PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacob King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson Silva acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

King
vs
Silva

188 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
23
220 lbs
2 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the 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, Jacob King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva swings for the body but King moves out of range.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva throws a body punch but King moves out of range.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
King keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.

King shoots in and bounces Silva off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
King stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as King accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
King wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells King's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
King wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
King in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
King connects with a couple of short punches.
King scoring with some ground and pound.
Silva is looking to stand up but King isn't so interested in that idea.
Silva looks gassed!
King content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
King lands a couple of decent looking shots.
King trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells King's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King landing some decent shots from guard.
King connects with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King lands a couple of elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells King's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Silva is rocked!
Silva wants to stand up but King is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King advances to half guard.
King lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
King is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Silva is hurt! He's hurt bad - King fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Silva from any more punishment! Congratulations to King! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacob King!