PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joey Silvera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Hanks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silvera comes to the cage accompanied by Wedlock. Joey Silvera had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Silvera
vs
Hanks

185 cm
33
193 lbs
30 - 18 - 1

179 cm
32
175 lbs
25 - 11 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Perkele!
Hellbent

Hellbent
Conviction

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 30 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Joey Silvera!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Craig Hanks!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hanks takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've been informed that Hanks has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A low kick from Hanks is predictable there
letting Silvera counter with a right hand.
Hanks scores with a nice strike.
A head kick from Hanks lands but Silvera takes it in his stride.
Hanks uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silvera.
Hanks looks to land a left hand but Silvera moved out of range nicely.
Silvera tries to clinch there but Hanks circles away.
Hanks is looking to slow Silvera down with leg kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silvera throws a jab when Hanks was well out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Silvera darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

It looks like Craig Hanks has been cut.
Hanks jabs Silvera right on the nose. Silvera blinks but takes it well.
Silvera misses with a body shot.
Joey Silvera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hanks lands with a shot to the body.
That kick from Hanks tenderised Silvera's leg. Silvera is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silvera tries to clinch up but Hanks circles away and keeps his distance.
Silvera takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hanks scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silvera looks to land a right hand but Hanks moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanks swats away the attempt to clinch by Silvera.

Silvera clinches up against the cage.
Hanks avoiding damage as Silvera throws knees to the body.
Silvera has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

Hanks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silvera tries to land a front kick but Hanks steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Silvera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silvera moves in looking to clinch but Hanks pushes him off.
Silvera blocks a low kick nicely.
Hanks uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silvera.
Hanks lands a jab to the head.
Hanks paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Silvera tries to work over Hanks's front leg with a kick but Hanks checks it.
Silvera throws a leg kick but Hanks sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hanks misses with a low kick.
Silvera steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hanks. That one must have hurt.
Hanks scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silvera clobbers Hanks with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hanks cracks Silvera with a good jab.
Sloppy strikes from Silvera. Those never looked like landing.
Silvera ducks under a wild hook from Hanks.
Hanks misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silvera tries to close the distance and clinch but Hanks swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silvera throws a push kick but Hanks slaps the foot to one side.
Hanks avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A jab from Silvera misses.
Silvera tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hanks was well out of range. Poor timing from Silvera.
Hanks on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hanks swats away the attempt to clinch by Silvera.
Hanks throws a big shot that misses.
Hanks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silvera scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanks listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silvera tries to clinch but Hanks moves out of range.
Silvera tries to clinch there but Hanks circles away.
Hanks moves into range and connects with a jab.
Silvera misses with an uppercut. Hanks saw that one coming.
Silvera misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silvera misses with the combination.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hanks.
Hanks dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silvera dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hanks. That did some damage!
Hanks is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Silvera had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Hanks dodges the punch combination from Silvera.
Hanks throws a lazy right hand but Silvera sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hanks cracks Silvera with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silvera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hanks paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvera throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hanks.
Silvera throws a lazy right hand but Hanks sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hanks tries a low kick but Silvera avoids it.
Silvera takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Hanks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hanks.
Hanks jabs Silvera right on the nose. Silvera blinks but takes it well.
Hanks connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silvera's hands.
Silvera avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silvera scoring well with a low kick there.
Hanks on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silvera tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hanks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silvera closes the distance but Hanks moves to the side
and Hanks counters with an outside leg kick.
Hanks connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Hanks dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Craig Hanks's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hanks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silvera manages to avoid it.
Silvera on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hanks lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Silvera fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silvera. That's going to slow Hanks down.
A big left from Hanks misses.
Hanks connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hanks throws a sloppy head kick and Silvera moves out of range easily.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Hanks. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Hanks gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silvera.
Silvera moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
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!
Donk. Silvera catches Hanks right on the button with a cross.
Craig Hanks seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silvera tries to clinch but Hanks moves out of range.
Hanks thumps Silvera with a low kick.
Silvera blocks a head kick by Hanks.
Hanks with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silvera throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hanks sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hanks looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Silvera fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hanks is out of range.
Hanks tries a head kick but it misses.
Silvera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silvera blocks the body kick.
Silvera scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hanks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silvera.
Silvera thows a leg kick but Hanks checks it
and Hanks counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silvera on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Silvera blocks a leg kick.
Silvera is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hanks throws a leg kick which misses Silvera's front leg but catches the back leg as Silvera tries to avoid it.
Silvera misses the shot to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silvera prevents a body shot from Hanks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvera works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hanks working aggressively here.
Hanks lands a body punch.
Silvera misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hanks misses with some punches.
Hanks lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silvera backwards.
Hanks tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silvera throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hanks blocks it with crossed arms.
Silvera scores with a shot to the side of Hanks's head.
Silvera is trying to stall.
Silvera has a couple of punches blocked by Hanks.
Silvera stalling in the clinch but Hanks improves position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hanks misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Hanks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanks lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silvera backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hanks.
Silvera pushes Hanks back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hanks lands a shot to the body.
Hanks misses with a punch on the inside.
Silvera taking a breather.
Silvera swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Hanks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silvera connects with a solid leg kick.
Hanks throws a right hand that Silvera ducks under and follows up with a left that Silvera also avoids with ease.
Hanks connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silvera. Silvera circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silvera throws the left hand but Hanks avoids the punch easily.
Silvera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hanks paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silvera takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hanks fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silvera.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hanks misses with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanks fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hanks moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hanks takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hanks 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 Silvera has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silvera and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Silvera misses with a low kick.
Silvera on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hanks. Hanks obviously looking to wear him down.
Silvera is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silvera tries to land a leg kick but Hanks saw it coming and moves away.
Silvera rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hanks moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd cheers as Hanks lands an impressive looking overhand right. Silvera doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanks looks to score with a jab to the body but Silvera is just out of range.
Silvera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hanks moves away.
Hanks throws a poor cross that misses
and Silvera counters with a two punch combo.
An inside leg kick lands from Hanks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Craig Hanks will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Craig Hanks's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hanks pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hanks just misses with a punch to the body.
Silvera tries to clinch but Hanks moves out of range.
Hanks lands with a cross.
Silvera takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hanks cracks the inside of Silvera's front leg.
Silvera catches Hanks with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A jab from Hanks misses.
Silvera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hanks connects with a solid leg kick.

Silvera closes the distance and clinches.
Hanks blocks an elbow strike from Silvera.
Hanks misses with the head strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hanks wants to break free but Silvera has control.
Silvera looking to stall.
Silvera lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvera gets through Hanks's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silvera misses with some punches.
A short left from Silvera.
Silvera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Joey Silvera has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Hanks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hanks scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silvera doesn't seem bothered though.
Silvera has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silvera there as he acknowledges the shot.
Silvera takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silvera tries to clinch but Hanks is having none of it.
Silvera feints and then cracks Hanks's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hanks down.
Hanks connects with a body shot that sends Silvera's belly button to the back.
Silvera stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hanks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hanks misses with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Hanks blocks the leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvera moves out of range as Hanks throws a body kick.
Hanks scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hanks moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Silvera clinches up against the cage.
Silvera missing with knees to the body.
Silvera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silvera throws a punch but it's blocked by Hanks.

Hanks breaks from the clinch.
Hanks slips a jab from Silvera.
Hanks steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silvera.
Silvera misses with a few strikes there.
Hanks pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silvera is out of range and Hanks settles back down.
Hanks turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silvera misses with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanks lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hanks keeps the fight on the outside.
Silvera waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hanks.
Silvera gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Silvera avoids a kick to the body.
Hanks swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hanks. Silvera does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hanks throws a poor cross that misses

and Silvera counters by clinching up.

Hanks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hanks tries to land a front kick but Silvera steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Silvera scores with a body shot.
Silvera swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silvera misses with a hook. Hanks ducked under it nicely.
Silvera tries to clinch up but Hanks circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvera avoids a kick to the body.
Hanks scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silvera connects with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silvera is looking to clinch but Hanks is avoiding it.
Hanks paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hanks misses with a body shot.
Silvera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hanks.
Silvera looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Silvera wants to clinch.
Hanks with a nice cross.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanks takes a swing at Silvera's ribcage but misses.
Hanks misses with a series of wild punches.
Hanks misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Craig Hanks really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Craig Hanks's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hanks digs a good body shot into Silvera's ribs.

Silvera gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hanks fails to land.
Hanks tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silvera's elbow.
Hanks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silvera tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hanks lands a right hand.
Silvera fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hanks.
Silvera lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silvera throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silvera throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silvera lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hanks lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hanks blocking some punches.
Silvera tries to throw a body punch but Hanks avoids it by throwing Silvera back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silvera.
Hanks wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hanks blocks an uppercut.
Silvera lands a body shot.
Hanks looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch on the inside from Silvera fails to land.
Silvera misses with an elbow strike.
Silvera throws an elbow but it misses.
Hanks tries to work over Silvera's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hanks can't find room to land a body shot as Silvera controls the action.
Hanks lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silvera working aggressively here.
Silvera tries to land knees in the clinch but Hanks avoids the damage to the body.
Silvera tries a body shot but Hanks blocks it.
Silvera lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silvera misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hanks blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hanks avoids the elbow strike from Silvera, against the cage.
Hanks swings wildly with an uppercut but Silvera uses good head movement to avoid it.

Hanks breaks the clinch.
Silvera takes one to the side of the head.

Silvera moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silvera lands an elbow that stopped Hanks in his tracks for a moment.
Silvera has Hanks pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silvera.
Silvera lands a right hand.

That has opened up Craig Hanks's cut even more.
Silvera swings wildly with an uppercut but Hanks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hanks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hook to the body lands for Silvera.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvera slows down the pace here.
Silvera misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Hanks.
A shot in the inside from Silvera.

Hanks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silvera wants to clinch.
Hanks ducks under a wild hook from Silvera.
Hanks is looking to slow Silvera down with leg kicks.
Hanks staying out of range there.
Hanks lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hanks.
Hanks throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hanks connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
Hanks misses with an uppercut.
Hanks scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hanks misses with a kick to the body.
Hanks misses the shot to the body.
Hanks throws a head kick but Silvera moves out of range.
Hanks takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silvera moves away from the strike by Hanks.
Silvera wants to clinch up but Hanks keeps it at a distance.
Hanks misses with a body shot.
A big right from Silvera misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hanks lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hanks thows a body shot but no joy.
Hanks scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Craig Hanks will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Craig Hanks's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Hanks throws a head kick but Silvera moves out of range.
Silvera wants to clinch.
Hanks with a hook.
Hanks looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A jab from Silvera misses.
Hanks lands a jab to the nose.
Silvera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silvera fails with an attempt to clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hanks.
Silvera scores with a nice head shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silvera looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hanks moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Hanks.
Silvera tries to clinch up.
A slapping body kick lands there for Hanks.
Hanks throws a shot from downtown. Silvera moves away and avoids it.
Silvera takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silvera fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice jab there from Hanks.
Silvera tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hanks scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hanks, right into the meat.
Silvera is looking to clinch but Hanks is avoiding it.
Silvera throws a leg kick but Hanks sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice body kick from Silvera.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hanks fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silvera on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvera tries to clinch but Hanks is having none of it.
Silvera takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hanks misses with a wild combination.
Hanks blocks a leg kick.

Silvera has managed to clinch.
Silvera tries to work over Hanks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hanks digs a right hand underneath Silvera's ribcage. Silvera let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hanks misses with a punch to the body.
Silvera pushes off an throws an elbow but Hanks leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hanks lands a hook that snaps the head of Silvera backwards.
Hanks wants to break the clinch but can't.
A shot in the inside from Silvera.

Hanks manages to break the clinch.
Hanks uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silvera.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hanks lands a really nice looking cross but Silvera seems unphased.

Silvera is rocked!
Hanks takes a swing at Silvera's ribcage but misses.
Oh Silvera is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silvera tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hanks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silvera moves in looking to clinch but Hanks pushes him off.
Silvera seems to have got his legs back now.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silvera looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Joey Silvera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Good standup being displayed there by Silvera as he connects with a hook.
Good shot there by Hanks.
A jab from Silvera does it's job there.
Silvera throws a big shot that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silvera darts in trying to clinch
and Hanks counters with a series of strikes. Silvera will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hanks.
Silvera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hanks connects with a right hand. Silvera shakes it off.
Silvera connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hanks. Hanks circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hanks throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hanks scoring well with a low kick there.
Silvera catches Hanks with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

The cut above Craig Hanks's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Hanks lands with a right hand.
Hanks connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hanks throws a nice outside leg kick.

Silvera rushes Hanks and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silvera is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hanks.
Silvera tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Craig Hanks comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hanks 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 45:50
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 45:50
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Craig Hanks!
Craig Hanks is the new middleweight champion!
Craig Hanks decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Joey Silvera had this to say: 'shouldn't have masturbated that much last night.'.