PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva Jr (ranked 3386 p4p, 371 weight class) and Yoshihiro Nakayama (ranked 4415 p4p, 471 weight class). Nakayama has chosen Destructive Power as his entrance music. Anderson Silva Jr could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Yoshihiro Nakayama's chin.

Silva Jr
vs
Nakayama

190 cm
24
270 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

196 cm
25
275 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Power Matrix Nutrition
IniTech Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anderson Silva Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshihiro Nakayama!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva Jr feints and then cracks Nakayama's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nakayama down.

Nakayama moves into the clinch.
Silva Jr looking to slow down the pace here.
Nakayama is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nakayama working hard to break the clinch.
Nakayama tries for a takedown. No joy.

Nakayama has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Silva Jr clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Nakayama misses with punches from the back.
Silva Jr grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Silva Jr looking very determined here, making life difficult for Nakayama.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Nakayama controlling the positon.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nakayama struggling to keep hold of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva Jr tries to roll but Nakayama sticks to his back.

Nakayama is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Silva Jr knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Silva Jr for a finish.
Nakayama missing with strikes.
Nakayama controlling well, preventing Silva Jr from escaping the position.
Even with his hooks in, Nakayama manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Silva Jr covering up well under a barage of strikes.

Silva Jr defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakayama keeps control of the position as Silva Jr tries to break free.
Silva Jr prevents Nakayama from getting a body triangle.
We've been hearing good reports from Silva Jr's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Silva Jr trying to control the hands but Nakayama breaks the grip.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nakayama connects with a big shot to the side of Silva Jr's head.
Nakayama wants to control but Silva Jr manages to buck him off and is now in Nakayama's guard! Nice work there by Silva Jr!
Silva Jr is in close to Nakayama's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva Jr distracts Nakayama with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nakayama looking to control.
Silva Jr in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nakayama manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Silva Jr manages to get himself to full guard.

Nakayama passes Silva Jr's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Silva Jr is not content to let Nakayama control the position.
Silva Jr works his way to full guard. Good work.
Nakayama must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Silva Jr working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Nakayama doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Nakayama manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
We've been informed that Nakayama has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Nakayama looking to sit in guard and control but Silva Jr gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva Jr trying to control the position from guard on top but Nakayama is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva Jr postures up.
Silva Jr works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Silva Jr lands with a punch from half guard.

Nakayama kicks Silva Jr off and gets back to his feet.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Nakayama gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Silva Jr breaks the clinch.
Silva Jr lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nakayama's sensitive parts.
Nakayama tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva Jr manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva Jr fails with the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Yoshihiro Nakayama will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nakayama is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva Jr looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Nice jab there from Silva Jr.
Nakayama ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Nakayama has managed to clinch.
Silva Jr dodges an elbow strike from Nakayama.
Silva Jr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nakayama looking for a takedown.

Nakayama manages to break the clinch.
Silva Jr throws a head kick that half lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nakayama tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva Jr swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nakayama looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Nakayama is rocked!
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva Jr.
Nakayama is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva Jr finish him?
Nakayama ducks into an uppercut from Silva Jr and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Anderson Silva Jr!