up.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva tries to clinch there but Willians circles away.
Silva tries to clinch up
and Willians counters with a slapping leg kick.
Willians shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Willians misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Willians tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Willians avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Willians is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Adriano Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva scores with a knee to the head.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Willians counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Willians blocks the body kick.
Willians shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Willians keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss

and Willians moves into the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sena Willians is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Willians counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Silva is lucky that one didn't land flush.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sena Willians.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Willians, 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Sena Willians!