PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Seamus O Brien (ranked 228 p4p, 401 weight class) and Terry Silver (ranked 32 p4p, 52 weight class). O Brien comes to the cage accompanied by Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

O Brien
vs
Silver

181 cm
24
182
14 - 3 - 1

177 cm
28
172
18 - 13 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ajax Cloth
Bondi MMA 🏝️

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 14 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seamus O Brien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Terry Silver!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver throws an off balance right hand
and O Brien counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silver moves out of range of the strikes.
O Brien lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A good leg kick by O Brien.
O Brien is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
O Brien throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silver counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
O Brien throws a quick inside leg kick.
O Brien wants to slow Silver down by chopping away at his legs.
Terry Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Brien throws a right hand that misses
and Silver counters with a nice uppercut.
Silver misses with a hook
and O Brien counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silver on the wrong end of a nice jab.
O Brien misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien takes a swing at Silver's ribcage but misses.
Silver lands with a right hand.
O Brien misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silver! But no joy.
O Brien tries to move into range but Silver moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silver connects with the punch.
Silver is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
O Brien swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Silver wants to clinch up but O Brien keeps it at a distance.
O Brien tried to counter with a leg kick but Silver avoided it.
Silver takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Silver walks into a stiff left hand from O Brien.
O Brien throws a lazy right hand but Silver sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silver unleashes a big counter combination but O Brien bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've been told by O Brien's head coaches at The House Of Pain that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Silver bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
O Brien takes a swing at Silver's ribcage but misses.
Silver shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silver tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
O Brien is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
O Brien cracks a nice hook into Silver's ribs.
O Brien scores with a jab. Silver acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silver checks a leg kick.
Silver appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
O Brien throws a looping overhand right but Silver ducks down to avoid it.
O Brien misses with a left hand
and Silver counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silver throws a leg kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien slips a straight right by Silver.
Silver misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.
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.
O Brien ducks under a wild hook from Silver.
A counter left hand to the body from O Brien misses its target.
Silver misses with a looping left.
O Brien swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Silver ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silver misses with an uppercut
and O Brien cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Terry Silver has been cut.
O Brien uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silver.
O Brien scores with a body shot.
A big right from O Brien misses.
O Brien ducks under a wild hook from Silver.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver dodges the punch combination from O Brien.
O Brien lunges at Silver with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Silver's hand.
O Brien looks to throw the jab but Silver is out of range.
Silver tries to counter by closing the distance.
A jab from O Brien misses.
A slow jab from O Brien misses its intended target.
O Brien throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silver wants to counter with a clinch but O Brien pushes him away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silver will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silver lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Seamus O Brien dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Terry Silver's cut.
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 on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by O Brien. O Brien obviously looking to wear him down.
O Brien bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silver's head backwards.
Silver connects with a nice looking jab.
O Brien throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silver dips to his left and cracks O Brien with an uppercut!
O Brien is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silver can do to turn this around?
Silver takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Brien.
Silver misses with a telegraphed body shot
and O Brien counters with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Brien swings widly with a right hand
and Silver counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silver looks to throw the jab but O Brien is out of range.
Silver throws a series of punches but O Brien moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and O Brien tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver scores with a punch to the head.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Silver might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, O Brien has got the better of the exchanges.
Silver misses the shot to the body.
O Brien throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Silver is breathing heavily.
Silver displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as O Brien throws out the jab.
O Brien ducks under a wild hook from Silver.
O Brien connects with the punch.
O Brien throws a body punch but Silver moves out of range.
O Brien throws a leg kick that is checked
and Silver counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps O Brien thinking.
O Brien throws a poor cross that misses
and O Brien takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A low kick from Silver misses
and O Brien counters with a nice body shot.
O Brien thuds his right hand into Silver's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver takes a swing at O Brien's ribcage but misses.
O Brien half committed to a counter leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silver misses with a straight left.
O Brien connects with the punch.
O Brien throws a monster overhand right that drops Silver! O Brien follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seamus O Brien!
Seamus O Brien tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.