PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kolt Ganger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Silvestre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ganger
vs
Silvestre

165 cm
29
151 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

176 cm
34
158 lbs
29 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kolt Ganger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Silvestre!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ganger avoids the body shot from Silvestre.
Ganger walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ganger misses with a wild body shot.
Silvestre looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ganger throws a body kick that misses.
Ganger dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice shot lands for Silvestre.
Silvestre loads up on a big right hand but Ganger slips the punch.
Ganger takes a swing at Silvestre's ribcage but misses.
Ganger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ganger has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silvestre.
Silvestre blocks a low kick nicely.
Ganger throws a leg kick but Silvestre moved away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ganger.

Silvestre rushes Ganger and presses him up against the cage.
Ganger tries a body shot but Silvestre blocks it.
Ganger working aggressively here.
Silvestre scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silvestre lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silvestre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silvestre tries a body shot but Ganger blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Ganger.
I was talking to Ganger's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ganger pushes Silvestre back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ganger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silvestre lands a shoulder strike.
Silvestre lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ganger backwards.
Ganger throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ganger lands a right hand.
Silvestre tries to work over Ganger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ganger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silvestre tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ganger lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silvestre backwards.

Ganger manages to break the clinch.
Silvestre lands with a shot to the body.
Silvestre with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ganger misses with a body shot.
Silvestre tries to move into range but Ganger moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silvestre lands with a nice body kick.
Ganger throws a push kick but Silvestre slaps the foot to one side.
Silvestre connects with a body shot that sends Ganger's belly button to the back.
Daniel Silvestre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silvestre takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvestre avoids a kick to the body.
Kolt Ganger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ganger is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Silvestre's half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ganger throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ganger trying to mount his opponent but Silvestre defends it.
Silvestre keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ganger is pressing down on Silvestre's thigh, looking to free his foot. Silvestre is holding on for now.
Ganger trying to control from Silvestre's half guard. Silvestre has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Silvestre has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ganger has passed into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvestre is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Ganger's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Ganger thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ganger misses with a head shot. Silvestre uses the momentum to regain guard.
Ganger won't allow Silvestre to get back to his feet.
Ganger wants to control from the top but Silvestre keeps moving.
Ganger is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Silvestre is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silvestre controlling Ganger's posture.
Ganger wants to control from the top but Silvestre keeps moving.
Ganger is fighting to break Silvestre's control of his arms but Silvestre is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Ganger loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Silvestre misses with a looping right.
Ganger misses with a hook. Silvestre ducked under it nicely.
Silvestre scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ganger in his tracks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Daniel Silvestre will probably get the nod.
That's time! Ganger's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silvestre misses with a body shot.
Silvestre attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ganger feints and then cracks Silvestre's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silvestre down.
Silvestre has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Ganger blocks a low kick nicely.
Silvestre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ganger.
Silvestre is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ganger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silvestre.
Ganger lands a right hook to the body.
Ganger lands a nice hook to Silvestre's body. Silvestre takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silvestre just misses with a punch to the body.
Ganger misses with a few strikes there.
Silvestre takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nice sprawl there from Silvestre as Ganger shoots in.
Silvestre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ganger.
Silvestre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ganger drops down looking for a counter takedown but Silvestre sprawls and moves away.
Ganger ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ganger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silvestre.
Ganger fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silvestre on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ganger fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ganger takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvestre is looking to slow Ganger down with leg kicks.
Ganger connects with a body shot that sends Silvestre's belly button to the back.
Silvestre takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A slow jab from Ganger misses its intended target.
Donk. Ganger catches Silvestre right on the button with a cross.
Ganger will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ganger misses with a hook.
Silvestre wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silvestre connects with an inside leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ganger 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 Silvestre has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silvestre and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ganger throws a head kick that half lands.
Silvestre looks to land a right hand but Ganger moved out of range.
Ganger lands a slapping body 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!
Silvestre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ganger.
Silvestre stuffs the takedown attempt from Ganger. Ganger gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kolt Ganger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ganger misses the jab.
Silvestre is trying to counter with his kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvestre throws a body kick that misses.
Silvestre looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silvestre feints and then cracks Ganger's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ganger down.
Ganger wants to land a leg kick but Silvestre is out of range.
Ganger is looking to wear down Silvestre with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ganger throws the kick towards the body but Silvestre avoids it.
Ganger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silvestre.
A little feinted left hand from Ganger on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ganger scores with a punch to the head.
Kolt Ganger is winning the standup battle so far.
Ganger connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silvestre's hands.
Silvestre plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Ganger fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silvestre looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ganger checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ganger jabs at Silvestre's body.
Ganger clobbers Silvestre with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ganger looks for the body kick but Silvestre saw that one coming.
Ganger looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silvestre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ganger.
Nice shot by Ganger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvestre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ganger.
Silvestre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ganger.

Ganger feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Silvestre is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Ganger presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Ganger prevents a body shot from Silvestre.
Silvestre gets through Ganger's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silvestre presses Ganger against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Still in the clinch, Ganger scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silvestre has a couple of punches blocked by Ganger.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ganger misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Silvestre scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ganger misses with a body punch.
Ganger blocks a body shot from Silvestre.
Ganger throws a head punch that misses.
Silvestre blocks a body shot from Ganger.
Ganger tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ganger tries to work over Silvestre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ganger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ganger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ganger misses with a hook to the ribs.
Daniel Silvestre seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Silvestre stalling in the clinch but Ganger improves position.
Ganger goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ganger misses with a body punch.
Ganger tries a body shot but Silvestre blocks it.
Silvestre lands a nice uppercut.
Silvestre blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ganger scores with a hook to the body.
Ganger scores with a shot to the side of Silvestre's head.
Ganger has a couple of punches blocked by Silvestre.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ganger as Silvestre tries to tie him up.

Ganger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ganger lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ganger connects with a body shot.
Ganger tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Silvestre is able to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kolt Ganger dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Ganger misses with a takedown attempt - Silvestre sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ganger throws a hook but Silvestre avoids it easily.
Silvestre takes one on the button.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ganger.
Ganger misses with a wild body shot.
Ganger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silvestre.
Silvestre looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ganger swings widly with a right hand
letting Silvestre counter with a right hand.
Ganger throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ganger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silvestre.
Silvestre swings for the body but Ganger moves out of range.
Ganger throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ganger rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Silvestre cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silvestre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ganger.
Ganger stuns Silvestre with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ganger takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silvestre scoring well with a low kick there.

Silvestre has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ganger lands a right hand.
Silvestre lands with a left to the head.
Silvestre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ganger's defenses.
Silvestre prevents a body shot from Ganger.
Nice elbow from Silvestre.
Ganger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ganger fails to land.
Silvestre works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silvestre lands a hook that snaps the head of Ganger backwards.
Ganger tries to work over Silvestre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ganger has a couple of punches blocked by Silvestre.
Silvestre misses with some punches.
Ganger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ganger scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Ganger.
Silvestre misses with a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Ganger.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silvestre blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ganger misses with a body punch.
A short right from Ganger.
Silvestre tries to stall but Ganger uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ganger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silvestre has Ganger pushed against the cage.
Silvestre throws a punch but it's blocked by Ganger.
Ganger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ganger goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ganger misses with a body punch.
Ganger has a couple of punches blocked by Silvestre.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ganger.
Ganger throws a punch but it's blocked by Silvestre.
A body shot lands from Silvestre.
Silvestre cracks Ganger with a nice body shot.
Silvestre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ganger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silvestre lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silvestre is pushing Ganger up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ganger.
Silvestre scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silvestre prevents a body shot from Ganger.
A right handed body shot lands from Silvestre.
Ganger misses with a body punch.
Ganger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silvestre effectively controlling the action here.
Ganger swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Ganger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silvestre paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ganger wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ganger misses with a leg kick.
Ganger darts in looking for a takedown but Silvestre gets double underhooks and turns Ganger into the cage.
Silvestre is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ganger with a body shot.
Silvestre throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Ganger takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvestre connects with a right hand. Ganger shakes it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silvestre dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silvestre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ganger throws a half hearted mid kick.

Silvestre clinches up with Ganger and pushes him back against the cage.
Silvestre has Ganger pressed against the cage, preventing Ganger from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ganger scores with a hook to the body.
Ganger working aggressively here.
Ganger blocking some punches.
Ganger digs a right hand underneath Silvestre's ribcage. Silvestre let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ganger misses with some punches.
Silvestre lands with a right to the head.
Silvestre blocking some punches.
Ganger is working Silvestre over against the cage.
Silvestre prevents a body shot from Ganger.
Silvestre throws a punch but it's blocked by Ganger.
Ganger blocks a body shot from Silvestre.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Silvestre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silvestre has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Daniel Silvestre!
A very excited looking Daniel Silvestre made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.