PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Savage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Darude - Sandstorm as his entrance music. Wanderlei Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Savage
vs
Silva

190 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

181 cm
21
207 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Randy Savage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Savage throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Savage with a hook.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva is stalling here.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva swinging wilding here.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Savage rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva wants to clinch up but Savage keeps it at a distance.

Silva darts in and clinches Savage up against the cage.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva throws a head kick but Savage moves out of range.
Savage fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva wants to clinch.
Savage throws a combination. Silva tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Wanderlei Silva has been cut.
Savage scores with a jab. Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Randy Savage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Savage throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Silva instigates a clinch.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva wants to clinch up but Savage keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.

Silva rushes Savage and presses him up against the cage.
Savage can't break the clinch.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Savage throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Savage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Savage throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Savage is breathing heavily.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Savage.
Savage throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
A shot to de liver by Silva. Beautiful body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Savage takes a knee right on the jaw!
Savage wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Savage pushes him off.
Savage swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Savage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Savage rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva works over Savage's head and body with a nice combination.
Silva lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Savage backs up against the cage.
A punch lands to the side of Savage 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Savage misses with the combination.
Savage throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a three punch combo that has Savage backing up. Savage nods at Silva to acknowledge the strikes.

Silva rushes Savage and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silva prevents Savage from breaking the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Savage misses with a few strikes there.
Savage keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from Savage misses.
Silva swinging wilding here.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.

Silva has Savage up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Savage tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva tries to clinch but Savage is having none of it.
Savage misses with a wild combination.
Silva tries to clinch but Savage moves out of range.
Silva is looking to clinch but Savage is avoiding it.
Savage throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
Savage lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the cage.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Savage.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva tries to clinch but Savage is having none of it.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Savage misses with a two punch combination.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Savage lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Savage showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Savage.
Savage throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a two punch combo.
Savage misses with a combination

and Silva moves into the clinch.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Savage lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the cage.
Savage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Savage. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Savage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Savage throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva cracks Savage with a right hand to the side of the head.
Savage throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.

Silva clinches.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderlei Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wanderlei Silva's cut.
That's time! Savage's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silva is looking to clinch.
Savage throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Savage swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Savage looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Silva has managed to clinch.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Savage has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva is looking to clinch.

Silva instigates a clinch.
Savage is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Savage is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Savage avoids a punch combination nicely.
Savage throws a left and a right that both miss

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Savage's face.

Silva breaks the clinch.
A punch combination from Savage misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Silva!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
A left and a right from Silva both land. Nice combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Savage swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Savage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Savage throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Savage slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Savage misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Savage throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a three punch combo that has Savage backing up. Savage nods at Silva to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Savage lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.

Silva rushes Savage and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Savage misses with a wild combination.
Silva stalks Savage and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Savage's face. Savage staggers backwards, shaken.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Savage scores with a nice right hand.
Silva tries to clinch but Savage moves out of range.

Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Savage is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva keeps control of Savage as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A punch combination from Savage misses.
A combination from Savage does no damage.
Randy Savage is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Savage swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Savage throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva tries to clinch there but Savage circles away.
Savage 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 lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Savage backs up against the cage.
Savage throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A punch combination from Savage misses.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Savage throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva throws a right and a left that Savage avoids nicely.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Savage.
Savage is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Savage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Savage circles away from the clinch attempt.
Savage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Savage misses with a combination

and Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Savage swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Savage looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva stalks Savage and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Savage's face. Savage staggers backwards, shaken.
Savage throws out a powerful jab.
Savage misses with a double jab

and Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Savage is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Savage circles away from the clinch attempt.
Savage keeps the fight on the outside.
Savage misses with a double jab

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.
Savage is trying to break free.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Savage circles away.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Silva throws a right and a left that Savage avoids nicely.
Silva wants to clinch up but Savage keeps it at a distance.
Silva misses with a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Savage scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Savage tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Savage scores with a jab. Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
No joy there for Savage, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva tries to clinch but Savage moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderlei Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Wanderlei Silva's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Savage scores with a decent looking hook.
Savage misses with a combination
and Silva counters with a three punch combo that has Savage backing up. Savage nods at Silva to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva tries to clinch up but Savage circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Savage moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Savage throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.

Silva moves into range and clinches up with Savage.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Savage lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Savage is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Silva tries to clinch there but Savage circles away.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.

Silva darts in and clinches Savage up against the cage.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Savage swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva tries to clinch there but Savage circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Savage throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Savage showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Savage throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Savage will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Savage throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.

Silva rushes Savage and presses him up against the cage.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Savage throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Silva instigates a clinch.
Savage can't break the clinch.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Savage keeps the fight on the outside.
Savage misses with a double jab

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.
Savage is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Randy Savage has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to clinch but Savage is avoiding it.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Savage to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Savage pushes him off.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Savage misses with a series of wild punches.
Savage scores with a jab to the body.

Silva has closed the distance and engaged Savage in a clinch.
Savage working hard to break the clinch.
Silva effectively controlling the action here.

Savage manages to break the clinch.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Savage swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Savage rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva tries to clinch but Savage is having none of it.
Savage misses with a wild combination.
Savage falls off balance throwing a combination

and Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Savage working hard to break the clinch.
Savage is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Savage is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Savage looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Savage keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Savage.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva lands a high kick!
A left and a right from Savage both land. Nice combination.
Savage fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Savage throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva is looking to clinch but Savage is avoiding it.
Silva is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Savage throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a three punch combo that has Savage backing up. Savage nods at Silva to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva tries to clinch up but Savage circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Savage.
Savage lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.

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.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Savage circles away.
Savage tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Savage paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A combination from Savage does no damage.
Savage throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.

Silva moves into the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Savage.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva tries to clinch up but Savage circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva tries to clinch but Savage is having none of it.
Savage throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Savage rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Savage throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Savage.
Wanderlei Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Silva closes the distance and pushes Savage back into the cage.
Savage misses with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wanderlei Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wanderlei Silva!