PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Janek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Silva might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to run this town. This should be a great matchup!

Silva
vs
Janek

180 cm
24
181 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

179 cm
22
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Intelligent

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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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ivan Janek!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jonathan Paton and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva checks a leg kick.
Janek will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Silva gets a takedown into half guard.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Janek tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
Silva throwing shots but Janek is blocking nicely.
Janek is trying to maintain the position but Silva is very close to passing his half guard.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Janek regains full guard. Nicely done.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Janek looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva forces his way into half guard.

Silva is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Janek regains full guard. Nicely done.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Janek is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva is pushing down on Janek's leg trying to pass to half guard. Janek is fighting to maintain full guard but Silva has managed to sneak the leg through.
Silva is pressing down on Janek's thigh, looking to free his foot. Janek is holding on for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva prevents Janek from improving his position.

Silva is looking for a kimura here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janek is looking to control Silva's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Janek avoid being mounted?

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silva is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Janek defends it well.
Janek is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Janek is defending against the submission attempts here by Silva.
Janek tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Janek manages to get to full guard.

Silva drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Janek manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Silva has Janek in his guard.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Janek.
Silva wants to stand and escape but Janek is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Janek defends it easily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Silva is on top in guard.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Janek is keeping the position for now.

Janek is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Silva frees his head nicely. Oh but Janek has switched to an armbar! Silva is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Ivan Janek!
Ivan Janek seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.