PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dragoslav Stoyanovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stoyanovich is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Hymn To Red October. This should be a great matchup!

Silver
vs
Stoyanovich

180 cm
22
210 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

186 cm
20
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jordan Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dragoslav Stoyanovich!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, David Schapiro and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stoyanovich throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stoyanovich ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Stoyanovich's jab looks to have found its range, popping Silver under the eye.

It looks like Jordan Silver has been cut.
Stoyanovich with a nice cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stoyanovich throws a lazy head kick

and Silver counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stoyanovich keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Silver sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Stoyanovich defending well though.
Silver not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silver throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Silver is working for a kimura but Stoyanovich is defending it quite comfortably.
Silver prevents Stoyanovich from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stoyanovich taking some punishment here, with Silver in his half guard.
Silver thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silver thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Stoyanovich's head.
Stoyanovich has his hands clasped together around Silver's back. He's all about the action.
Nice strikes from Silver there.
Stoyanovich is looking for a sweep. Silver is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Stoyanovich manages to get to full guard.
Stoyanovich wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silver's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silver wants to control from the top but Stoyanovich keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stoyanovich has control of Silver's left arm, preventing Silver from doing any damage.
Stoyanovich looking for a sweep. Not yet Stoyanovich, not yet.
Silver 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.
Silver being controlled here momentarily.
Silver throwing strikes from guard but Stoyanovich blocks nicely.
Stoyanovich looking for a sweep. Not yet Stoyanovich, not yet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stoyanovich is trying to keep Silver in close.

Dragoslav Stoyanovich has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Silver throws a series of punches but Stoyanovich moves out of range.
Stoyanovich scores with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stoyanovich scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Stoyanovich scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Silver takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dragoslav Stoyanovich seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silver takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stoyanovich with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Stoyanovich fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Silver is rocked!
Stoyanovich throws a quick head kick that knocks Silver silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Stoyanovich is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Dragoslav Stoyanovich!
A victorious Dragoslav Stoyanovich thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.