PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Zing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the ring accompanied by Pendulum - Blood Sugar. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Zing

186 cm
22
188 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

182 cm
23
185 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wanderlei Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gabriel Zing!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Zing gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Zing closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Silva is looking to escape.
Zing performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Zing throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Zing is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Zing stops Silva from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zing sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Zing sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Zing.
Zing passes the guard and advances to mount!
Zing trying to control but Silva is having none of it.

That's two 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.
Zing punching from mount but Silva doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Zing looking to ground and pound but Silva is blocking nicely.
Zing trying to control but Silva is having none of it.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zing on the ground.
Zing lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Silva holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Zing tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Zing throwing strikes here but Silva is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zing controlling from the full mount.
Zing with good strikes from the mount here!
Zing looking to control and managing it successfully.
Zing landing strikes, looking to finish!
Zing working the ground and pound effectively.
Zing dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zing thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Zing is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Zing wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Zing landing strikes from the mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zing trying to control but Silva is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zing scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Zing dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Zing with a poor takedown
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Silva shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Zing eats them both and turns towards Silva to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Zing doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Silva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Zing on the side of the head.
Gabriel Zing seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Zing throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Silva tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Zing is in Silva's guard.
Zing stops Silva from standing up.
Zing trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zing is pushing down on Silva's leg trying to pass to half guard. Silva is fighting to maintain full guard but Zing has managed to sneak the leg through.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Zing is trying to control. Silva wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Silva is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zing working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Zing works his way into side control.
Zing creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Silva sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The strikes coming from Zing are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Zing creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Silva sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Zing sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Silva is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Zing is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Silva's shoulder. That is not cool.
Zing tries to score with some ground and pound. Silva controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Zing trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Zing's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Zing working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Silva is pushing Zing's head away, looking to escape. Zing manages to hold on to the position though.
Zing creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Silva sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Silva taking punishment in the form of punches.
Zing scoring with punches from side control.
Zing scores with a couple of short elbows.
Zing is trying to ground and pound but Silva uses the momentary lack of control by Zing to regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zing controlling the action here.
Zing seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Zing controlling the action here.
Zing 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.

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.
Zing takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Zing is trying to control. Silva wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Zing takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Zing winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Zing trying to control from Silva's half guard. Silva has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Zing with a flurry of punches that miss.
Zing throws a big right hand that misses.
Zing working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Zing loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Zing showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Zing tries to move into range but Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silva throws a hook but Zing avoids it easily.
Zing misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Zing shoots and misses
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.

Zing scores with a takedown into Silva's guard.
Zing throws and elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Zing's guard. Nice move by Silva!
Zing is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zing has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva wants to stand but Zing is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Silva decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Zing, up you get!
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zing misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wanderlei Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabriel Zing.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Zing on the side of the head.
Zing misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Zing takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Zing doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zing misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zing dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Gabriel Zing is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Zing moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Zing looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Zing has his takedown stuffed
and Zing takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice shot by Silva.

It looks like Gabriel Zing has been cut.
Silva lands a nice looking body shot.
Silva throws a series of punches but Zing moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Zing with a poor takedown
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Wanderlei Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wanderlei Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Silva.
Silva connects with a nice looking jab.
Silva scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Zing doesn't seem bothered though.
Silva lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Silva thuds his right hand into Zing's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Zing is rocked!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Zing takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Silva cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Wanderlei Silva!
Wanderlei Silva retains his middleweight title!