PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benny Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artur Hawkwing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hawkwing has chosen Sobota - 7. przykazanie as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Silver
vs
Hawkwing

190 cm
21
207 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

193 cm
21
209 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Very quick

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

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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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Benny Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Artur Hawkwing!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver lands with a shot to the body.

Silver closes the distance and pushes Hawkwing back into the cage.
Silver leaning his opponent against the cage.
Silver gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Hawkwing blocks the elbow strike.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hawkwing's defenses.

It looks like Artur Hawkwing has been cut.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Silver lands an elbow inside that Hawkwing shrugs off.
Silver taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Silver is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Hawkwing takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawkwing takes an elbow to the temple.
Silver stalling.
Hawkwing takes an elbow to the temple.
Hawkwing is trying to drag Silver to the mat but Silver just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
Hawkwing takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Hawkwing in his tracks for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hawkwing's brow.
Silver lands an elbow inside.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Hawkwing leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Come on Silver - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Hawkwing is trying to break the clinch but Silver has him pressed against the cage.
Silver avoiding damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hawkwing takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silver stalling in the clinch.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Hawkwing in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Benny Silver.

Silver gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silver is stalling here.
Hawkwing is looking for a takedown.
Benny Silver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Artur Hawkwing.
Silver stalling in the clinch.
Hawkwing blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silver lands a nice elbow.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hawkwing is trying to push Silver away but Silver has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benny Silver dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Artur Hawkwing's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hawkwing looks to score with a jab to the body but Silver is just out of range.
Hawkwing changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silver tries to avoid it but Hawkwing manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silver to the ground. Silver escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hawkwing jabbing away but nothing is landing.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've been informed that Hawkwing has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hawkwing being controlled against the cage.
Silver lands a nice elbow.

That has opened up Artur Hawkwing's cut even more.
Silver stops a takedown attempt from Hawkwing.
Hawkwing takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hawkwing's defenses.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Silver stalling the fight.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Hawkwing in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The cut above Artur Hawkwing's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

Hawkwing has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Silver uses from the top position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hawkwing throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Silver tries to free his leg and advance position but Hawkwing is retaining full guard.

Hawkwing throws his legs up looking for a submission but Silver uses it to pass to side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hawkwing throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Hawkwing wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawkwing is trying to get back to half guard.
Silver is staying tight to Hawkwing's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Hawkwing is trying to buck Silver off.
Hawkwing is trying to get back to half guard.
Hawkwing sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Hawkwing gets back to full guard.
Silver not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hawkwing seems keen to control Silver's posture.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hawkwing is on top in guard.
Hawkwing looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Benny Silver will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Artur Hawkwing's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Silver closes the distance and pushes Hawkwing back into the cage.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Hawkwing in his tracks for a moment.
Hawkwing blocks the elbow strike.
Silver taking a breather.
Hawkwing wants a takedown.
Silver lands an elbow inside that Hawkwing shrugs off.
Silver lands a nice elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver avoiding damage.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silver has Hawkwing pushed against the cage.
Silver lands an elbow just above Hawkwing 's eye.
The referee calls for Silver to work.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Hawkwing in his tracks for a moment.
Hawkwing blocks an elbow strike.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Hawkwing in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.

Artur Hawkwing's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Silver lands an elbow just above Hawkwing 's eye.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Artur Hawkwing's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Benny Silver!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Benny Silver waved his t-shirt featuring Divinity 160Q for $150's logo in front of the cameras.