PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior De Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Anderson
vs
De Silva

178 cm
23
215 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

193 cm
28
216 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

The Big Kabosh
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andrew Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Junior De Silva!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson shoots in and drives through. De Silva sprawls well.
De Silva connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Andrew Anderson has been cut.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Anderson.
Anderson fails to land with a series of punches.
Anderson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with De Silva but De Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andrew Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Anderson tries for a takedown but De Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
De Silva tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Anderson as he connects with a hook.
Andrew Anderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from De Silva.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Silva looks to throw the jab but Anderson is out of range.
De Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Anderson avoids the body shot from De Silva.
De Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice takedown defense from De Silva. No joy for Anderson on that attempt.
Anderson throws a right hand that De Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that De Silva also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from De Silva. No joy for Anderson on that attempt.
De Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
De Silva has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Anderson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
De Silva tries to clinch but Anderson is having none of it.
A left lands for De Silva.
De Silva swings for the body but Anderson moves out of range.
De Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
De Silva is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Anderson slips a jab from De Silva.
Anderson shoots in and drives through. De Silva sprawls well.
De Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Anderson.
Anderson closes the distance and clinches up with De Silva, looking for a takedown. Anderson pushes De Silva against the cage but De Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Anderson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as De Silva backs up against the cage.
Anderson fails with the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Silva swinging wildly here.
De Silva feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Andersons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Anderson has a takedown stuffed.
Anderson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anderson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Andrew Anderson's cut is getting worse.
De Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Anderson is just out of range.
De Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Oooooh!!! De Silva has knocked Anderson down with a huge combo! De Silva steps away and waves a wobbly Anderson back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Anderson is rocked!
Anderson dives in for a single leg takedown but De Silva sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Oh Anderson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
De Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson seems to have got his legs back now.
De Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Anderson's elbow.
De Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Anderson wants to break the clinch but can't.
De Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Anderson backwards.
A head punch on the inside from De Silva fails to land.
De Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Andrew Anderson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
De Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
De Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
De Silva has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
De Silva misses with a punch to the body.
De Silva throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from De Silva on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Anderson prevents a body shot from De Silva.
De Silva is leaning against Anderson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
De Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Anderson prevents a body shot from De Silva.
De Silva lands with a left to the head.

Jeez, Andrew Anderson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
De Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Anderson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior De Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Andrew Anderson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A combination from Anderson does no damage.
De Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Anderson at a distance.
Anderson throws a body punch but De Silva moves out of range.
Anderson shoots in looking for a takedown but De Silva manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Anderson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
De Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Junior De Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
It's a brutal combination of punches from De Silva! Anderson is backing up but he can't get away as De Silva lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Anderson and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Junior De Silva!
Junior De Silva decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.