PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yoshiteru Goto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Goto
vs
Silver

173 cm
36
146 lbs
23 - 14 - 1

154 cm
30
147 lbs
24 - 15 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Yoshiteru Goto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 15 - 1, fighting out of London, Nathan Silver!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Goto checks a low kick from Silver.
Goto misses with a left hand
and Silver counters with a good, hard body kick but Goto shrugs it off.
Silver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Goto manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Silver throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Goto seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Goto moves in looking to clinch but Silver pushes him off.
A leg kick checked by Goto.

Goto has managed to clinch.
Silver wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Goto has him pressed against the ropes.
Silver avoiding damage as Goto throws knees to the body.
Goto lands with a light punch inside.
Goto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silver's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Silver fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver scores with a shot to the side of Goto's head.
A short left from Silver.
Silver wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Goto has him pressed against the ropes.

Silver manages to break the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Silver misses the target.

Goto clinches up with Silver and pushes him back against the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Goto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goto effectively controlling the action here.

Silver manages to break the clinch.
Goto doesn't manage to clinch there - Silver circles away.
Silver will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Goto fails in his attempt to clinch.

Goto clinches.
Silver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Goto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Goto.
Goto misses with some punches.

Silver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Goto tries to clinch but Silver is having none of it.
Goto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silver.
Silver scoring well with a low kick there.

Goto rushes Silver and presses him up against the ropes.
Silver tries to circle away but Goto has him pinned against the ropes.
Silver is trying to push Goto away but Goto has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silver tries to stall but Goto uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Goto throws a punch but it's blocked by Silver.
Silver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Goto keeps control of Silver as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Goto.

Silver breaks the clinch.
A big left from Silver misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Goto moves into the clinch.
Goto lands with a right to the head.
Goto misses with a hook to the ribs.

Silver manages to break the clinch.
Silver misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Goto tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Goto misses with a head kick.
Silver throws a body shot but no joy.
Silver motions for Goto to come forward. Silver throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Goto slips a straight right by Silver.
A little feinted left hand from Goto on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Goto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silver can pounce on him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Goto gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Goto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silver's efforts to push away.
Silver can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Silver's face as he tries to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Goto.
Goto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Silver is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Goto is keeping busy.
Goto scores with a shot to the side of Silver's head.
Goto misses with the head strike.
Silver tries to circle away but Goto has him pinned against the ropes.
Silver is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Silver swings wildly with an uppercut but Goto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silver misses with the head strike.
Goto trying to stall but Silver improves his position.

Silver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silver throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Goto counters with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
It appears Goto was looking to counter with a kick there.

Silver tries to keep at a distance but Goto has taken the fight into the clinch.
Goto lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Goto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Goto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvers head.
Goto looking to slow down the pace here.
Goto tries to land knees in the clinch but Silver avoids the damage to the body.
Goto swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silver taking a breather.
Silver lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Goto working aggressively here.
Goto slowing the pace effectively.
A short body shot lands from Silver as the two fighters clinch.
Goto throws a punch but it's blocked by Silver.
Silver wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Yoshiteru Goto will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

An inside leg kick from Silver misses.
Silver fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Silver throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Goto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Silver has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Goto throws a head punch that misses.
Silver can't break the clinch.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silver working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Silver fails to land.
Silver is trying to break the clinch but Goto has him pressed against the ropes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Goto lands with a right to the head.
Goto is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Goto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
Goto throws a punch but it's blocked by Silver.
Silver effectively controlling the action here.
Goto keeps control of Silver as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silver lands a shot to the body.
Yoshiteru Goto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Goto is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silver is keeping busy.
Silver taking a breather.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Goto.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silver as Goto tries to tie him up.
Goto stalling in the clinch but Silver improves position.
Maybe Goto would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Goto.
Goto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
Goto pushes Silver back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Goto has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
Silver is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Goto blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silver escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Goto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nathan Silver seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Goto moves out of range as Silver throws a body kick.
Silver throws a lazy right hand but Goto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Goto lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Goto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silver is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Silver blocking some punches.
Silver swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silver is trying to force a seperation but Goto has the dominant position.
Goto lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
Goto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Goto gets through Silver's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silver lands a right hand.
Silver is trying to push Goto away but Goto has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Goto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvers head.
A short uppercut from Goto.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silver lands with a left to the head.
Goto misses with some punches.
Silver misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Goto fails to land.
Silver misses with a punch on the inside.
Goto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Goto prevents Silver from breaking the clinch.
Silver wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silver lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Goto is looking to control Silver's arms but Silver gets an underhook and turns him. Now Goto has his back to the ropes.
Silver is trying to break the clinch but Goto is controlling him.
Goto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Goto misses with some punches.
Silver lands a left hand that snaps the head of Goto backwards.
Silver taking a breather.
Silver tries to work over Goto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands a shoulder strike.
Silver tries to break the clinch but Goto is controlling the position.
Silver swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Goto stalling in the clinch but Silver improves position.
Goto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silver misses with some punches.
Goto has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
Goto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
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!
Goto misses with some punches.
Silver lands a shoulder strike.
Silver is trying to maintain a safe position but Goto gets an underhook and turns Silver into the ropes.
Goto has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
Silver can't break the clinch.

Silver breaks from the clinch.
Goto wants to clinch up but Silver keeps it at a distance.
Silver scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A big right from Silver misses.
Silver takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
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 Yoshiteru Goto will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Silver swats away the attempt to clinch by Goto.
Goto tries to clinch but Silver moves out of range.
Silver was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Silver throws a right hand that misses
and Goto counters with a big head kick but Silver shrugs it off.
Silver throws a low kick but Goto avoids it.
Goto swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Goto fails with an attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from Silver misses.
Silver swats away the attempt to clinch by Goto.
Goto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silver.
Goto is looking to clinch but Silver is avoiding it.
Goto takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Goto drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Goto connects with the punch.
Goto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Goto tries to clinch up but Silver circles away and keeps his distance.
Goto is looking to clinch.
Silver attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver works the jab nicely.
Silver throws a leg kick but Goto sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silver.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silver.
Goto tries to clinch but Silver moves out of range.
Silver looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Silver throws a jab but it's blocked by Goto.
Goto on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silver. Silver obviously looking to wear him down.
Goto tries to clinch but Silver moves out of range.
Goto defending well as Silver loads up on a big left hand.
It looked like Goto wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Goto tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Silver manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Decent striking displayed by Silver there.
Goto tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Silver manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Goto clinches with his opponent.
A short right from Goto.
Silver taking a breather.
Silver scores with a shot to the side of Goto's head.
Goto misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silver breaks the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Goto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silver pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Goto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silver misses with a left hand
and Goto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silver misses with a straight left.
Jab from Silver.
Silver connects with a right hand. Goto shakes it off.
Goto tries to clinch up but Silver circles away and keeps his distance.
Silver shapes to counter with a head kick.
Goto defending well as Silver loads up on a big left hand.
Goto takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Silver throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Goto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silver was well out of range. Poor timing from Goto.
Goto moves away from the strike by Silver.
Goto takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Goto wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goto tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Goto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silver.
Goto tries to clinch but Silver moves out of range.
Goto slips under a jab from Silver.
Silver lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silver tries to score with a low kick but Goto moves his leg out of the way.
Silver throws a series of punches but Goto avoids them all with ease.
Goto tries to clinch but Silver is having none of it.
Silver throws a body kick that misses.
Goto doesn't manage to clinch there - Silver circles away.
Silver throws a sloppy head kick

and Goto counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Goto is stalling here.
Goto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Goto lands with a short shot to the head.
Goto lands with a short shot to the head.
Nathan Silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Goto.
Silver lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Silver manages to break the clinch.
Silver misses with an uppercut. Goto saw that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silver swats away the attempt to clinch by Goto.
Silver misses the shot to the body.
Goto tries to clinch but Silver moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Goto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Goto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silver scores with a shoulder strike.
Goto blocking some punches.

Silver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silver throws a right hand that misses
and Goto counters with a nice leg kick.
Silver is looking to land body kicks.
A swing and a miss from Silver.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nathan Silver comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Goto has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yoshiteru Goto!