PBP Commentary

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

Sauna
vs
Silva

185 cm
21
185 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

188 cm
25
184 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

Hellraiser Fightgear ($10 Clothing)

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chael Sauna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sauna digs a good body shot into Silva's ribs.
Sauna misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Sauna scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Sauna looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
Sauna 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sauna trying to control the pace.
Silva gets full guard.
Sauna landing with the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sauna lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sauna pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
Sauna's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Sauna got a little sloppy there for a moment and Silva has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sauna has managed to get both his arms back between Silva's legs - danger averted.
Sauna throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Sauna not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Silva wants to sweep here but Sauna controlling him for the moment.
Sauna landing with the ground and pound.
Sauna tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Sauna has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sauna looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sauna keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head.
Sauna prevents Silva from getting back to his feet.
Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sauna works a leg free and moves into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sauna looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sauna slows the pace down in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sauna lands a nice short elbow.
Sauna controlling the action here.
Sauna 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.
Sauna wants to pass to mount but Silva is defending the position.
Sauna 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.
Sauna 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.
Sauna seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Sauna seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sauna scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Sauna is trying to work for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
Sauna perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Sauna seems to be working for a kimura but Silva defends the submission attempt.
Sauna lands with a punch from half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sauna working Silva over with strikes.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Sauna in particular looking to stall.

Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Sauna.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chael Sauna dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Sauna swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Sauna gets a takedown into half guard.
Sauna is taking a breather. Silva says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Sauna lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sauna 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.
Sauna slows the pace down in half guard.
Sauna looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sauna working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sauna is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Silva is rocked!
Sauna is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Silva is hurt! He's hurt bad - Sauna fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Silva from any more punishment! Congratulations to Sauna! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chael Sauna!
Chael Sauna made sure to mention his sponsor, Hellraiser Fightgear ($10 Clothing) in his post fight interview.