PBP Commentary

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

Sillva
vs
Patrushev

186 cm
19
202 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anderson Sillva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sergei Patrushev!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patrushev circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Patrushev counter with a right hand.
Sillva throws a right and a left that Patrushev avoids nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Patrushev.

Sillva pushes Patrushev up against the cage in a clinch.

Sillva breaks the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Sillva.
Patrushev showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sillva.
Sillva throws a series of punches but Patrushev moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sillva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Anderson Sillva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sillva misses with a double jab.
Patrushev tries to move into range but Sillva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sillva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sillva tests Patrushev's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Sillva has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sillva tries to land a knee to the head but Patrushev blocks with his arms.
Patrushev looking for a takedown.
Patrushev goes for a takedown attempt but Sillva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Anderson Sillva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergei Patrushev.
Sillva misses with a double jab.
Patrushev drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Patrushev looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Patrushev shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Sillva misses with a wild combination.
Nice shot lands for Sillva.
Sillva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Patrushev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sillva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Patrushev circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sillva throws a leg kick that misses.
Nice takedown defense from Sillva. No joy for Patrushev on that attempt.
Anderson Sillva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Patrushev takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A punch combination from Sillva misses.
Sillva stuffs the takedown.
Sillva misses with the combination.
Sillva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Sillva misses.
Nice shot lands for Sillva.

Sillva gets caught flat footed, as Patrushev shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Patrushev looks gassed!

Patrushev drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Sillva dives on top into guard.
Sillva is looking to stand up but Patrushev won't let him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sillva stands up from Patrushev's guard - Sillva perhaps looking for a knockout.
Sillva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Patrushev scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Patrushev has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Sillva is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Patrushev yanks on the arm and Sillva is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Patrushev.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Sergei Patrushev!