PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Hathaway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Sandstorm as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hathaway
vs
Silva

175 cm
34
191 lbs
21 - 10 - 0

180 cm
31
185 lbs
20 - 7 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid 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 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Hathaway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thor Silva!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hathaway throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hathaway counters with a one-two to the body.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hathaway's sensitive parts.
Hathaway will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A left and a right from Silva both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Daniel Hathaway has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hathaway counters with an outside leg kick.
Hathaway buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hathaway misses with a combination
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Hathaway throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hathaway takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hathaway misses with a series of wild punches.
Hathaway misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva counters with a nice kick to the body.
Silva scores with a kick to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hathaway lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Hathaway keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hathaway looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hathaway stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Silva cracks a nice hook into Hathaway's ribs.
Hathaway is breathing heavily.
Hathaway misses the jab.
Hathaway misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva throws a series of punches but Hathaway moves out of range.
A punch combination from Hathaway misses.
Silva lands a nice hook to Hathaway's body. Hathaway takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hathaway loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Hathaway misses with a few strikes there.
Hathaway loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Daniel Hathaway seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva throws out a leg kick but Hathaway moves out of range and Silva only half commits.
Hathaway throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Hathaway throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Silva is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hathaway rather than just go for the knockout.
Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hathaway jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hathaway stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Hathaway throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hathaway lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the ropes.

It looks like Thor Silva has been cut.
The fighters circling - Hathaway throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hathaway tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hathaway throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Hathaway has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Silva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hathaway will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hathaway throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Hathaway throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hathaway throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Hathaway throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hathaway takes a kick to the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Hathaway throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silva counters with a big head kick but Hathaway shrugs it off.
Hathaway throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Some wild striking there from Hathaway.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hathaway showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva lunges at Hathaway with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hathaway's hand.
Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hathaway.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hathaway.
Silva misses with a body shot
and Hathaway counters with a stiff right hand.
Hathaway throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Silva connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hathaway.
Hathaway throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a series of strikes. Hathaway will be more careful next time no doubt.

Daniel Hathaway's cut is getting worse.
Hathaway on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Silva throws a body punch but Hathaway moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thor Silva dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hathaway is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hathaway throws a wild body kick that Silva sees coming a mile off.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva throws a one two combo.
Hathaway scores with a nice right hand.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hathaway.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hathaway.
Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva takes a swing at Hathaway's ribcage but misses.
Daniel Hathaway is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hathaway misses with a two punch combination.
Hathaway misses with a wild combination.
Hathaway looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Thor Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hathaway.
Silva misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Hathaway misses.
Silva's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hathaway connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silva scrambles back to his feet.
Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hathaway to score with a decent uppercut.
Hathaway on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hathaway.
Hathaway throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hathaway takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hathaway takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva looks to land a combination. Hathaway sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hathaway tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Hathaway.
Silva misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hathaway counters with a one-two to the body.
Hathaway looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Hathaway. Those never looked like landing.
Silva thumps Hathaway with a low kick.
Silva clobbers Hathaway with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jab, jab by Silva - just one landing.
Hathaway looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hathaway has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
Silva looks for the body kick but Hathaway saw that one coming.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hathaway's sensitive parts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hathaway takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hathaway.
Silva misses with a kick to the body.
Hathaway misses with a series of wild punches.
Hathaway throws an off balance right hand
and Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Silva shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hathaway eats them both and turns towards Silva to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Hathaway throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva scores with a jab.
Silva scores with a one two! Hathaway had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Hathaway is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Oh Hathaway is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva lands a head shot.
Silva lands a hook that stumbles Hathaway back into the ropes. Silva follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Hathaway to the canvas! Silva pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Hathaway has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Thor Silva!
A victorious Thor Silva thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.