PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrian Tomlinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Silva
vs
Tomlinson

180 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

192 cm
22
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite 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 Las Vegas, Wanderlei Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adrian Tomlinson!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tomlinson moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Tomlinson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Tomlinson ducks down to avoid it.
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tomlinson.
Tomlinson moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Tomlinson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva takes one to the chin there.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tomlinson up against the cage.
Tomlinson has Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tomlinson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Wanderlei Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Adrian Tomlinson.
Tomlinson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Tomlinson persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.

Silva clinches up with Tomlinson and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silva.
Silva is pressed up against the cage. Tomlinson 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.
Tomlinson tries to clinch but Silva moves away

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Tomlinson cracks Silva with a nice body shot.
Tomlinson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Tomlinson blocks it.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Tomlinson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Tomlinson fails with the takedown

and Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tomlinson avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Tomlinson slowing the pace effectively.
Tomlinson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Tomlinson is blocking nicely.
Tomlinson can't break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva trying to stall but Tomlinson improves his position.
Tomlinson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Silva is pushing Tomlinson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Tomlinson blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Tomlinson is blocking nicely.
Tomlinson is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Tomlinson is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Tomlinson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tomlinson.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Tomlinson keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tomlinson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tomlinson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tomlinson throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.

Tomlinson rushes Silva and presses him up against the cage.

Tomlinson manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Tomlinson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tomlinson has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Silva has managed to get both his arms back between Tomlinson's legs - danger averted.

Tomlinson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Silva is aware though and is defending well.
Silva postures up.

Tomlinson working for a triangle but Silva defends it easily.
Silva pushing down on Tomlinson's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Silva prevents Tomlinson from improving his position.
Tomlinson wants to control but Silva is keeping busy and won't allow it.

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.

Tomlinson looking for submissions off his back.
Tomlinson wants to get back to full guard.
Tomlinson is looking to escape.
Tomlinson trying to control but Silva postures up.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tomlinson on the ground.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tomlinson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tomlinson stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adrian Tomlinson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silva has Tomlinson up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Tomlinson blocks with his arms.
Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Tomlinson manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Tomlinson controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.

Tomlinson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tomlinson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tomlinson is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tomlinson trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

Tomlinson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Silva controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tomlinson is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Silva is sitting in close to Tomlinson's body. Tomlinson has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Silva is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Silva is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Tomlinson.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Adrian Tomlinson!