PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marco Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hammer's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Kuningas Pähkinä & Setä Tamu - Hei Scully. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hammer
vs
Silva

178 cm
26
184 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

186 cm
23
195 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

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 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marco Hammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stefan Silva!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hammer lands with a good body shot.
Silva tries to move into range but Hammer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Hammer looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hammer misses with a straight right.
Hammer misses with a combination

and Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hammer letting Silva take a breather here.
Silva continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Silva goes for a takedown in the clinch but Hammer prevents it.

Silva is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Hammer can't fight it off and eventually Silva manages to take the fight to the floor. Hammer looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hammer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Hammer keeping full guard, as Silva tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva postures up.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Hammer is keeping the position.
Silva content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hammer knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hammer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva postures up in Hammer's guard and throws a big left but Hammer blocks it.
Hammer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Silva is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Hammer is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Hammer has escaped and now he's on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Silva is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Hammer trying to stand up but can't free himself from Silva's guard.
Silva bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hammer's guard.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hammer is keeping the position for now.
Silva throws an elbow that misses. Hammer uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Silva's guard. Nice move by Hammer!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammer is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva controls Hammer momentarily but Hammer frees himself.

Hammer avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hammer has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Silva is proving hard to escape from.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.

Silva looking for a guillotine here but Hammer defends easily.
Silva thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Silva wants to sweep here but Hammer controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.

Hammer got a little sloppy there for a moment and Silva has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hammer has managed to get both his arms back between Silva's legs - danger averted.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hammer is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva striking off his back but it's not causing Hammer any problems.
Silva throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Hammer throws a big elbow that misses.
Hammer would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Hammer avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hammer throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hammer stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Silva gets a double leg takedown into Hammer's guard.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva pushing down on Hammer's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Silva is working for a submission of some sort.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hammer on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hammer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throwing shots but Hammer is blocking nicely.
Hammer avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Silva throws a strike but Hammer avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva postures up and lands a big shot to Hammer's brow.
Silva lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva trying to control but Hammer is working from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva scoring with some ground and pound.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hammer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Hammer blocks nicely.
Stefan Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva pushing down on Hammer's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hammer defending well though.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ground and pound from Silva.
Hammer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Silva is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Silva landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hammer's head.
Hammer taking some punishment here, with Silva in his half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hammer has hold of Silva's hands but Silva slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Silva working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hammer blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stefan Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva forces Hammer back against the cage and clinches.
Silva stalling.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hammer avoids it.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva prevents Hammer from breaking the clinch.
Hammer working hard to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.

Silva works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Silva thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva trying to control but Hammer is working from the bottom.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva scoring with punches to the head and body.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silva's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Silva postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Marco Hammer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Silva landing with the ground and pound.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hammer preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hammer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva working some strikes from top position.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hammer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silva's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Silva is working Hammer over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva cracks Hammer with a solid left hand.
Silva stands up over Hammer, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Silva content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Stefan Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hammer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hammer misses with a left hand

and Silva counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hammer's guard now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva is stalling in the full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stefan Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 25:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 25:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stefan Silva!
Stefan Silva thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Marco Hammer was interviewed post fight and said 'I'm very sorry! I'll be back stronger!'.