PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yaden Dhargey (ranked 290 p4p, 849 weight class) and Terry Silver (ranked 42 p4p, 126 weight class). Dhargey comes to the cage accompanied by Gyallu - Anthem of Tibet. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Dhargey
vs
Silver

180 cm
23
170
9 - 1 - 0

177 cm
23
172
10 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yaden Dhargey!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Terry Silver!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Franklyn Lucas and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dhargey clobbers Silver with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silver misses the shot to the body.
Dhargey lands an overhand right.
Silver slips under a jab from Dhargey.
Dhargey moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silver scores with a shot to the body.
Dhargey tries to clinch but Silver moves away
enabling Silver to counter with a crisp jab.
Silver lands a body shot.
Dhargey ducks under a wild hook from Silver.
Dhargey lands a nice shot to the body.

Dhargey has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short uppercut from Silver.
Silver lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dhargey backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dhargey.
Dhargey tries to throw a body punch but Silver avoids it by throwing Dhargey back against the cage.
Silver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dhargey tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dhargey.
Silver misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dhargey scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silver swings wildly with an uppercut but Dhargey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dhargey throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dhargey throws a head punch that misses.
Silver lands a left hand.
Dhargey goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dhargey tries to score a body lock takedown but Silver shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silver.
Silver misses with the head strike.
Silver makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silver tries a body shot but Dhargey blocks it.
Dhargey blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Silver escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dhargey has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Lakeside Jiu-Jitsu in the buildup to the fight.
Silver loads up on a big right hand but Dhargey slips the punch.
Dhargey misses with a hook
and Silver counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Silver misses.
A shot to the body from Silver misses
and Dhargey counters with a stiff right hand.

Dhargey dives in and scores a takedown into Silver's guard.
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!
Dhargey postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dhargey trying to control but Silver is working from the bottom.
Silver looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dhargey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silver is keeping the position for now.
Dhargey has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Silver seems keen to control Dhargey's posture.
Silver not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silver is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Silver pulls Dhargey in to control the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Dhargey postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dhargey works over Silver with some ground and pound from guard.
Dhargey postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dhargey is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Silver tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silver really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dhargey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silver avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dhargey landing with the ground and pound.
Dhargey is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dhargey tries to free his leg and advance position but Silver is retaining full guard.
Dhargey wants to control from the top but Silver keeps moving.
Silver looking for a sweep. Not yet Silver, not yet.
Dhargey wants to control from the top but Silver keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver is looking to sweep but instead, Dhargey has passed into half guard.
Silver trying to control but Dhargey postures up.
Dhargey takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dhargey prevents Silver from improving his position.
Dhargey is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Silver!
Dhargey scoring with strikes but Silver is staying in there.
Dhargey with the ground and pound from mount.
Dhargey fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Silver felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Dhargey cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Silver is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yaden Dhargey dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Silver misses with a jab, cross combination.
It looked like Dhargey wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dhargey takes a swing at Silver's ribcage but misses.
Silver takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Silver works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dhargey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dhargey scores with a nice head shot.
Silver scores with a one two! Dhargey had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Silver throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silver throws a jab but it's blocked by Dhargey.
Silver cracks Dhargey with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silver takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dhargey displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silver throws out the jab.
It looked like Dhargey wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Silver misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dhargey.
Dhargey lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silver bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Dhargey's head.
A big right from Silver misses.
Dhargey rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Silver counters with a stiff right hand.
Silver misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dhargey.
Silver misses with an uppercut. Dhargey saw that one coming.
A big left from Dhargey misses.
Silver throws a right and a left that Dhargey avoids nicely.
A big right from Silver misses.
Silver works Dhargey's body with a nice hook.
Silver takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Terry Silver seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dhargey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silver paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silver leaves Dhargey with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Silver tries to keep at a distance but Dhargey has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silver scores with a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silver.
Silver is trying to force a seperation but Dhargey has the dominant position.
Silver wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silver is working Dhargey over against the cage.
Dhargey has Silver pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silver manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver working aggressively here.
Dhargey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silver creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dhargey has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
Dhargey swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silver lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dhargey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dhargey misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dhargey keeps control of Silver as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silver lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dhargey backwards.
Silver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silver lands a hook that snaps the head of Dhargey backwards.
Silver working aggressively here.
Silver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dhargey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dhargey blocks an uppercut.
Dhargey misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silver misses with a punch on the inside.
Dhargey struggles to land a body shot inside as Silver controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dhargey misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dhargey.
Dhargey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silver fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silver working aggressively here.
Dhargey lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dhargey struggles to land a body shot inside as Silver controls his hands.
Dhargey has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
Silver lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silver lands a right hand.
Silver misses with a punch on the inside.
Dhargey lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dhargey.
Silver swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Terry Silver seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dhargey lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silver scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dhargey tries for a takedown but Silver manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yaden Dhargey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silver misses with some punches.
Silver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silver is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dhargey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silver.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dhargey. Silver does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silver misses with an uppercut. Dhargey saw that one coming.
Dhargey avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dhargey tries to clinch up but Silver circles away and keeps his distance.
Silver looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice defenses there by Dhargey.
Dhargey is looking to clinch but Silver is avoiding it.
A jab from Silver misses.
Dhargey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dhargey thuds a left hand into Silver's body.
Dhargey moves in looking to clinch but Silver pushes him off.
Silver misses with a straight right.
A punch lands to the side of Silver 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Dhargey gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silver.
Silver struggles to land a body shot inside as Dhargey controls his hands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Terry Silver showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Dhargey misses with a body shot.
Silver misses with a hook.
Dhargey throws a jab when Silver was well out of range.
Dhargey swings for the body but Silver moves out of range.
Dhargey lands with an overhand left.
A jab from Dhargey misses.
A little jabbing left from Silver on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dhargey keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silver.

Dhargey fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silver, pushing him back against the cage.
Silver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silver tries to throw a body punch but Dhargey avoids it by throwing Silver back against the cage.
Dhargey blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Silver.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dhargey fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silver can't find room to land a body shot as Dhargey controls the action.
Silver misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dhargey swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silver scores with a shot to the side of Dhargey's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dhargey.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dhargey blocking some punches.
Silver gets underhooks to prevent Dhargey's takedown attempt.
Silver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
Silver throws a head punch that misses.
Silver working aggressively here.
Dhargey misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dhargey.
Dhargey swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dhargey tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Dhargey.
Silver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dhargey misses with a punch to the body.
Silver has a couple of punches blocked by Dhargey.
Dhargey prevents a body shot from Silver.
Dhargey blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silver.
Dhargey blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dhargey pulls guard successfully.
Silver postures up in Dhargey's guard and throws a big left but Dhargey blocks it.
Dhargey has a closed guard, preventing Silver from standing up.
Dhargey is trying to keep Silver in close.

Silver decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Silver connects with a crisp jab.
Silver waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dhargey.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dhargey smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silver might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Dhargey takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Terry Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dhargey scores with a hook to the body. Silver takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silver scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Dhargey misses the shot to the body.
Silver's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dhargey connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silver scrambles back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver looks to land a left hand but Dhargey moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dhargey darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Silver throws a shot from downtown. Dhargey moves away and avoids it.
Silver lands with a straight right. Dhargey didn't see that one coming.
Silver lands with a good body shot.
Dhargey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silver.
Dhargey appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Silver dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silver looks to land a left hand but Dhargey moved out of range nicely.
Dhargey gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Silver swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A jab lands there for Dhargey.
Dhargey scores with a nice strike.
Dhargey misses with an uppercut. Silver saw that one coming.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Silver!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dhargey tries to clinch up but Silver circles away and keeps his distance.
Dhargey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silver moves away.
Dhargey lands a slapping body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dhargey closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Silver did well to prevent Dhargey getting side control.
Silver is looking to control Dhargey's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Silver avoid being mounted?
Dhargey is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dhargey content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Nice strikes from Dhargey there.
Silver wants to get back to full guard.
Dhargey winds up and cracks Silver with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Silver wants to control but Dhargey is keeping busy and won't allow it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Silver can do anything to dispel that myth.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Yaden Dhargey did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
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.

Dhargey is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Silver's half guard.
Dhargey is controlling the pace.
Dhargey lands strikes from half guard.
Dhargey scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Dhargey scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Silver wants to get back to his feet but Dhargey is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dhargey looking to pass the guard.
Silver looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dhargey wants to control from the top but Silver keeps moving.
Dhargey is working Silver over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dhargey makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Silver is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dhargey works over Silver with some ground and pound from guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dhargey lands a couple of elbows.
Silver wants to stand but Dhargey is controlling the position.
Dhargey tries to free his leg and advance position but Silver is retaining full guard.
Dhargey working some strikes from top position.
Dhargey keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silver's head.
Dhargey with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Yaden Dhargey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silver looking to control.
Dhargey lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dhargey lands a couple of digs.
Silver keeping moving, preventing Dhargey from controlling successfully.
Dhargey is in close to Silver's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dhargey throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dhargey postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dhargey lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dhargey trying to control but Silver is working from the bottom.
Dhargey scoring with punches to the head and body.
Silver wants to sweep here but Dhargey controlling him for the moment.
Dhargey working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silver's head.
Dhargey engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Dhargey trying to control but Silver is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver working a defensive guard but Dhargey manages to pass into side control anyway.
Dhargey scoring with punches from side control.
Silver struggling a bit here.
Dhargey landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Dhargey wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Silver, who protects the arm well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dhargey cracks Silver with an elbow. That is naaassty.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Yaden Dhargey had his way with Terry Silver in that round.
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. This is the final round!

Silver misses with a lunging right hand
and Dhargey counters with a left to the body.
Silver bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silver throws a hook but Dhargey avoids it easily.
Silver jabs Dhargey right on the nose. Dhargey blinks but takes it well.
Silver thuds a left hand into Dhargey's body.
A big left from Silver misses.
Silver will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silver misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silver misses with a straight left.
Dhargey appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Dhargey wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver connects with a body shot that sends Dhargey's belly button to the back.

Silver tries to sprawl but Dhargey drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silver has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dhargey is working away from the top position though.
Dhargey is nestled in close to Silver, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver tries to kick Dhargey off but Dhargey keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Dhargey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Silver trying to hold on to Dhargey's head to control him but Dhargey postures up.
Dhargey content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Dhargey prevents Silver from standing back up.
Yaden Dhargey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dhargey controlling the pace.
Dhargey's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Dhargey connects with a single shot there.
Dhargey tries to clinch up but Silver circles away and keeps his distance.
Silver throws a hook to the side of Dhargey's head but Dhargey sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dhargey clobbers Silver with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dhargey takes a swing at Silver's ribcage but misses.

Dhargey looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Dhargey content to control rather than advance.
Terry Silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dhargey stops Silver from getting back to his feet.
Dhargey with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

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.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Silver is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Dhargey lands with a cross.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A little jabbing left from Silver on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dhargey avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silver uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Dhargey darts in and clinches Silver up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yaden Dhargey showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dhargey has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 49:46
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 49:46
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yaden Dhargey!
Yaden Dhargey retains his welterweight title!
A relieved looking Yaden Dhargey thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.