PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Corwin Anstey (ranked 1312 p4p, 1137 weight class) and Terry Silver (ranked 179 p4p, 152 weight class). Corwin Anstey could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Terry Silver's chin.

Anstey
vs
Silver

183 cm
26
187
18 - 12 - 0

177 cm
26
172
14 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

PWNAGE™

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 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Corwin Anstey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Terry Silver!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver connects with a leg kick.
Silver throws a right and a left that both miss.

Anstey fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silver sprawls well initially but Anstey persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Silver wants to improve his position but Anstey is controlling well.
Anstey not doing much here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver wants to control but Anstey passes into side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anstey wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silver keeps working.
What's Silver going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Anstey throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Anstey tries to move into full mount but can't pass Silver's legs.
Silver is trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Anstey throws an elbow but Silver slips to the side and avoids it well.
You can see the frustration on Silver's face as Anstey controls the position.
You can see the frustration on Silver's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Anstey working the body and head with strikes.
Anstey working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Silver looks to move to half guard but instead Anstey has passed into mount! Damn!
Anstey raining down hammerfists from mount.
Anstey lands a nice shot to the head.
Anstey controlling from the full mount.
Silver keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anstey punishing his opponent with strikes.
Silver is trying desperately to improve position.
Anstey controlling the position easily from mount.
Silver holds of for dear life.
Silver is in a horrible position here. Anstey smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Silver is trying to stand up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver is trying desperately to improve position.
Silver is in a horrible position here. Anstey smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Anstey controlling the position easily from mount.
Anstey has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Anstey cracks Silver with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Corwin Anstey dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Silver tries to close the distance and clinch but Anstey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anstey tries for a takedown but Silver circles away easily
and Silver counters with a stiff right hand.
Silver misses with a body shot
and Anstey counters with a nice body shot.
We've been told by Anstey's head coaches at Sparks gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.

Anstey closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Anstey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silver can do to turn this around?
Silver is not content to let Anstey control the position.
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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver tries to escape but Anstey is in control.
Anstey staying calm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver looks to move to half guard but instead Anstey has passed into mount! Damn!
Silver tries to lock up and control but Anstey gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Anstey sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silver tries to hold on but Anstey postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Silver is desperately trying to improve his position but Anstey has a good base and remains in mount.
Anstey content just to control the position here.
Anstey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Anstey can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silver is looking to escape.
Silver is trying to stand.
Silver really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Anstey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silver tries to hold on but Anstey pushes him away.
Silver tries to reverse the position but Anstey maintains control.
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.
Silver wants to try and get back to his feet.
Anstey controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver reaches up and holds on to Anstey to control the position.
Anstey trying to control but he's not successful this time.
BOOM! Anstey connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Silver is wriggling around trying to escape.
Anstey with good strikes from the mount here!
Silver tries to lock up and control but Anstey gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anstey controlling from mount.
Silver tries to reverse the position but Anstey maintains control.
Anstey 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 is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Anstey can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silver is looking to escape.
Silver manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Anstey is thwarting Silver's attempts to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Corwin Anstey dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Silver looks to land a left hand but Anstey moved out of range nicely.
Anstey appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Anstey tries for a takedown but Silver sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Silver on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Terry Silver is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silver throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Anstey.
Silver feints a jab promting Anstey to slip. Silver then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Anstey slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Anstey on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Anstey avoids the body shot from Silver.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver misses with a hook

and Anstey counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Silver is controlling Anstey's posture.
Corwin Anstey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silver controls Anstey momentarily but Anstey frees himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anstey with a flurry of punches that miss.
Anstey looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Silver wants to stand but Anstey is controlling the position.
Anstey works over Silver with some ground and pound from guard.
Anstey preventing the sweep.
Anstey controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Anstey throwing strikes from guard but Silver blocks nicely.
Silver controlling the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Silver misses with an uppercut. Anstey saw that one coming.
Silver dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silver throws a nice looking combination but Anstey bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Anstey throws a hook to the side of Silver's head but Silver sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silver now looks to counter with a shot at the body.

Anstey looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Silver!
Silver is looking to get back to his feet here but Anstey is keeping cool and he's managed to take Silver's back.
Terry Silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Anstey looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Silver wants to escape the position but for the time being he's just trying to control the pace.
Silver wants to control his opponent's hands but Anstey gets his hands free.

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.
Anstey is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Silver holding on to Anstey's left wrist, preventing the choke.
Anstey gets his hands free as Silver looks to control.
Anstey biding his time, controlling Silver.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
I really don't envy Silver right now.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Terry Silver.
I think Anstey 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Corwin Anstey!
Corwin Anstey decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.