PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ari Silver (ranked 1022 p4p, 2436 weight class) and Nathaniel Syndicate (ranked 141 p4p, 312 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Nathaniel Syndicate enters the cage!

Silver
vs
Syndicate

190 cm
26
196
8 - 2 - 0

174 cm
26
190
6 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ari Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Nathaniel Syndicate!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver slips under a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Silver on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Syndicate uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silver.
Ari Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Syndicate slips under a jab from Silver.
Silver looks to score with a jab to the body but Syndicate is just out of range.
Silver listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silver moves out of range as Syndicate strikes.

Silver closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Syndicate misses with some punches.
Syndicate throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Syndicate.
Syndicate blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver struggles to land a body shot inside as Syndicate controls his hands.
Silver pushes Syndicate back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silver creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silver swings wildly with an uppercut but Syndicate uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Syndicate blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
Syndicate is trying to break free.
Syndicate wants to break the clinch but can't.
Syndicate scores with a shoulder strike.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Syndicate misses with a punch to the body.
Silver misses with a body punch.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Syndicate blocks an elbow strike.
Syndicate slowing the pace effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Silver.
Syndicate dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
Syndicate misses with the head strike.
Silver blocks an elbow strike from Syndicate.
Syndicate throws a punch but it's blocked by Silver.
Syndicate takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Nathaniel Syndicate has been cut.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Syndicate's defenses.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
A body shot lands from Silver.
Silver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Syndicate pushes off an throws an elbow but Silver leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silver lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Syndicate prevents a body shot from Silver.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Silver.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Syndicate in his tracks for a moment.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silver.
Syndicate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silver has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silver lands with a left to the head.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Syndicate prevents a body shot from Silver.
Syndicate working aggressively here.
Syndicate swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Syndicate in his tracks for a moment.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Silver lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Syndicate or not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Syndicate misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Silver.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silver lands an uppercut.
Syndicate tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Silver.
Syndicate tries to land a knee to the head but Silver blocks with his arms.
Syndicate misses with a hook from the clinch.

Syndicate breaks the clinch.
Syndicate bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Syndicate throws a looping overhand right but Silver ducks down to avoid it.
Silver throws a looping overhand right but Syndicate ducks down to avoid it.
Silver scores with a punch to the head.
Silver rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Syndicate counters with a thumping low kick.
A big left from Syndicate misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ari Silver dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nathaniel Syndicate'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.

Silver uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Syndicate.

Syndicate gets tackled into the cage by Silver. Silver maintains the clinch.
Silver lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Syndicate working hard to break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Silver.
Silver blocks an uppercut.
Syndicate takes an elbow to the temple.
Syndicate blocks an elbow strike.
Syndicate throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Syndicate tries to break free but Silver pushes him back against the cage.
Silver is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Silver swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silver blocking some punches.
Silver working aggressively here.
Silver misses with a punch on the inside.
Syndicate misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Syndicate's brow.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Syndicate's defenses.
A short left from Silver.
Silver is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Syndicate can do to turn this around?
Silver presses Syndicate against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Syndicate has had enough of the clinch but Silver keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Syndicate's defenses.
Silver lands an elbow just above Syndicate 's eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
Silver blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ari Silver has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silver struggles to land a body shot inside as Syndicate controls his hands.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Silver lands with a left to the head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Syndicate in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
A short right from Silver on the inside.
Silver lands an elbow just above Syndicate 's eye.
Syndicate misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Syndicate avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
Syndicate effectively controlling the action here.
Silver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silver manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Syndicate misses with a body punch.
Silver tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silver as Syndicate tries to tie him up.
Silver is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Silver misses with a hook to the ribs.
Syndicate throws a punch but it's blocked by Silver.
Syndicate misses with a punch to the body.
Syndicate misses with a short punch on the inside.
Syndicate's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silver is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Syndicate is defending well.
Silver throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Syndicates head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Syndicate.
Silver takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Ari Silver has been cut.
Nice elbow from Silver.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ari Silver dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Good exchange - Syndicate coming out on top.
Silver misses with a right hand
and Syndicate counters with a good low kick that Silver was not able to check.
Syndicate cracks Silver with a right hand to the side of the head.
Good shot there by Syndicate.
Syndicate slips under a jab from Silver.
Silver throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Syndicate sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Syndicate jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Syndicate avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Syndicate is looking to slow Silver down with leg kicks.
Silver avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Syndicate throws a big shot that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Silver misses the target.
Syndicate uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silver.
Syndicate throws out a counter right but Silver avoids it with no problem.
A leg kick checked by Silver.
Silver sizes up Syndicate with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silver throws out a loose jab but Syndicate uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silver is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Syndicate tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silver was well out of range. Poor timing from Syndicate.
Silver looks to land a left hand but Syndicate moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Silver blocks the low kick.
Silver scores with a hook to the body. Syndicate takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Syndicate ducks right into an uppercut from Silver.
Silver scores with a jab.
Silver ducks under a wild hook from Syndicate.
Silver throws a right hand that misses
enabling Syndicate to counter with a crisp jab.
Silver punishes Syndicate's body with a nice straight punch.
Silver misses with a hook
and Syndicate counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silver has been working on his balance at Gym, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Syndicate.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silver. Syndicate does a little dance to reset his feet.
Syndicate keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silver.
Silver throws a jab when Syndicate was well out of range.
Syndicate throws a body punch but Silver moves out of range.
Silver lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Syndicate circles away quickly and effectively.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Syndicate swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Silver has taken the fight to the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Nathaniel Syndicate has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That has opened up Nathaniel Syndicate's cut even more.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Silver lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
Syndicate blocks the elbow strike.
Syndicate fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Syndicate leaning his opponent against the cage.
Syndicate swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silver gets through Syndicate's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver prevents Syndicate from breaking the clinch.
Silver lands a hook to the side of the head.
Syndicate blocks a body shot from Silver.
Syndicate throws a punch but it's blocked by Silver.
Silver lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ari Silver is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silver lands a hook that snaps the head of Syndicate backwards.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Syndicate lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silver backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Syndicate lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Silver blocking some punches.
Syndicate pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Syndicate is trying to break free.
Syndicate throws a head punch that misses.
Syndicate swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silver lands with a right to the head.
Syndicate swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
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!
Syndicate using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silver has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ari Silver.
Well Silver has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ari Silver!