PBP Commentary

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

Silva
vs
Heller

188 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Heller!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heller misses with a wild combination.

Heller decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Heller stands up and beckons Silva to join him on the feet.
Silva has his takedown stuffed

and Heller counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Silva!
Silva wants to control but Heller is having none of it.
Heller dominating with strikes here.
Heller prevents Silva from getting the reversal.
Heller working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heller cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Silva is rocked!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Heller cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Oh Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Heller scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Silva defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Heller.
Heller fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heller scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Heller cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Heller is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Heller looking to finish Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silva!
Silva tries to reverse the position but Heller maintains control.
Heller punishing his opponent with strikes.
Heller postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
Heller connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Silva is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heller dominating with strikes here.

Heller swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Joe Heller!