PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between DeAngelo Kenner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kenner comes to the cage accompanied by ''Death Wish'' by Jadakiss feat. Lil Wayne. Silver has chosen Blooddrunk as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that John Silver was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Kenner
vs
Silver

190 cm
25
260 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

197 cm
24
257 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Knock Out Artistry
Knock Out Artistry

FinnFighters Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, DeAngelo Kenner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Silver!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kenner keeps the fight on the outside.
Kenner tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silver tries to clinch but Kenner is having none of it.
Silver thows a body shot but no joy.

Silver clinches with his opponent.
Silver missing with knees to the body.
Kenner looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silver looking to stall.
Kenner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kenner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kenner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kenner blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kenner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silver prevents Kenner from breaking the clinch.
Silver unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kenner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kenner has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silver avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Kenner breaks from the clinch.
Silver doesn't manage to clinch there - Kenner circles away.
Silver tries to clinch but Kenner moves out of range.
Kenner stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silver.
Kenner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silver throws a head kick but Kenner moves out of range.
Kenner cracks Silver with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like DeAngelo Kenner has been cut.
Kenner misses with a hook to the body
and Silver counters with a thumping low kick.
Silver throws a leg kick but Kenner sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silver lets loose with a powerful body kick. Kenner will feel that in the morning.
John Silver is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kenner connects with the punch.
A head kick misses from Silver.
Kenner misses the shot to the body.
Kenner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kenner is trying to break free.
Silver utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kenner is working for takedown but Silver is calmly controlling the position for now.
A bit of stalling here from Silver.
Silver prevents Kenner from breaking the clinch.
Kenner drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silver gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for DeAngelo Kenner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kenner is trying to force a seperation but Silver has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenner wants to break free but Silver has control.
Kenner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silver has him pressed against the cage.
Silver using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kenner has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kenner is trying to break free.

Kenner breaks the clinch.

Silver closes the distance and clinches.
Silver prevents the takedown attempt.
Kenner wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silver trying to land knees to the body.
Silver is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kenner is defending well for now.

Kenner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kenner misses the shot to the body.

Silver drives through and clinches with Kenner against the cage.
Silver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kenner avoids it.
Silver putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kenner in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silver lands an elbow inside that Kenner shrugs off.
Kenner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silver prevents Kenner from breaking the clinch.
Silver throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kenner blocks it with crossed arms.
Silver is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kenner is defending well for now.
A frustrated look appears on Kenner's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kenner avoids it.
Kenner looking to stall.
Silver lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kenner avoids it.
Kenner throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Silver lands a good knee to the midsection. Kenner won't want to take too many of those.
Silver connects with a knee to the head.
Kenner is breathing heavily.
Kenner takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kenner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silver is trying to maintain a safe position but Kenner gets an underhook and turns Silver into the cage.
Silver is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Silver looking to throw knees to the head but Kenner is blocking nicely.
Kenner avoiding damage as Silver throws knees to the body.
Silver misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kenner.
Silver keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kenner's efforts to push away.
Silver tries to land knees in the clinch but Kenner avoids the damage to the body.

Kenner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silver throws a sloppy head kick and Kenner moves out of range easily.
Kenner throws a big shot that misses.
Kenner throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silver was well out of range. Poor timing from Kenner.
Kenner misses with a body kick.
Kenner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kenner sizes up Silver with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kenner punishes Silver's body with a nice straight punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kenner ducks under a wild hook from Silver.
Silver tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A combination from Kenner does no damage.
Kenner lands a body shot.
Kenner throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silver stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kenner takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
John Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Kenner.
Kenner misses the shot to the body.
Kenner lands a jab to the nose.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but John Silver will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on DeAngelo Kenner'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.

Silver moves in looking to clinch but Kenner pushes him off.
Kenner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silver.
Kenner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Kenner closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Kenner working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Silver is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Silver tries to get to full guard but Kenner has control of the leg.
Kenner 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.
Kenner wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silver keeps working.
Kenner throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kenner is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Kenner is looking to stall here but Silver recovers full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenner content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kenner connects with a couple of short punches.
Kenner chips away with some ground and pound.
Silver keeping moving, preventing Kenner from controlling successfully.
Kenner working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silver's head.
Kenner postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kenner trying to control but Silver is working from the bottom.
Kenner scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silver trying to control the position.
Silver avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kenner working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silver's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kenner trying to control but Silver is working from the bottom.
Kenner tries to free his leg and advance position but Silver is retaining full guard.
Silver utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kenner preventing the sweep.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kenner misses the body punch
and Silver counters with a straight right hand.
Kenner is looking to wear down Silver with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Silver throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kenner shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Kenner showed some decent athleticism there.
Kenner is just content to waste time from the top position. Silver takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silver looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kenner is one step ahead there.
Kenner makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kenner slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Silver can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenner trying to control the action but Silver is working from the bottom.
Kenner lands some shots froms side control.
Silver manages to get back to half guard.
Silver avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kenner.
Kenner missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kenner thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silver is refusing to be controlled, as Kenner sits in half guard.
Silver is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kenner's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kenner's back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DeAngelo Kenner dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on DeAngelo Kenner's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Kenner clobbers Silver with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kenner connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

It looks like John Silver has been cut.
Kenner throws out a loose jab but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kenner takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kenner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kenner throws a series of punches but Silver moves out of range.
Kenner lands with a right hand.
Silver wants to clinch.

Silver has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silver tries to land knees in the clinch but Kenner avoids the damage to the body.
Kenner managing to block the knees to the body from Silver.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Kenner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kenner throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Silver misses
and Kenner counters with a nice body shot.
Silver takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kenner lands with a shot to the body.
Silver walks into a straight right hand from Kenner.

Kenner shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Silver manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Kenner with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kenner lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Silver has momentary wrist control but Kenner slips an elbow through the middle.
Silver utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kenner slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Kenner chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kenner works over Silver with some ground and pound from guard.
DeAngelo Kenner overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silver has momentary wrist control but Kenner slips an elbow through the middle.
Kenner wants to control from the top but Silver keeps moving.
Silver working a defensive guard here.
Kenner thows a big elbow that misses.
Silver keeping moving, preventing Kenner from controlling successfully.
Silver can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Kenner controls the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenner working some strikes from top position.
Kenner lands a couple of digs.
Kenner distracts Silver with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Silver pulls Kenner in close to prevent any damage.
Kenner pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silver is keeping the position for now.
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.
Kenner trying to control but Silver is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver controls Kenner momentarily but Kenner frees himself.
Kenner postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silver keeping moving, preventing Kenner from controlling successfully.
Kenner is pushing down on Silver's leg trying to pass to half guard. Silver is fighting to maintain full guard but Kenner has managed to sneak the leg through.
Silver wants to improve his position but Kenner is controlling well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silver darts in trying to clinch

and Kenner counters with a nice double leg into side control. Silver won't be happy with that.
Silver is trying to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
DeAngelo Kenner showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kenner 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... DeAngelo Kenner!