PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Escobar has chosen KoRn En Vivo Mtv as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Pablo Escobar has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Silver
vs
Escobar

154 cm
35
147 lbs
29 - 20 - 1

160 cm
37
156 lbs
31 - 20 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

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 29 - 20 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nathan Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pablo Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escobar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silver ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Escobar stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Silver 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.
Escobar scores with a jab. Silver acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Escobar avoids the body shot from Silver.
Escobar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silver moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silver slips a jab from Escobar.
Escobar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silver lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Escobar has Silver up against the cage in a clinch.
Escobar lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Escobar misses with a body punch.
Escobar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Escobar.
Silver is trying to force a seperation but Escobar has the dominant position.
Escobar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver can't find room to land a body shot as Escobar controls the action.

Silver breaks from the clinch.
Silver misses with a hook.
Silver uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Escobar.
Silver lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Silver.
Escobar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Escobar scores with a sloppy right hand. Silver should have avoided that one.
Escobar walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Escobar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silver paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Escobar misses with a body shot
and Silver counters with a good, hard body kick but Escobar shrugs it off.
Silver throws a body kick that misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Silver.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Escobar listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Escobar misses with a looping left.
Silver looks to throw the jab but Escobar is out of range.

Escobar moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver slowing the pace effectively.
Escobar drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Escobar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Escobar can't find room to land a body shot as Silver controls the action.
Escobar can't find room to land a body shot as Silver controls the action.
Escobar struggles to land a body shot inside as Silver controls his hands.
Silver lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Escobar.
Escobar misses with a body punch.
Escobar misses with a hook from the clinch.
Escobar tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silver misses with the head strike.
Escobar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silver lands a right hand.
Escobar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Escobar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silver.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar misses with a punch on the inside.
Silver misses with the head strike.
Silver throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Escobars head.
Silver misses with the head strike.
Escobar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Escobar tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
Escobar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silver's elbow.
Escobar blocks an uppercut.
Escobar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silver's elbow.
Silver prevents the takedown attempt.
Escobar softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Escobar struggles to land a body shot inside as Silver controls his hands.
Escobar tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
Escobar throws a punch but it's blocked by Silver.
Escobar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Good body shot from Silver.
Silver has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A right hand to the body from Silver.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Escobar.
Silver lands a body punch.

Silver escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Escobar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silver.

Silver gets caught flat footed, as Escobar shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
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!

Silver throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Silver wants to sweep but no luck.
Escobar scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Escobar tries to free his leg and advance position but Silver is retaining full guard.
Silver being controlled here, momentarily.
Escobar is pushing down on Silver's leg trying to pass to half guard. Silver is fighting to maintain full guard but Escobar has managed to sneak the leg through.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Escobar dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Escobar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Escobar fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice straight punches there by Escobar. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Escobar.
Escobar throws a big shot that misses.
Escobar bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silver's head backwards.
Escobar lands with an uppercut that bounces Silver off the cage and back into range.
Escobar misses with a looping right.
Silver is looking to counter punch.
Pablo Escobar seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A swing and a miss from Silver.
Escobar connects with a right hand. Silver shakes it off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver misses with a hook.
Silver scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Silver looks to land a right hand but Escobar moved out of range.
Escobar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A looping hook to the body misses from Escobar. Silver does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Silver wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver doesn't manage to clinch there - Escobar circles away.
Escobar wants to counter the offense by Silver and move into the clinch position.
A slapping body kick lands there for Silver.
Silver looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A head kick misses from Silver.
Jab from Silver.
Silver tries to bum rush Escobar with a series of wild strikes but Escobar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Escobar swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silver.

Escobar has taken the fight to the clinch.
Escobar blocks an uppercut.
Escobar struggles to land a body shot inside as Silver controls his hands.

Silver escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silver keeps Escobar at a distance using the push kick.
Silver on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Escobar avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silver. Escobar does a little dance to reset his feet.
And Escobar tries to counter it with a takedown but Silver pushes his down on his head and steps out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar throws a looping overhand right but Silver ducks down to avoid it.
Silver throws a hook to the side of Escobar's head but Escobar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silver connects with a good right hand that stumbles Escobar. Escobar circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.
Escobar lands a lovely overhand right.

Escobar fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Silver to the ground. Escobar is now in Silver's guard.
Escobar works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Silver manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Escobar wants to control from the top but Silver keeps moving.
Escobar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silver works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Escobar drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Silver dives on top into guard.

The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silver wants to control from the top but Escobar keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands a couple of elbows.
Escobar controls Silver momentarily but Silver frees himself.

Escobar throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Escobar not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silver stands and throws Escobar's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Escobar on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver working the ground and pound from side control.
Silver is looking to take a break and control but Escobar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pablo Escobar has got the better of the ground game so far.

Silver thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Escobar is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Escobar's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Silver misses with the ground and pound.
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 Nathan Silver will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Nice uppercut lands for Silver. That snapped Escobar's head back.
Silver lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Escobar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Escobar is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Silver is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Silver is trying to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver is working hard here to advance position.
Silver manages to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Escobar is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Escobar trying to control from half guard but Silver is working away.
The fighters are battling for position here. Silver manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Escobar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Escobar content to stall in guard here.
Escobar slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

Escobar tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Escobar has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Silver sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar is looking to pass Silver's guard but actually Silver recovers to full guard.
Escobar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Escobar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Escobar looking to sit in guard and control but Silver gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Escobar keeping moving, preventing Silver from controlling successfully.
Silver pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Escobar is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Escobar has his foot on Silver's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Silver works his way back into a safe position though.
Escobar keeping moving, preventing Silver from controlling successfully.
Escobar is trying to control the position but Silver postures up.
Silver would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Silver content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Silver sitting in guard here, content to control.
Silver wants to control from the top but Escobar keeps moving.

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.
Escobar is trying to control the position but Silver postures up.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Silver pushes down on Escobar's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Escobar on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Escobar keeping control of the position.

Silver is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Escobar trying to control from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Nathan Silver.
I think Silver 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Silver!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Nathan Silver made sure he mentioned Sully's Bar & Grill, along with how happy he was to win his fight.