PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Corwin Anstey (ranked 1270 p4p, 18919 weight class) and Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva (ranked 171 p4p, 521 weight class). Anstey's entrance music is Enter sandman. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Anstey
vs
Ferreira Da Silva

183 cm
32
187
34 - 23 - 0

180 cm
47
186
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 34 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Corwin Anstey!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anstey lands a slapping body shot.
Ferreira Da Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Anstey as he connects with a hook.
Ferreira Da Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ferreira Da Silva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Anstey checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice uppercut lands for Ferreira Da Silva. That snapped Anstey's head back.
Anstey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ferreira Da Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anstey throws a nice looking combination but Ferreira Da Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch on the inside from Ferreira Da Silva fails to land.
Anstey wants to stall.
Anstey blocks the elbow strike.
Ferreira Da Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Anstey leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Ferreira Da Silva fails to land.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Anstey.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ferreira Da Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Anstey blocks an uppercut.
Anstey prevents a body shot from Ferreira Da Silva.
A head punch on the inside from Ferreira Da Silva fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Anstey backwards.
Ferreira Da Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Anstey leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a body punch.
Anstey misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anstey.
Ferreira Da Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Anstey's efforts to push away.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anstey doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Ferreira Da Silva.
Anstey wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Anstey avoids a wild elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva.
Anstey blocks a body shot from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Anstey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Anstey throws a punch but it's blocked by Ferreira Da Silva.
Anstey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ferreira Da Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anstey misses with a punch on the inside.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a shot to the body.
Anstey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Anstey stalling in the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva tries a body shot but Anstey blocks it.
Nice elbow from Ferreira Da Silva.
Anstey is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow just above Anstey 's eye.

It looks like Corwin Anstey has been cut.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ansteys head.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Anstey controls his hands.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Anstey backwards.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Ferreira Da Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Anstey is looking to break free of the clinch but Ferreira Da Silva has double underhooks.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Ferreira Da Silva.
A right hand to the body from Ferreira Da Silva.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ferreira Da Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Anstey is trying to break free.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to work over Anstey's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Anstey blocking some punches.
Anstey tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ferreira Da Silva lands an elbow inside that Anstey shrugs off.
Ferreira Da Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Anstey's defenses.
Anstey wants to break free but Ferreira Da Silva has control.
Ferreira Da Silva presses Anstey against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Anstey stalls.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Corwin Anstey's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ferreira Da Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
A punch combination from Anstey misses.
Donk. Ferreira Da Silva catches Anstey right on the button with a cross.

Anstey is rocked!

Ferreira Da Silva rushes Anstey and presses him up against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anstey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Anstey blocks a body shot from Ferreira Da Silva.
Anstey tries to break the clinch but Ferreira Da Silva is controlling the position.
A short right from Ferreira Da Silva on the inside.
Oh Anstey is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ferreira Da Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Anstey blocks an elbow strike from Ferreira Da Silva.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with the head strike.
Ferreira Da Silva creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Anstey with a big uppercut! Anstey tries to clinch up but Ferreira Da Silva pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Anstey to the mat! Anstey covers up and Ferreira Da Silva unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva!
Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva is the new welterweight champion!