PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benny Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Pick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silver comes to the cage accompanied by Natural Born Killaz by Dr Dre & Ice Cube. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silver
vs
Pick

190 cm
29
218 lbs
22 - 12 - 1

185 cm
28
210 lbs
9 - 5 - 3

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Spartan Nutrition

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 22 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Benny Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 3, fighting out of Amsterdam, Steve Pick!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pick misses with a combination

and Silver moves into the clinch.
Silver misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silver holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Pick lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Pick has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pick takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Steve Pick has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Silver lands an elbow just above Pick 's eye.
Pick lands an uppercut.
Pick blocks a body shot from Silver.

Pick escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice defenses there by Pick.
Silver moves away from the strike by Pick.
Pick throws the left hand but Silver avoids the punch easily.
Pick displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silver throws out the jab.
Pick slips a jab from Silver.
Pick shapes to counter with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pick scores with a jab.
Pick throws out a loose jab but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pick displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silver throws out the jab.
Benny Silver is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silver scores with a jab to the body.
Silver connects with a single shot there.
Silver swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Silver has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Pick fails to land.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Pick lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pick blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
Pick takes an elbow to the temple.
Silver leaning against his opponent.
Pick misses with the head strike.
Silver dodges an elbow strike from Pick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Pick leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver blocks a body shot from Pick.
Pick lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Benny Silver has been cut.
Silver blocks the elbow strike.
Pick pushes Silver back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Pick misses with an elbow over the top.
Silver's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pick misses with a body punch.
Silver blocks an elbow strike.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silver throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Picks head.
Silver is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Pick comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Pick lands a knee to the body.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pick throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvers head.
A short left from Pick.
Pick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silver blocks a body shot from Pick.
Pick misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pick lands an elbow inside.
Silver takes an elbow to the temple.
Pick creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silver's defenses.
Silver scores with a shoulder strike.
Pick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silver takes a shot to the head.
Silver is leaning against Pick and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Pick avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
Pick throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvers head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pick.
Silver lands an elbow inside.

That has opened up Steve Pick's cut even more.
Pick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pick throws a head punch that misses.
Pick throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Silver taking a breather.
Pick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pick.
Silver has a couple of punches blocked by Pick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pick misses with the head strike.
Pick gets through Silver's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Pick takes an elbow to the temple.
Silver's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Pick in his tracks for a moment.
Silver blocks a body shot from Pick.
Pick blocks a body shot from Silver.
A short right from Pick.
Pick misses with a punch on the inside.
Pick tries to throw a body punch but Silver avoids it by throwing Pick back against the cage.
Silver blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
Pick throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silver's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Pick breaks the clinch.
Silver bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pick's head backwards.
Pick pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silver seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Silver connects with a single shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Steve Pick dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Pick connects with a jab.
Pick throws a body kick that misses
letting Silver counter with a right hand.
Silver lands a right hook to the body.
Jab from Silver.
Pick throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silver is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silver swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pick.
Silver blocks a low kick nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Silver misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Silver misses.
Silver tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pick is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Silver with a body shot.
Pick misses with a body kick.
Silver is looking to counter the offense by Pick and move into the clinch.
Benny Silver is winning the standup battle so far.
Pick waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silver.
Silver lands with a nice combination. Pick backs away looking to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pick misses with a lunging right hand
and Silver connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pick.
Silver blocks the body kick.
Pick's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Silver connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pick scrambles back to his feet.

The cut above Steve Pick's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nice defenses there by Pick.
Nice jab there from Pick.

Pick pushes Silver up against the cage in a clinch.
Pick misses with a punch on the inside.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Pick in his tracks for a moment.
Pick throws a head punch that misses.
Pick avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Pick blocks the elbow strike.
Pick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Pick.
Pick looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pick dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silver misses with a hook to the ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pick blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Pick fails to land.
Pick is trying to break the clinch but Silver is controlling him.
Pick trying to land knees to the body.
Pick throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pick lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Still in the clinch, Pick scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pick putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silver in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silver takes an elbow to the temple.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pick's brow.
Pick throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver takes a shot to the head.
Silver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short body shot lands from Pick as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silver takes a shot to the head.
Silver blocks an elbow strike from Pick.
Pick lands an elbow inside.
Pick lands a damaging elbow.
Pick avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pick.
Silver blocks an elbow strike.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pick misses with an elbow strike.
Silver will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pick up against the cage.
Pick takes an elbow to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pick blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pick tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silver's elbow.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silver misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pick.
Silver takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silver.
Pick softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pick misses with the head strike.
Pick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pick misses with a body punch.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pick.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silver.

Steve Pick's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Pick leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Steve Pick seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pick scores with a shot to the side of Silver's head.
Pick dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Steve Pick will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Silver's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Good leg kick by Pick there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pick throws a leg kick but Silver checks it.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch but Pick swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silver feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Picks jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pick scores with a jab to the head.
Pick moves out of range of the strikes.

Silver gets a clinch.
Pick avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Pick leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pick wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pick pushes Silver back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silver stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pick blocks an uppercut.
Pick misses with a hook from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Pick's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pick swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Pick fails to land.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Pick avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Silver stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pick lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silver avoids a wild elbow strike from Pick.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pick tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pick misses with some punches.
Pick tries to throw a body punch but Silver avoids it by throwing Pick back against the cage.
Pick pushes off an throws an elbow but Silver leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pick works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pick creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pick pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pick lands a nice uppercut.

Pick manages to break the clinch.
Pick looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pick ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silver moves away.

Silver rushes Pick and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pick.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Pick throws an elbow that misses.
Silver is looking to control Pick's arms but Pick gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silver has his back to the cage.
Silver avoiding damage.
Pick avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Pick scores with a hook to the body.
Silver blocks the elbow strike.
Pick blocks an elbow strike.
Pick misses with a punch on the inside.
Pick prevents a body shot from Silver.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Pick misses with an elbow strike.
Pick swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pick misses with some punches.
Silver is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Silver misses with a body punch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Pick tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silver avoids the elbow strike from Pick, against the cage.
Silver lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pick lands with a short shot to the head.
Pick can't break the clinch.
Pick blocks the elbow strike.
Pick tries to throw a body punch but Silver avoids it by throwing Pick back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Silver scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silver's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pick lands an elbow just above Silver 's eye.
Pick has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Silver lands a hook that snaps the head of Pick backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver looking to stall.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pick throws an elbow that misses.
Pick working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pick blocking some punches.
Pick blocks the elbow strike.
Silver lands an elbow inside that Pick shrugs off.
Silver trying to stall but Pick improves his position.
Silver trying to stall but Pick improves his position.
Silver takes a shot to the head.
Pick doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pick working aggressively here.
Pick lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pick softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Benny Silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Silver is rocked!
Pick lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Oh Silver is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silver lands a nice elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Pick comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pick 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Pick!