PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mart Bull (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Mart Bull was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Silva
vs
Bull

188 cm
18
188 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
188 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid 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 Helsinki, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mart Bull!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bull avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva throws a body kick that misses.
Silva has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Bull keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Silva avoids the head kick by Bull.
Bull throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva connects with a high kick.
Bull connects with the punch.
Bull scores with a decent looking hook.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Bull's leg but Bull calmly moves out of range.
Bull tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bull swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bull loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Bull lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Bull looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Bull scores with a three punch combo!
Bull swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Bull slips a straight right by Silva.
Bull throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Bull lands with a straight right. Silva didn't see that one coming.
Bull circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bull scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A low kick from Silva misses
and Bull counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bull.
Bull lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bull lands a head kick. Silva smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some wild striking there from Bull.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bull keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Bull keeps the fight on the outside.
Bull blocks the body kick.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bull lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bull.
Bull lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
A combination from Bull does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bull thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva misses with a low kick as Bull jumps back.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Bull pushes him off.
Bull misses with an uppercut.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bull.
Bull rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bull bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Bull checks it well.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bull throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Bull throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bull throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bull throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bull blocks a head kick by Silva.
Bull waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Bull lands a nice looking body shot.
Bull pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bull cracks a nice hook into Silva's ribs.
Bull throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bull just misses with a punch to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bull misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Bull throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Silva's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bull misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mart Bull dominated that round.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bull misses with a two punch combination.
Bull throws a big shot that misses.
Bull throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Bull throws a head kick that misses.
Bull on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Bull throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Bull slips a jab from Silva.
Bull checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Both fighters circling a little - Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Bull rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bull on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Silva lands a head kick. Bull smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Bull avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bull scores with a shot to the body.
Silva throws a leg kick
and Bull counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silva throws a leg kick but Bull sees it coming and moves out of range.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Bull looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bull misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Bull scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bull avoids the head kick by Silva.
Bull misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Mart Bull is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bull misses with a head kick.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Bull avoids the head kick by Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bull scores with a nice strike.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Bull moved away.
Silva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bull moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bull cracks Silva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bull lands a lovely overhand right.
Silva throws a leg kick but Bull sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Bull plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bull.
Bull lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Bull feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bull uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Silva has time to react.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bull throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Bull.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bull, as that shot connected.
Bull misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bull lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
Mart Bull seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bull dips to his left and cracks Silva with an uppercut!
Silva throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Bull counters with a straight right hand.
Bull misses with a body shot.
Bull swinging wildly here.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bull connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bull checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bull connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silva. Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bull throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Bull avoids a kick to the body.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bull.
Bull swinging wildly here.
Bull fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bull looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
Bull waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mart Bull showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Left hook, right uppercut from Bull.
Bull blocks a head kick by Silva.
Bull fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva throws a low kick but Bull moves out of range easily.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bull.
Bull checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bull scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bull takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bull rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Silva throws a front kick aimed at Bull's knee but Bull avoids it well.
Silva throws a low kick but Bull moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bull throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva is looking to score with low kicks.
Bull throws a head kick that misses.
Bull ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bull blocks the body kick.
Bull scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bull throws a head kick that misses.
Silva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bull. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bull throws out a powerful jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bull throws a head kick that misses.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Bull moved away.
Bull scores with a spinning back kick!
Silva avoids the head kick by Bull.
Bull throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bull.
Nice cross by Bull.
Bull misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Bull lands a jab-cross combination.
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 pushes Bull away with a front kick.
Bull scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bull moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bull to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Silva takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bull throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
Silva throws a solid leg kick but Bull takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silva.
Bull avoids the head kick by Silva.
Bull lands a body shot.
Bull with a hook.
Silva takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bull counters with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bull throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bull avoids the head kick by Silva.
Bull works over Silva's head and body with a nice combination.
Silva walks into a straight right hand from Bull.
Bull fakes the leg kick and cracks Silva in the body.
Anderson Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bull takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bull lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
A big right from Bull misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bull connects with an inside leg kick.
Bull lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mart Bull comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bull has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mart Bull!