PBP Commentary

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

Silva
vs
Vasiliev

188 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 1 - 2 - 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bogdan Vasiliev!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Vasiliev clinches.

Vasiliev breaks the clinch.
Silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Vasiliev but Vasiliev pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt - Vasiliev sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Anderson Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vasiliev.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vasiliev connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Silva tumbling to the canvas! Vasiliev pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Silva was done - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bogdan Vasiliev!