PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 5471 p4p, 492 weight class) and Khabib Nurmagomedov (ranked 4108 p4p, 425 weight class). Anderson Silva could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Khabib Nurmagomedov's chin.

Silva
vs
Nurmagomedov

189 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

178 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Khabib Nurmagomedov!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nurmagomedov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Nurmagomedov shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
Silva throws a big counter combination but Nurmagomedov scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

Nurmagomedov closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Nurmagomedov misses with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva wants to control but Nurmagomedov postures up.
Nurmagomedov trying to control the position but Silva is working away.
Silva is trying to control Nurmagomedov's posture but Nurmagomedov avoids it.
Silva tries to bench press Nurmagomedov off him but Nurmagomedov keeps the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva holds on to Nurmagomedov's head and controls the position momentarily.
Nurmagomedov postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nurmagomedov sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Silva is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Nurmagomedov trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Nurmagomedov working the ground and pound from side control.
Silva is trying to control Nurmagomedov's posture but Nurmagomedov avoids it.
Nurmagomedov tries to score with some ground and pound. Silva controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Nurmagomedov trying to control the position but Silva is working away.
Nurmagomedov in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Nurmagomedov tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Nurmagomedov is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurmagomedov is working Silva over with some ground and pound from side control.
Nurmagomedov lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Silva down.
Nurmagomedov is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Nurmagomedov's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Nurmagomedov lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nurmagomedov advances to full mount.
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.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nurmagomedov lands with some strikes.
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Silva is rocked!
Nurmagomedov with good strikes from the mount here!
Oh Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nurmagomedov on the ground.
Nurmagomedov postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Silva bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Nurmagomedov and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Khabib Nurmagomedov!