PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josh Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Sung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Silver
vs
Sung

180 cm
18
196 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
23
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Josh Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sam Sung!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sung cracks the inside of Silver's front leg.

Sung looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Sung preventing the sweep.
Sung wants to stand but Silver has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silver is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Silver controlling Sung's posture.
Sung working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silver's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver has a closed guard, preventing Sung from standing up.
Sung missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silver throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Silver bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sung's guard.
Silver controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Sung is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Silver chips away with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver wants to control from the top but Sung keeps moving.
Silver distracts Sung with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sung preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Sung looks gassed!
Silver wants to control from the top but Sung keeps moving.
Sung really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silver. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sung working a defensive guard but Silver passes into half guard.
Silver content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Silver winds up and cracks Sung with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver is nestled in close to Sung, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Silver is keen to just control but Sung is a slippery customer.
Nice strikes from Silver there.
Sung taking some punishment here, with Silver in his half guard.
Sung is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Silver scores with a couple of nice shots.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Silver connects with a nice short shot to Sung's temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silver lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ground and pound from Silver.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver is nestled in close to Sung, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sung has hold of Silver's hands but Silver slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sung has hold of Silver's hands but Silver slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Silver lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Silver lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silver working Sung over with strikes.
Sung taking some punishment here, with Silver in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Silver dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silver throws a shot from downtown. Sung moves away and avoids it.
A big right from Silver misses.

Sung gets a takedown into half guard.
Silver manages to get to full guard.
Silver lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sung!
A nice elbow there by Silver.
Sung is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sung's face.

It looks like Sam Sung has been cut.
Josh Silver overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silver lands a big shot there that rocks Sung but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Silver lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silver is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sung can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Silver dominating with strikes here.

That has opened up Sam Sung's cut even more.
Silver pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Silver postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Sung bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Silver and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josh Silver!