PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fatih Emir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and wanderlai silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emir's entrance music is i kill people. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying silva's choice of entrance music: knockout. wanderlai silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Emir
vs
silva

185 cm
26
190 lbs
9 - 9 - 1

207 cm
24
185 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

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 9 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fatih Emir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, wanderlai silva!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Emir scores a takedown into full mount!

Emir is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but silva is surviving well by controlling Emir's body position as best he can.
Emir with the ground and pound from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Emir looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Emir cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

It looks like wanderlai silva has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Emir goes for an armbar but he's not got it… silva turns into him and now he's in Emir's guard.
silva wants to control from the top but Emir keeps moving.
silva takes a decent strike to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emir looking to control.
silva must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

silva drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Emir manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now silva has Emir in his guard.
Emir is stalling in the full guard.
Emir trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Emir thows a big elbow that misses.
Emir controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Emir content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emir landing with the ground and pound.
Emir postures up.

Emir is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Emir has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
silva working a defensive guard here.
Emir lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Emir working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of silva's head.
Emir wants to control from the top but silva keeps moving.
Emir pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. silva is keeping the position for now.
Emir is pushing down on silva's leg trying to pass to half guard. silva is fighting to maintain full guard but Emir has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emir is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Emir is nestled in close to silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Emir performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Emir is nestled in close to silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Emir is looking for a kimura but silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Emir to get the leverage.

Emir is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Emir is breathing heavily.
silva is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emir trying to control from half guard but silva is working away.
Emir is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Emir trying to pass the guard but silva defending well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Emir prevents silva from standing back up.
Emir slows the pace down in half guard.
Emir is trying to control the action in half guard but silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fatih Emir dominated that round.
The cut man is working on wanderlai silva's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Emir fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
silva misses with a body kick.
silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Emir changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. silva looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
silva is looking for a sweep.
Emir landing strikes.

Emir is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. silva knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Emir wants to lay and pray for a moment but silva keeps working.
silva tries to improve position but can't.
Emir lands a few punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fatih Emir overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Emir in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
silva is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Emir is working silva over with some ground and pound from side control.
A control attempt from silva but he's now mounted!
silva is breathing heavily.
Emir looking to control but silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Emir with the ground and pound from mount.
Emir with a couple of short strikes.
Emir working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Emir trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Emir unloading with bombs!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva wants to hold on but Emir pushes him away.
Emir landing strikes from the mount.
Emir landing shots from mount.
Emir lands a big elbow.
silva is in a horrible position here. Emir smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Emir sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Emir breaks from silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Emir has a good base and remains in mount.
Emir raining down shots from the mount!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
silva can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emir lands a big shot there that rocks silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

silva is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Emir locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! silva is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Fatih Emir!