PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by sandstorm. Silva is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Williams

180 cm
21
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vanderlei 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, Kevin Williams!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
Silva is breathing heavily.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Williams shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Williams trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams scoring with punches to the head and body.
Williams looking to pass the guard.
Williams slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Williams gets to his feet - Silva follows without any prompting.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Williams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Williams's takedown attempt.
Williams tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Williams lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Williams tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Vanderlei Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Williams.
Williams looking for a takedown.
Williams drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Williams displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
Williams looking to stall.
Williams gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Vanderlei Silva has been cut.

Williams successfully pulls guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva preventing the sweep.
Williams throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Williams is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Silva is trying to stand back up but Williams is controlling him
Williams tries to stand and escape but Silva is controlling the position.

Williams wants to work for an arm triangle but Silva is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Williams trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

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.

Williams stands up and beckons Silva to join him on the feet.

Williams closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.

Williams breaks the clinch.
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Williams drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Williams trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Williamsis looking to pass into half guard but Silva pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Silva is in guard.

Silva decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Williams, up you get!
A head kick from Williams lands but Silva takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kevin Williams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vanderlei Silva's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Williams dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
Williams shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Williams closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Silva to the mat! Silva manages to get full guard.
Williams prevents Silva from getting back to his feet.
Williams tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.

Williams drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Williams jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Williams content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Williams shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Silva manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Williams controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.

Williams gets to his feet - Silva follows without any prompting.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Williams shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Williams content just to control the position here.
Silva wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Williams.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Williams.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Williams thuds his shin into the meat of Silva's side.
Vanderlei Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Williams shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Silva manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
Silva wants to stand but Williams is controlling the position.

Williams gets to his feet - Silva follows without any prompting.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Williams fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
Williams comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Williams jumps guard but Silva stands there with Williams around his waist. Williams gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Williams has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Williams landing knees to the head.
Williams displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two 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.

Williams drags the fight down to the ground.
Silva wants to stand but Williams has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Kevin Williams has got the better of the ground game so far.

Williams pushes Silva off and gets back to his feet.

Williams has managed to clinch.
Williams is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Silva pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Williams tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Vanderlei Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Williams.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Williams counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Williams avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Williams misses with an elbow over the top.

Williams has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Silva is trying to keep an underhook but Williams manages to get the takedown into half guard.

Silva pushes Williams off and gets back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Williams as Silva shoots in.
Nice sprawl there from Silva as Williams shoots in.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Silva has closed the distance and engaged Williams in a clinch.
Williams leaning his opponent against the cage.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Williams leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Williams fails to pull guard.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Nice elbow from Williams.
Williams goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
Silva avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva stops a takedown attempt from Williams.
Silva is pressed up against the cage. Williams has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Williams will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Silva clinches but Williams breaks the clinch

and Williams counters with a takedown into side control.
Williams taking a break here but Silva is having none of it and regains half guard.
Williams not landing any meaningful shots this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Williams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Williams 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Williams!