PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joey Silverton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Big Hurt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silverton comes to the cage accompanied by Seven. Big Hurt has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Silverton
vs
Hurt

175 cm
20
148 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

175 cm
23
139 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Very quick

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joey Silverton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Big Hurt!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Daniel Cesar and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silverton throws a shot from downtown. Hurt moves away and avoids it.
Hurt is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silverton.
A big right from Silverton misses.
Hurt scores with a jab to the body.
Big Hurt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hurt gets a clinch.
Hurt lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hurt lands with a left to the head.
Hurt stalling in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Hurt.
Silverton tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hurt smiles and moves away.
Silverton moves out of range of the strikes.
Silverton cracks Hurt with a good jab.
Silverton missing with a left hand there. Hurt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurt fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hurt takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hurt fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Silverton is out of range.
A shot to the liver by Hurt. Beautiful body shot.
Hurt throws a body punch but Silverton moves out of range.
Hurt wants to clinch up but Silverton keeps it at a distance.
Silverton throws out a loose jab but Hurt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silverton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hurt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hurt connects with a body shot.
Silverton is breathing heavily.
Silverton tries to clinch but Hurt is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silverton has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hurt finds it's way round the side to connect with Silverton's head.

Silverton tries to keep at a distance but Hurt has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hurt swings wildly with an uppercut but Silverton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hurt throws a head punch that misses.
Hurt works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right handed body shot lands from Hurt.
Silverton goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silverton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A shot in the inside from Hurt.
Hurt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Hurt on the inside.
Hurt is pushing Silverton up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Still in the clinch, Hurt scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silverton lands a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Hurt fails to land.
Hurt effectively controlling the action here.
Hurt is looking to control Silverton's arms but Silverton gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hurt has his back to the cage.
Hurt avoiding damage.
Silverton is struggling to control the position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silverton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hurt lands a nice shot to the body.
Hurt tries to break free but Silverton pushes him back against the cage.
Hurt is trying to force a seperation but Silverton has the dominant position.
Hurt lands a nice shot to the body.
Hurt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silverton wants a takedown.
Hurt wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hurt manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hurt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Hurt.
Silverton can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joey Silverton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silverton can't find room to land a body shot as Hurt controls the action.

Hurt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hurt throws a looping overhand right but Silverton ducks down to avoid it.
Hurt moves in looking to clinch but Silverton pushes him off.

Silverton closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Hurt quickly recovers to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silverton thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silverton thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hurt's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Big Hurt dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hurt tries to clinch up
and Silverton counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hurt scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silverton in his tracks.
Silverton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hurt pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hurt tries to clinch up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hurt darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hurt throws a right hand that Silverton ducks under and follows up with a left that Silverton also avoids with ease.
Hurt takes a swing at Silverton's ribcage but misses.
Silverton swings for the body but Hurt moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurt moves to clinch but Silverton breaks away

and Silverton counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hurt won't be happy with that.
Silverton trying to control the position but Hurt is working away.
Silverton tries to score with some ground and pound. Hurt controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Silverton tries to advance to mount but Hurt denies him.
Silverton in side control, throwing shots but Hurt defends.
Silverton scoring with punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silverton working away.
Silverton working the strikes but Hurt uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Hurt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silverton with the ground and pound but Hurt uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Silverton working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silverton wants to pass the guard but Hurt is keeping the position.
Silverton missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silverton throwing strikes but missing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silverton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hurt manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Silverton manages to get himself to full guard.
Hurt slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's four 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.
Silverton is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silverton keeping moving, preventing Hurt from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Joey Silverton will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Hurt closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hurt lands an uppercut.
Silverton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hurt misses with some punches.
Hurt scores with a hook to the body.

Hurt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hurt fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silverton lands with a straight right. Hurt didn't see that one coming.
Hurt tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silverton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silverton slips a jab and a cross from Hurt.
Hurt misses with a body shot.
Silverton walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silverton's sensitive parts.
Hurt misses with a body shot.
Hurt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silverton.
Hurt tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silverton paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A punch lands to the side of Silverton 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hurt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hurt looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silverton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hurt misses with a few strikes there.
Hurt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silverton sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silverton swinging wildly here.

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.
Silverton throws a body punch but Hurt moves out of range.
Silverton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hurt.
Silverton dodges the punch combination from Hurt.

Silverton scores a takedown into full mount!
Silverton throws some wild stikes that Hurt manages to avoid easily.
Hurt tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silverton throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hurt because Silverton loaded up on that one.
Hurt tries to hold on but Silverton postures up.
Silverton punching from mount but Hurt doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Silverton looking to control but Hurt is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silverton thowing shots but they're missing.
Hurt manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Hurt, under a barage of strikes from Silverton.

That's four 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.
Silverton throwing shots but Hurt is blocking nicely.

Silverton is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Hurt wants to improve his position but Silverton is controlling well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hurt is trying to maintain the position but Silverton is very close to passing his half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Big Hurt.
I think Hurt has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Big Hurt!