PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bastien Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris comes to the cage accompanied by Du Hast. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Harris
vs
Silver

180 cm
19
182 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
198 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Determined

Conquer
Fight Night Nutrition

Fight Night Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bastien Harris!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Benny Silver!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver throws a head kick that misses.
Harris throws a nice looking combination but Silver bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silver is looking to clinch.
Harris checks a leg kick.
Silver has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Silver tries to clinch there but Harris circles away.
Silver is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Harris.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silver tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Harris counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silver tries to clinch up but Harris circles away and keeps his distance.
Harris checks a leg kick.
Silver throws out a leg kick but Harris moves out of range and Silver only half commits.
Silver doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silver wants to clinch.
Harris throws a right hand that Silver ducks under and follows up with a left that Silver also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris looks to land a right hand but Silver moved out of range.
A low kick from Harris is predictable there

and Silver counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Harris dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
Stalling in the clinch from Harris.
Harris wants to get back to striking at distance but Silver won't allow it.
Silver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harris wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice elbow from Silver.
Harris dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Harris is looking to control Silver's arms but Silver gets an underhook and turns him. Now Harris has his back to the cage.
Silver holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Harris wants to get back to striking at distance but Silver won't allow it.
Harris can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Harris is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Harris pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from Harris finds it's target.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silver takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Silver crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Harris - the referee stops the clock and Silver gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Harris. Silver manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Silver is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harris scores with a jab to the jaw.
Silver tries to clinch up but Harris circles away and keeps his distance.
Harris throws the left hand but Silver avoids the punch easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silver is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harris avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harris scores with a one two! Silver had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Silver throws a leg kick but Harris sees it coming and moves out of range.
Silver wants to clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Harris.
Silver avoids a punch combination nicely.
Harris swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A jab from Harris finds it's way through Silver's defenses.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Harris paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch but Harris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silver tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Harris manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right-left combo lands from Harris.

Silver is rocked!
Harris lunges at Silver with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Silver's hand.
Silver is still on wobbly legs! Can Harris finish him?
Harris throws an overhand right that has Silver reeling! Harris follows up with more punches and Silver is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Bastien Harris!
Bastien Harris retains his middleweight title!