PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Simon Calchas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Calchas
vs
Silver

160 cm
18
152 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
153 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Simon Calchas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Silver!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver lands a slapping body shot.
Calchas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Silver tests Calchas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silver scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Calchas doesn't seem bothered though.
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.
Calchas throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silver with a nice cross.
Calchas wants to clinch.
Silver is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Calchas misses with a head kick.
Calchas ducks under a wild hook from Silver.
Silver connects with a nice looking jab.
Silver misses with a straight right.
Jab by Silver.
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!
Calchas throws a head kick but Silver moves out of range.
Silver scores with a jab to the jaw.
The fight stays on the outside here - Calchas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calchas walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Calchas walks into a jab.
Johnny Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silver scores with a one two! Calchas had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Silver has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Silver avoids the head kick by Calchas.
Calchas wants to slow Silver down by chopping away at his legs.
Silver misses with a straight right.
Calchas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Silver.
Calchas throws a head kick that misses.
Silver connects with a body shot that sends Calchas's belly button to the back.
Silver connects with a jab.
Silver takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A right-left combo lands from Silver.
Silver is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Calchas had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silver scores with a sloppy right hand. Calchas should have avoided that one.
Calchas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silver jabs Calchas to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver swings for the body but Calchas moves out of range.
Silver misses with a looping right.
Calchas tries a head kick but it misses.
Calchas tries to move into range but Silver moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Calchas is looking to score with low kicks.
An inside leg kick from Calchas misses.
Calchas is looking to chop away at Silver's legs.
Silver misses with a straight right.
Calchas throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Silver to counter with a crisp jab.
Silver misses with a looping left.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Calchas.
Silver connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Calchas momentarily.
Calchas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silver.
Calchas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silver paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calchas motions for Silver to come forward. Calchas throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Calchas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Calchas lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Calchas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silver manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silver scores with a decent looking hook.
Calchas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Calchas throws a leg kick but Silver moved away.
Silver scores with a crisp jab that stopped Calchas in his tracks.
Silver lands a nice looking body shot.
Calchas pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silver is out of range and Calchas settles back down.
Calchas fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Silver is out of range.
Calchas is looking to score with low kicks.
Calchas throws a sloppy head kick and Silver moves out of range easily.
Silver cracks Calchas with an open hand slap.
Calchas tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Silver is able to avoid easily.
Silver lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calchas blocks a jab.
Silver misses the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Calchas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silver scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Calchas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Silver.
Silver checks the leg kick nicely there.
Calchas takes one on the button.
A big left from Silver misses.
Calchas looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Calchas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silver checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Calchas lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Silver has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silver and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Calchas tries a low kick but Silver avoids it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Calchas - that will leave a mark!
Calchas throws a head kick that misses.
Silver blocks a head kick by Calchas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Silver dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The crowd cheers as Silver lands an impressive looking overhand right. Calchas doesn't seem phased though.
Silver scores with a jab to the body.
Johnny Silver seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Calchas walks into a left hand.
Silver lands a really nice looking cross but Calchas seems unphased.
A head kick misses from Calchas.
Calchas throws a head kick that misses.
Silver might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Calchas tries to move into range but Silver moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Calchas misses with a head kick.
Calchas pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silver is out of range and Calchas settles back down.
Calchas misses with a kick to the body.
Silver lands with an overhand left.
Calchas takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Calchas instigates a clinch.
Calchas taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Silver.
Silver slows down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver trying to stall but Calchas improves his position.
Calchas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silver's defenses.

It looks like Johnny Silver has been cut.
Calchas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Calchas.
Silver takes an elbow to the temple.
Calchas lands a nice knee to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Silver.
Silver is trying to force a seperation but Calchas has the dominant position.
Calchas just leaning against Silver, taking a breather.
Silver stalling in the clinch but Calchas improves position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calchas missing with knees to the body.
Silver taking a breather.
Calchas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silver avoids a wild elbow strike from Calchas.
Silver avoids a wild elbow strike from Calchas.
Calchas throws an elbow but it misses.
Silver takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silver is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silver is trying to maintain a safe position but Calchas gets an underhook and turns Silver into the cage.
Calchas slowing the pace effectively.
Calchas gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
With the fighters up against the cage, Calchas throws an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Calchas misses with some punches.
Calchas content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Calchas is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Simon Calchas.
Calchas takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Calchas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silver moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Calchas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Calchas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silver.
Calchas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silver throws a hook but Calchas avoids it easily.
Calchas throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver moves out of range of the leg kick from Calchas.
Calchas tries to clinch up but Silver circles away and keeps his distance.
Silver darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Calchas misses with a wild body shot.
Silver misses the shot to the body.
Silver throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Calchas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Calchas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silver smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Calchas misses with a body kick.
Silver moves out of range of the leg kick from Calchas.
Jab by Silver.
Calchas ducks under a wild hook from Silver.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Calchas slips under a jab.
Silver checks a leg kick.
Calchas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
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 Simon Calchas will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Johnny Silver's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Silver misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Calchas.
Calchas throws a sloppy head kick and Silver moves out of range easily.
Silver throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Calchas stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silver stuns Calchas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Calchas throws a half hearted mid kick.
Calchas wants to land a leg kick but Silver is out of range.
Silver uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Calchas.
Danga de danga de dang - Silver scores with a four punch combination!
Calchas walks into a straight right hand from Silver.
Silver swinging wildly here.
Calchas throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Silver lands a jab to Calchas's midsection.
The fight stays on the outside here - Calchas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Calchas throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Calchas eats them both and turns towards Silver to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Silver looks to score with a jab to the body but Calchas is just out of range.
Calchas tries to clinch there but Silver circles away.
Silver scores with a jab to the head.
An inside leg kick from Calchas misses.
Silver checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Calchas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Calchas misses with a straight left.
Jab from Silver.
Calchas tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silver works Calchas's body with a nice hook.
Silver blocks a head kick by Calchas.
Silver moves out of range of the body kick from Calchas.
Calchas wants to slow Silver down by chopping away at his legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver throws a hook to the side of Calchas's head but Calchas sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silver with a hook.
Calchas takes a swing at Silver's ribcage but misses.
Silver misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Calchas.
Calchas looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silver misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silver takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Calchas tries to clinch up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Calchas misses with a head kick.
Silver swats away the attempt to clinch by Calchas.
Silver fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silver ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Calchas moves away.
Calchas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silver.
Calchas tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silver scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Calchas tries to clinch but Silver is having none of it.

Calchas forces Silver back against the cage and clinches.
Calchas tries to land knees in the clinch but Silver avoids the damage to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Calchas holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Calchas misses with an elbow over the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver is looking to control Calchas's arms but Calchas gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silver has his back to the cage.
Calchas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Calchas holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Silver is looking to control Calchas's arms but Calchas gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silver has his back to the cage.
Calchas has Silver pressed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Simon Calchas.
Silver sizes up Calchas with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silver misses with a straight left.
Calchas throws a solid leg kick but Silver takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Calchas.
Calchas misses with a low kick as Silver jumps back.
Silver scores with a one two! Calchas had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Johnny Silver.
I think Silver has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Silver!