PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Haji Muakbar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muakbar's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, That Punjabi Jay-Z song. Silver has chosen Natural Born Killaz by Dr Dre & Ice Cube as his entrance music. Haji Muakbar has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Muakbar
vs
Silver

171 cm
42
192 lbs
36 - 26 - 2

190 cm
32
203 lbs
26 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill

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 36 - 26 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Haji Muakbar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 1, fighting out of London, Benny Silver!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Aafke Stam and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muakbar takes a swing at Silver's ribcage but misses.
A low kick from Muakbar is predictable there
and Silver counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Muakbar tests Silver's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silver showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Muakbar.
Muakbar swings away with a leg kick that misses.

Muakbar clinches up against the ropes.
Muakbar prevents a body shot from Silver.
Silver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A left hand lands to the body for Muakbar.
We've been informed that Silver 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.
Muakbar misses with some punches.
Muakbar blocks an elbow strike.
Muakbar takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Muakbar tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Muakbar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silver stalling in the clinch but Muakbar improves position.

Muakbar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Muakbar looks to land a right hand but Silver moved out of range.
Silver swings for the body but Muakbar moves out of range.
Muakbar dips to his left and cracks Silver with an uppercut!
Silver checks a low kick from Muakbar.
Nice shot by Muakbar.

It looks like Benny Silver has been cut.
Silver finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muakbar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silver was well out of range. Poor timing from Muakbar.

Silver moves into the clinch.
Muakbar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Muakbar avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Muakbar's brow.
Muakbar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Muakbar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Silver or not.
Muakbar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Muakbar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Muakbar working aggressively here.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Muakbar misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Silver is trying to maintain a safe position but Muakbar gets an underhook and turns Silver into the ropes.
Silver blocks an uppercut.
Muakbar misses with a punch to the body.
Muakbar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Muakbar lands a body shot in the clinch.
Muakbar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
Muakbar definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Silver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silver blocking some punches.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands an elbow just above Muakbar 's eye.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silver is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Muakbar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Muakbar dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
Muakbar throws a punch but it's blocked by Silver.
A nice left hand lands by Muakbar.
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!
A right hand to the body from Silver.
Silver keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Muakbar's efforts to push away.
Silver doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silver lands an elbow inside that Muakbar shrugs off.
Silver tries to throw a body punch but Muakbar avoids it by throwing Silver back against the ropes.
Muakbar avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
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 Haji Muakbar will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Benny Silver's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Muakbar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Muakbar slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Muakbar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Muakbar pounces like a tiger and cracks Silver with a vicious hook! Silver is down but not out! Muakbar follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Haji Muakbar!
In his post fight interview, Haji Muakbar started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.