PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jean Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Rivers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silver comes to the cage accompanied by Snow (Hey Oh). Rivers is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Cyco Vision. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Silver
vs
Rivers

167 cm
25
134 lbs
11 - 3 - 1

182 cm
22
135 lbs
6 - 1 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power

Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

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Vitality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Silver!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Stan Rivers!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivers uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silver.
Stan Rivers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot by Rivers.

Silver gets tackled into the cage by Rivers. Rivers maintains the clinch.
Rivers trying to land knees to the body.
Rivers cracks Silver with a nice body shot.
Rivers taking a breather.
Silver avoiding damage as Rivers throws knees to the body.

Silver breaks the clinch.
Silver just misses with a punch to the body.
Rivers closes the distance but Silver moves to the side
letting Silver counter with a right hand.
Rivers defending well as Silver loads up on a big left hand.
Silver avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver throws a looping overhand right but Rivers ducks down to avoid it.
Rivers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rivers closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Rivers moves out of range of the strikes.
Rivers tries to clinch there but Silver circles away.
Silver avoids the head kick by Rivers.
Rivers scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Stan Rivers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silver blocks a head kick by Rivers.
Silver throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver's corner calls for a 1-2. Silver obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Rivers clinches up against the cage.
Rivers unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silver lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silver lands with a right to the head.
Rivers blocking some punches.
Rivers tries to land a knee to the head but Silver blocks with his arms.
Silver working aggressively here.
Rivers blocks a body shot from Silver.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silver has a couple of punches blocked by Rivers.
Silver throws a punch but it's blocked by Rivers.
Silver managing to block the knees to the body from Rivers.
Silver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Rivers escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Donk. Silver catches Rivers right on the button with a cross.
Silver circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silver counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rivers moves out of range as Silver strikes.
Silver circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rivers fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rivers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silver cracks a nice hook into Rivers's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silver. Rivers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silver connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Silver uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rivers.
Rivers looks to clinch
and Silver counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silver keeps the fight on the outside.
The fighters circling - Silver throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rivers throws a combination that misses

and Silver counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Rivers looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jean Silver will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rivers throws a series of punches but Silver avoids them all with ease.
Silver lands with a right hand.
Rivers tries to clinch there but Silver circles away.
Rivers fails to land with a series of punches.
Rivers wants to clinch
and Silver counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silver takes a swing at Rivers's ribcage but misses.
No joy there for Silver, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rivers misses with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rivers looks to land a combination but Silver avoids it well.
Rivers tries to clinch but Silver is having none of it.
Stan Rivers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rivers wants to clinch but Silver slips to the side
and Silver counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silver throws a body punch but Rivers moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Silver.
Rivers tries to clinch there but Silver circles away.
Silver avoids the body shot from Rivers.
Rivers uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silver.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Silver swats away the attempt to clinch by Rivers.
Silver lands an overhand right.
Rivers is looking to clinch but Silver is avoiding it.
Silver shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rivers doesn't manage to clinch there - Silver circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivers tries to clinch up.

Rivers has closed the distance and engaged Silver in a clinch.
Rivers avoiding damage.
Rivers tries to land knees in the clinch but Silver avoids the damage to the body.
Rivers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silver.
Silver lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rivers stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rivers connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silver's face.
Silver drops down looking for an ankle pick but Rivers pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jean Silver. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Rivers clinches up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rivers scores with a knee to the head.
Rivers with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rivers utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

Silver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rivers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rivers tries to clinch up but Silver circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rivers throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silver makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rivers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rivers misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stan Rivers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silver throws out a powerful jab.
Rivers misses with the combination.
Rivers moves in looking to clinch but Silver pushes him off.
Rivers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silver swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Oooooh!!! Rivers has knocked Silver down with a huge combo! Rivers steps away and waves a wobbly Silver back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Silver is rocked!

It looks like Jean Silver has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silver walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Rivers swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Stan Rivers!
Stan Rivers is the new bantamweight champion!
Stan Rivers made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I want to thank you guys for coming out tonight, Vitality and xXx - Fight Club Clothing for sponsoring me and helping me look so good, my team at Nacho Libre Gym, all of my loved ones back home, and King Justus for letting me fight here in the OFC!!'.