PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terry Silver (ranked 376 p4p, 386 weight class) and Nils Norling (ranked 48 p4p, 49 weight class). Norling has chosen Eminem - Go To Sleep as his entrance music. Terry Silver could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nils Norling's chin.

Silver
vs
Norling

177 cm
31
172
23 - 19 - 0

185 cm
34
175
26 - 19 - 0

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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 23 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Terry Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nils Norling!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Topper Green and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Norling throws a wild body kick that Silver sees coming a mile off.
Norling throws a leg kick but Silver sees it coming and moves out of range.
Norling misses with a straight right.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Norling, as that shot connected.
Silver throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Norling stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Terry Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Silver.
Norling throws a lazy right hand but Silver sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silver has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Roosters Coop in the buildup to the fight.
Norling takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silver lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silver cracks Norling with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

It looks like Nils Norling has been cut.
Silver misses with a right hand
and Norling counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Silver takes the fight into the clinch.
Silver doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Norling blocks an uppercut.

Norling's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silver tries to bum rush Norling with a series of wild strikes but Norling uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silver moves in looking to clinch but Norling pushes him off.
Silver throws a jab when Norling was well out of range.
Norling throws out a counter right but Silver avoids it with no problem.
Good work by Silver as he checks the leg kick.
Silver fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Norling connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Silver lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silver with a hook.
Silver throws a right hand that misses
and Norling connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silver misses with a body shot.
Norling's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Norling duly obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Norling throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silver swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Silver lands a nice hook to Norling's body. Norling takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silver throws a poor cross that misses
letting Norling counter with a right hand.
Silver slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Silver misses the jab.
Silver throws a poor cross that misses
and Silver takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Norling on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice straight punches there by Norling. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Norling.
Silver misses with a double jab.
Silver wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Norling was well out of range. Poor timing from Silver.
Norling looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Silver on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Norling lands a nice shot that snaps Silver's head back.
Silver throws a leg kick but Norling moved away.
Silver doesn't manage to clinch there - Norling circles away.

Silver closes the distance and pushes Norling back into the cage.
Silver lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Norling backwards.

Norling breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silver lands a nice shot to the body.
Silver tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Norling was well out of range. Poor timing from Silver.
Silver misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Norling.
Silver misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norling takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Norling throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silver swings widly with a right hand
and Norling cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silver takes one on the button.
Silver misses with a hook. Norling ducked under it nicely.
Silver throws a low kick, looking for Norling's leg but Norling calmly moves out of range.
Silver lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Silver throws a jab but it's blocked by Norling.
Silver backing away here, and Norling unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Silver displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Norling throws out the jab.
Norling buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Norling throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silver scores with a hook to the body. Norling takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nils Norling will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nils Norling's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silver takes the fight into the clinch.

Norling breaks the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Silver.
Silver wants to clinch up but Norling keeps it at a distance.
Norling only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Silver cracks Norling with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Silver scores with a nice head shot.
Silver swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Norling keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver misses the body punch
and Silver takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.
It seemed like Norling was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Norling displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silver throws out the jab.
Silver misses with a double jab
and Norling counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver tests Norling's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Norling walks into a stiff left hand from Silver.
Left hook, right uppercut from Norling.
A solid leg kick lands there for Norling.
Silver blocks a leg kick.
Silver misses with a straight left.
Silver blocks a head kick by Norling.
Silver tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Norling was well out of range. Poor timing from Silver.
Silver misses with a lunging right hand
and Silver takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silver scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Norling throws a leg kick that is checked
and Silver cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silver misses the body punch
enabling Norling to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice cross by Silver.
Silver misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Norling.
Silver dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silver lands a leg kick that knocks Norling off balance momentarily.
Norling ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silver throws out a leg kick but Norling moves out of range and Silver only half commits.
Silver tries to clinch up but Norling circles away and keeps his distance.
Norling has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Norling misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silver shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norling uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silver.
Silver throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Silver clinches.
Silver tries a knee to the head but Norling blocks it.
Silver blocking some punches.
Norling is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Norling escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Norling scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Norling bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Norling swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

Silver has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silver putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Norling in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Norling working aggressively here.
Silver gets through Norling's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Norling lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Norling blocks it with crossed arms.
Norling tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
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!
Silver struggles to land a body shot inside as Norling controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Norling.
Norling lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Norling blocks a body shot from Silver.

Norling breaks from the clinch.
Norling darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Silver throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Norling throws a hook to the side of Silver's head but Silver sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Norling tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silver misses with a body shot.
Silver misses with a kick to the body.
Jab from Norling.
Silver throws a right and a left that Norling avoids nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Terry Silver will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nils Norling'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. This is the final round!

Norling throws a low kick but it's checked well by Silver.
Silver swings for the body but Norling moves out of range.
Norling was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nils Norling seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silver avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silver doesn't manage to clinch there - Norling circles away.
Norling takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silver throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Norling looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Norling throws a head kick but Silver moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver lands with a nice body punch.
Silver tries to clinch
and Norling counters with a nice uppercut.
Norling has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silver finds it's way round the side to connect with Norling's head.
Norling throws an off balance right hand
and Silver counters with a good, hard body kick but Norling shrugs it off.
Norling takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver thows a leg kick but Norling checks it
and Norling counters with a nice uppercut.
A nice leg kick lands there from Norling.

Norling gets tackled into the cage by Silver. Silver maintains the clinch.
Silver keeps control of Norling as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silver lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silver lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Norling swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Norling blocks an uppercut.
Silver lands a good knee to the midsection. Norling won't want to take too many of those.
Norling misses with a punch to the body.
Norling blocks a body shot from Silver.
Norling has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
Silver tries to throw a body punch but Norling avoids it by throwing Silver back against the cage.
Silver lands with a right to the head.
Norling lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Norling prevents a body shot from Silver.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
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!
A right hook to the body lands for Silver.
Silver tries a body shot but Norling blocks it.
Silver tries a body shot but Norling blocks it.
Silver fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Norling misses with a hook from the clinch.
Norling blocks a body shot from Silver.
Norling misses with a punch on the inside.
Norling's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Norling misses with a punch on the inside.
Silver tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silver pushes Norling back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Norling breaks from the clinch.
Norling throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good leg kick by Silver.
Norling misses with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Silver finds it's way through Norling's defenses.
Silver moves out of range of the strikes.
Silver misses with a looping left.

Silver steps into range and cracks Norling with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Norling flops backwards and Silver dives into his guard looking to finish!

Norling is rocked!

That has opened up Nils Norling's cut even more.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silver accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Norling is still in real trouble! Can Silver finish him?
Silver knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Norling on the ground.
Norling keeping moving, preventing Silver from controlling successfully.
Silver looking to pass the guard.
Silver is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Norling seems to have recovered his senses.
Silver has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver looking to sit in guard and control but Norling gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silver working a defensive guard but Norling manages to pass into side control anyway.
Silver is trying to improve his position.

Norling is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Silver is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Terry Silver showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Silver 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:28
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terry Silver!
After the big win, Terry Silver made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Sakura Style and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.