PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 4183 p4p, 423 weight class) and Carl Sweetchuck (ranked 4375 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Silva
vs
Sweetchuck

185 cm
25
175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

160 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Carl Sweetchuck!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva goes for a double leg but Sweetchuck avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Sweetchuck continues to drive forward.
Sweetchuck throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Carl Sweetchuck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sweetchuck slaps away a takedown attempt from Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A little jabbing left from Sweetchuck on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Sweetchuck.

Silva clinches up with Sweetchuck and pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Sweetchuck fails to land.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sweetchuck.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Sweetchuck improves position.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sweetchuck blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Sweetchuck.
Sweetchuck misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva taking a breather.
Still in the clinch, Sweetchuck scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Sweetchuck swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sweetchuck lands an uppercut.
Silva taking a breather.
A nice left hand lands by Sweetchuck.
Sweetchuck works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sweetchuck lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva blocking some punches.
Sweetchuck swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sweetchuck.
Sweetchuck lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva trying to stall but Sweetchuck improves his position.
Sweetchuck stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sweetchuck lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.

Silva is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sweetchuck throws a head punch that misses.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sweetchuck has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Sweetchuck misses with some punches.
Sweetchuck misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Sweetchuck fails to land.
Sweetchuck misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sweetchuck has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Sweetchuck misses with some punches.
Sweetchuck misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sweetchuck tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Sweetchuck has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Sweetchuck misses with some punches.
Sweetchuck misses with a punch on the inside.
Sweetchuck misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Sweetchuck misses with some punches.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Sweetchuck scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sweetchuck throws a big uppercut that drops Silva! More strikes from Sweetchuck and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Silva lies dazed against the cage as Sweetchuck celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carl Sweetchuck!
A very excited looking Carl Sweetchuck made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.