PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Patrick Van Der Hayden (ranked 5774 p4p, 481 weight class) and Silver Bullion (ranked 2233 p4p, 251 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Van Der Hayden
vs
Bullion

175 cm
22
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
159 lbs
3 - 0 - 1

Excellent MT
Good chin

Excellent MT
Solid chin

Money Inc. (160Q with Proof ) 150$

Brooklyn Apothecary
Dr Zoidberg Office

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Patrick Van Der Hayden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Silver Bullion!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Bullion.

It looks like Patrick Van Der Hayden has been cut.
Van Der Hayden connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bullion momentarily.

Bullion fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Van Der Hayden, pushing him back against the ropes.
Bullion goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bullion misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bullion lands with a light punch inside.
A frustrated look appears on Van Der Hayden's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bullion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Bullion scores with a nice short uppercut.
Van Der Hayden blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Van Der Hayden blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bullion tries to throw a body punch but Van Der Hayden avoids it by throwing Bullion back against the ropes.
A short left from Bullion.
Bullion digs a right hand into Van Der Hayden's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Van Der Hayden's gas tank.
Bullion scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bullion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Der Hayden definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bullion pushes Van Der Hayden back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Van Der Hayden wants to get back to striking at distance but Bullion won't allow it.
Bullion throws a head punch that misses.
Van Der Hayden prevents a body shot from Bullion.
Bullion gets through Van Der Hayden's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bullion lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Der Hayden backwards.
Bullion working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Van Der Hayden stalling in the clinch but Bullion improves position.
Bullion tries a body shot but Van Der Hayden blocks it.
Bullion throws a head punch that misses.
Bullion lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bullion softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Bullion lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Der Hayden backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bullion pushes Van Der Hayden back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bullion digs a right hand into Van Der Hayden's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Van Der Hayden's gas tank.
Van Der Hayden wants to get back to striking at distance but Bullion won't allow it.
Bullion lands a nice uppercut.
Van Der Hayden is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Bullion tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Van Der Hayden tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bullion's elbow.
Bullion misses with a punch to the body.
Van Der Hayden is trying to force a seperation but Bullion has the dominant position.
Bullion tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Der Hayden's elbow.
Van Der Hayden wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bullion lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bullion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bullion working aggressively here.
Van Der Hayden tries to circle away but Bullion has him pinned against the ropes.
Bullion lands with a right to the head.
Bullion tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Der Hayden's elbow.
Van Der Hayden is trying to break the clinch but Bullion is controlling him.
Bullion misses with a hook from the clinch.
Van Der Hayden wants to get back to striking at distance but Bullion won't allow it.
Van Der Hayden stalling in the clinch but Bullion improves position.
Van Der Hayden blocks a body shot from Bullion.
Bullion lands with a left to the head.
Bullion prevents Van Der Hayden from breaking the clinch.
Bullion lands a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Bullion.
Bullion throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Hayden blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bullion.
Bullion lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Van Der Hayden is looking to control Bullion's arms but Bullion gets an underhook and turns him. Now Van Der Hayden has his back to the ropes.
Bullion cracks Van Der Hayden with a nice body shot.
We've been informed that Bullion has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
A left hand lands to the body for Bullion.
Bullion can't find room to land a body shot as Van Der Hayden controls the action.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bullion works on Van Der Hayden's body with a couple of short punches.
Bullion lands with a light punch inside.
Bullion lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bullion throws a head punch that misses.
A body shot lands from Bullion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silver Bullion dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Patrick Van Der Hayden's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Bullion moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Bullion gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bullion has a couple of punches blocked by Van Der Hayden.
Bullion lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bullion lands with a short shot to the head.
Bullion misses with a punch to the body.
Van Der Hayden wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silver Bullion seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bullion misses with a punch on the inside.
Bullion scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bullion has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Der Hayden blocks an uppercut.
Van Der Hayden tries to circle away but Bullion has him pinned against the ropes.
Van Der Hayden wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bullion has him pressed against the ropes.
Bullion softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Van Der Hayden blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Hayden lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bullion is leaning against Van Der Hayden and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bullion scores with a hook to the body.
Bullion struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Der Hayden controls his hands.
A short right from Bullion.
Bullion swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Der Hayden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Bullion - that landed with a thud.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bullion lands with a short shot to the head.
Bullion lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Bullion.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bullion.
Bullion makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Bullion creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bullion tries to throw a body punch but Van Der Hayden avoids it by throwing Bullion back against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bullion.
Bullion digs a right hand underneath Van Der Hayden's ribcage. Van Der Hayden let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bullion lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Van Der Hayden is trying to push Bullion away but Bullion has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Bullion swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bullion working aggressively here.
Bullion working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Van Der Hayden blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bullion lands a right hand that snaps the head of Van Der Hayden backwards.
Van Der Hayden prevents a body shot from Bullion.
Bullion misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bullion lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Van Der Hayden wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bullion tries to work over Van Der Hayden's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bullion tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Van Der Hayden's elbow.
Bullion misses with some punches.
Bullion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Van Der Hayden's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bullion lands a nice shot to the body.
Bullion lands with a left to the head.
Bullion gets through Van Der Hayden's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Bullion creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Van Der Hayden blocking some punches.
Bullion scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bullion throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van Der Haydens head.
Bullion lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short left from Bullion.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bullion lands a left hand that snaps the head of Van Der Hayden backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bullion.
Bullion tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bullion lands a body shot.
Van Der Hayden stalling the fight.
A short right from Bullion on the inside.
Van Der Hayden is looking to control Bullion's arms but Bullion gets an underhook and turns him. Now Van Der Hayden has his back to the ropes.
Bullion misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Bullion.
Bullion prevents Van Der Hayden from breaking the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Silver Bullion showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Patrick Van Der Hayden's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Van Der Hayden misses with a straight left.
Good shot there by Bullion.

Bullion clinches.
Bullion makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Van Der Hayden's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bullion lands a nice uppercut.
Bullion lands a shoulder strike.
Bullion throws a head punch that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Bullion as Van Der Hayden tries to tie him up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot in the inside from Bullion.
Bullion lands a right hand.
Bullion lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Van Der Hayden.
Van Der Hayden wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Der Hayden blocks a body shot from Bullion.
Bullion gets through Van Der Hayden's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Bullion scores with a nice short uppercut.
Van Der Hayden is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Bullion scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bullion goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Der Hayden is trying to stall.
Van Der Hayden tries to circle away but Bullion has him pinned against the ropes.
Bullion working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Bullion.
Van Der Hayden can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bullion fails to land.
Van Der Hayden can't break the clinch.
Van Der Hayden tries to break free but Bullion pushes him back against the ropes.
Bullion can't find room to land a body shot as Van Der Hayden controls the action.
Bullion goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bullion lands a nice shot to the body.
Bullion tries to throw a body punch but Van Der Hayden avoids it by throwing Bullion back against the ropes.
Van Der Hayden takes a shot to the head.
Bullion lands with a short shot to the head.
Bullion lands a body punch in the clinch.
Van Der Hayden can't find room to land a body shot as Bullion controls the action.
Bullion can't find room to land a body shot as Van Der Hayden controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Bullion creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Der Hayden takes a shot to the head.
Bullion lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bullion presses Van Der Hayden against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Van Der Hayden has had enough of the clinch but Bullion keeps him there for the moment.
Bullion lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Van Der Hayden wants to stall.
Silver Bullion is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Van Der Hayden tries to break free but Bullion pushes him back against the ropes.
Bullion lands a right hand.
Patrick Van Der Hayden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Bullion.
Bullion lands an uppercut.
Bullion lands an uppercut.
Bullion lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Van Der Hayden backwards.
Van Der Hayden tries to throw a body punch but Bullion avoids it by throwing Van Der Hayden back against the ropes.
Van Der Hayden takes a shot to the head.
Bullion blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Van Der Hayden.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van Der Hayden can't find room to land a body shot as Bullion controls the action.
Nice body punch from Bullion.
Van Der Hayden misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Der Hayden working aggressively here.
Van Der Hayden tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bullion's elbow.
Van Der Hayden misses with some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Silver Bullion comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bullion has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight for Silver Bullion!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Silver Bullion!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Silver Bullion!

Silver Bullion wins by unanimous decision!
A less than humble Silver Bullion misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.