PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Drapton Heed (ranked 2518 p4p, 3302 weight class) and Klaus Silverstein (ranked 260 p4p, 320 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Heed
vs
Silverstein

173 cm
29
157
9 - 5 - 0

168 cm
28
145
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Drapton Heed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Klaus Silverstein!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heed misses with a straight right.
Heed slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Silverstein keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Heed.
Silverstein misses with a straight left.
Heed has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tycoon Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Silverstein moves to clinch but Heed breaks away
and Heed counters with a right hand to the body.
Heed ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Silverstein ducks under a wild hook from Heed.
Heed throws a lazy uppercut

and Silverstein counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Silverstein is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Heed defends it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silverstein controlling the action here.
Silverstein's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heed on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Heed tries to get out of the position.

Silverstein is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Heed trying to control from the bottom.
Silverstein looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Let's hope that Silverstein has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silverstein is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Heed!
Silverstein controlling his opponent.
Poor strikes thrown by Silverstein there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Silverstein controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Klaus Silverstein dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Heed swats away the attempt to clinch by Silverstein.
Heed is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Silverstein has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Heed with a hook.
Silverstein tries to clinch up but Heed circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silverstein looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silverstein lands with a shot to the body.
Heed lands a jab to the nose.
Silverstein blocks a jab.
Heed misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heed throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silverstein stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've been informed that Silverstein has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Silverstein scores with a nice right hand.
Heed throws a body shot but no joy.
Heed throws out a loose jab but Silverstein uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heed swats away the attempt to clinch by Silverstein.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heed lands a jab to the nose.
Silverstein bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silverstein closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Heed breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Heed avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Heed swats away the attempt to clinch by Silverstein.
Silverstein is looking to clinch but Heed is avoiding it.
Silverstein misses with a looping left.
Heed is looking to counter punch.
Silverstein keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Heed.
Silverstein throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silverstein moves out of range of the strikes.
Silverstein drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Heed defends it well.
Silverstein tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Heed manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heed throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Heed misses.
Heed takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Drapton Heed is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Heed throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Heed misses with a straight right.
Drapton Heed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silverstein throws a right hand that Heed ducks under and follows up with a left that Heed also avoids with ease.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silverstein uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Heed.
Silverstein is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Heed with a body shot.
Heed misses with a straight right.
Silverstein wants to clinch up but Heed keeps it at a distance.
Heed takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Silverstein rushes Heed and presses him up against the cage.
Heed misses with a short punch on the inside.

Heed breaks the clinch.
Silverstein uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Heed.
Heed cracks a nice hook into Silverstein's ribs.

Silverstein drives through and clinches with Heed against the cage.
Heed lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silverstein backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Heed breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silverstein lands a jab to Heed's midsection.
A shot to the liver by Heed. Beautiful body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Silverstein. Those never looked like landing.
Silverstein tries a head kick but it misses.
Silverstein looks to land a left hand but Heed moved out of range nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from Heed misses the target.
Heed misses with a hook. Silverstein ducked under it nicely.
Heed looks to score with a jab to the body but Silverstein is just out of range.
Silverstein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silverstein fails in his attempt to clinch.
Heed throws an off balance right hand
and Silverstein counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Drapton Heed is winning the standup battle so far.
Heed throws a body shot but no joy.
Heed ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silverstein moves away.
Heed misses with an uppercut.
Heed takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silverstein keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silverstein takes one on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Heed avoids a punch combination nicely.

Silverstein feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Klaus Silverstein has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silverstein stays in close to Heed's body and controls the position.
Silverstein stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Heed swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Silverstein engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Drapton Heed will probably get the nod.
That's time! Heed's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Silverstein lands a jab.
Silverstein takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silverstein slips a jab from Heed.
Heed on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Heed swings for the body but Silverstein moves out of range.
Silverstein slips a jab from Heed.
Silverstein lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Silverstein.
Heed thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silverstein changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silverstein tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Heed connects with a single shot there.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silverstein.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Heed throws a looping overhand right but Silverstein ducks down to avoid it.
Silverstein moves in looking to clinch but Heed pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Heed rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Silverstein counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Silverstein stopping the sweep attempt from Heed.
Silverstein sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silverstein passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Silverstein happy to just control the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silverstein is trying to get an arm triangle but Heed is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silverstein advances to mount.
Silverstein looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heed tries to reverse the position but Silverstein maintains control.
Silverstein tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Silverstein is continuing to stall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
More stalling from Silverstein.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

And that's the end of the fight!
Klaus Silverstein comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silverstein 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Klaus Silverstein!