PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nobero Shimasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wanderlei Silva looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Silva
vs
Shimasaki

180 cm
30
200 lbs
10 - 13 - 0

184 cm
25
211 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Good gas tank

Kore Fight Nutrition [TG]

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 10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wanderlei Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nobero Shimasaki!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shimasaki fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Silva tries to bum rush Shimasaki with a series of wild strikes but Shimasaki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Shimasaki rushes Silva and presses him up against the cage.
Shimasaki tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Shimasaki throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Silva's head.

It looks like Wanderlei Silva has been cut.
Silva throws a series of punches but Shimasaki moves out of range.
Shimasaki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shimasaki misses with a head kick.
It looked like Silva was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Shimasaki getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shimasaki tries to score with a low kick but Silva moves his leg out of the way.
Silva blocks a low kick nicely.
As Shimasaki looks to move away, Silva throws a big counter combo bu Shimasaki just gets out of the way.
Silva keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
As Shimasaki looks to move away, Silva throws a big counter combo bu Shimasaki just gets out of the way.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shimasaki is looking for the big counter here.
Shimasaki attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Silva checks a leg kick nicely.
Silva checks the leg kick nicely there.

Shimasaki pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Shimasaki jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silva walks away with a smile on his face. Shimasaki gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Silva blocks the body kick.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shimasaki circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva sets himself, and Shimasaki steps forward looking for the clinch! Silva avoids it this time.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shimasaki throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Shimasaki wants to counter with a clinch but Silva pushes him away.
Shimasaki throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Shimasaki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big left from Shimasaki misses.
A lazy body kick from Silva
letting Shimasaki counter with a right hand.
Shimasaki lands a front kick.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Shimasaki lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
A swing and a miss from Shimasaki.
Shimasaki throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.

Shimasaki moves into range and clinches up with Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shimasaki connects with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Shimasaki taking a breather.
Shimasaki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Shimasaki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shimasaki cracks Silva with an open hand slap.
Silva takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Jab by Shimasaki.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Shimasaki gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shimasaki landing knees to the body.
Shimasaki is leaning against Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Shimasaki lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shimasaki is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Shimasaki is controlling him.
Shimasaki is looking for a takedown.
Wanderlei Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nobero Shimasaki.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.

Shimasaki decides to pull guard.
Shimasaki is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nobero Shimasaki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wanderlei Silva's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Shimasaki is looking to land body kicks.
Silva looks to land a combination but Shimasaki avoids it well.

Shimasaki has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.

Shimasaki manages to break the clinch.
Shimasaki looks for the body kick but Silva saw that one coming.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Wanderlei Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shimasaki tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shimasaki throws a head kick that misses.
Shimasaki throws a head kick that misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Shimasaki. Silva shrugs it off though.
Shimasaki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva avoids the head kick by Shimasaki.
Shimasaki throws a head kick that misses.
Shimasaki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.

Shimasaki rushes Silva and presses him up against the cage.
Shimasaki unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shimasaki has him pressed against the cage.

Shimasaki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shimasaki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shimasaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Shimasaki pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Shimasaki is controlling the position.

Shimasaki breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a series of punches but Shimasaki moves out of range.
Silva blocks a jab.
As Shimasaki looks to move away, Silva throws a big counter combo bu Shimasaki just gets out of the way.
Shimasaki lands a jab to the head.
Shimasaki walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Good work by Silva as he checks the leg kick.
Shimasaki misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silva moves out of range of the leg kick from Shimasaki.
Shimasaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva lands with a hook. Shimasaki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shimasaki throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Nobero Shimasaki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shimasaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shimasaki can pounce on him.
Silva slips under a jab from Shimasaki.
A swing and a miss from Shimasaki.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shimasaki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Shimasaki misses with a body kick.
Silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A clash of legs there as Silva blocks the low kick.
Silva looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Shimasaki throws a wild body kick that Silva sees coming a mile off.
Shimasaki looks for the body kick but Silva saw that one coming.
Shimasaki throws a body kick that misses.
Silva swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Shimasaki clinches with his opponent.
Shimasaki lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shimasaki fails to pull guard.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Shimasaki has the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shimasaki connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.

Wanderlei Silva's cut is getting worse.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shimasaki has him pressed against the cage.

Shimasaki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva swinging wildly here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Shimasaki gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!

Silva is rocked!
Shimasaki putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Shimasaki breaks from the clinch.
Silva wants to stay close but Shimasaki steps back to make room for something. Silva seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Shimasaki and Silva drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Nobero Shimasaki!
An out of breath and clearly excited Nobero Shimasaki thanked Kore Fight Nutrition [TG] for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).