PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phil Rivers (ranked 1869 p4p, 1939 weight class) and Terry Silver (ranked 246 p4p, 255 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Rivers
vs
Silver

177 cm
22
170
7 - 2 - 0

177 cm
22
172
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Threads
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Phil Rivers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Terry Silver!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silver has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A swing and a miss from Silver.
Silver throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silver walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Silver lands a body shot.
Rivers dips to his left and cracks Silver with an uppercut!
Rivers displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Phil Rivers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silver takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Silver digs a good body shot into Rivers's ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivers cracks Silver with a good jab.
Rivers lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rivers throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rivers throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Silver to counter with a crisp jab.
Rivers throws a right hand that Silver ducks under and follows up with a left that Silver also avoids with ease.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silver! But no joy.
Rivers takes a swing at Silver's ribcage but misses.
Rivers misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers looks to score with a jab to the body but Silver is just out of range.
A slow jab from Silver misses its intended target.
Silver connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rivers's hands.
Rivers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silver was well out of range. Poor timing from Rivers.
Rivers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silver.
Silver throws a series of punches but Rivers avoids them all with ease.
It looked like Rivers wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rivers throws a right hand that misses
enabling Silver to counter with a crisp jab.
Silver missing with a left hand there. Rivers was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silver waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rivers.
Rivers throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silver counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Rivers is rocked!
Silver plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Rivers to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Rivers just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Terry Silver!
Terry Silver was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.