PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Willie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Darude - Sandstorm. Willie is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by I Wanna Rock. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Silva
vs
Willie

180 cm
21
167 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

183 cm
22
163 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wanderlei Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brian Willie!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Willie misses with a takedown attempt - Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Silva wants to clinch up but Willie keeps it at a distance.
Willie ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Willie throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Willie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silva.

It looks like Brian Willie has been cut.
Willie throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Willie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva tries to clinch but Willie moves out of range.
Willie lands a jab-cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Willie.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Willie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brian Willie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Willie as he jumps to the side.
Willie moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Willie.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
Horrible takedown by Willie or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva which made him look bad.
Wanderlei Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Willie.

Willie moves into the clinch successfully.
Willie throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva is trying to break free.
Willie keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Willie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Willie's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Willie slips a jab from Silva.
Silva looks to land a combination but Willie avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Willie falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with a low kick, right behind Willie 's knee.
Willie looks gassed!
A combination from Willie does no damage.
Silva tries to clinch but Willie is having none of it.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.

Willie darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Willie won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Willie.
With the fighters up against the cage, Willie throws an elbow but misses.
Willie prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva is trying to break free.
Willie prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Willie leaning against his opponent.

Willie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A nice combination there by Willie.
Willie shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Willie keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva fails to land the takedown.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Willie sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Willie misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva misses with a hook. Willie ducked under it nicely.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Willie gets a takedown into half guard.

Silva has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Willie escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Willie!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is being controlled here.
Silva manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Silva is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Willie defends it well.

Silva is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Willie sees it coming and defends easily.
Willie is trying to stand back up but Silva is controlling him
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Silva is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Willie pushes Silva off looking to stand but Silva dives back in and keeps control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Brian Willie will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brian Willie's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Willie as he avoids it easily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Willie is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Willie. Willie obviously looking to wear him down.
Willie throws a sloppy head kick
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Willie gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Willie prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Willie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willie looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Willie effectively controlling the action here.
Willie wants a takedown but no success here.
Nice elbow from Willie.
Silva wants to break free but Willie has control.
Nice elbow from Willie.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Willie has him pressed against the cage.

Willie manages to break the clinch.
Willie swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Willie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva blocks a leg kick.
Willie throws a right and a left that both miss.
A jab from Silva finds it's way through Willie's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Willie misses with a wild body shot.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Silva tries to clinch but Willie is having none of it.
Silva darts in trying to clinch

and Willie counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Willie landing with the ground and pound.
Willie really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Silva looking for a guillotine here but Willie defends easily.

Silva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willie works over Silva with some ground and pound from guard.

Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Willie can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Silva escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Willie gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Willie with a nice head shot there.
Wanderlei Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Willie lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Willie is looking to stand up but Silva won't let him.
Willie throws a big right hand that misses.

Silva is looking for a triangle but Willie pushes his legs off easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willie trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.

Silva is looking for a triangle but Willie pushes his legs off easily.

Silva has his foot on Willie's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Willie works his way back into a safe position though.
Willie connects with a couple of short punches.

Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Willie can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Willie wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Willie doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Willie manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wanderlei Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brian Willie's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Willie looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Willie tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Willie misses with a two punch combination.
Silva tries to clinch but Willie moves away
and Willie counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
Willie misses with a jab, cross combination.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Silva duly obliges.
Willie tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
A jab from Willie misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Willie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Willie has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Willie there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Willie closes the distance and clinches up with Silva, looking for a takedown. Willie pushes Silva against the cage but Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Willie slips under a jab from Silva.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Willie falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Willie pinned against the cage. Willie gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Willie chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Willie cracks Silva with a good jab.
Silva lands with a straight right. Willie didn't see that one coming.
Willie shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to clinch up but Willie keeps it at a distance.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Willie counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Willie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice inside leg kick there by Willie. That's going to slow Silva down.
A right-left combo lands from Silva.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Willie throws a half hearted mid kick.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Willie in his tracks.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva shoots for a takedown but Willie saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wanderlei Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Willie.
Wanderlei Silva is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willie misses with the combination.
Silva lands a nice looking body shot.

Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva letting Willie take a breather here.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Willie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Willie goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Silva takes a swing at Willie's ribcage but misses.

Silva tries to keep at a distance but Willie has taken the fight into the clinch.
Willie keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Willie is controlling the position.
Nice elbow from Willie.
Willie tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willie circles away from the clinch attempt
and Willie counters with a good low kick that Silva was not able to check.
Silva scores with a nice strike.
Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Silva wants to clinch up but Willie keeps it at a distance.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Willie throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.

Willie gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Willie has him pressed against the cage.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.

Willie has picked Silva up - he's going for a ride! Willie dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Silva actively working from the bottom here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Brian Willie.
I think Willie has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Willie!