PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Benny Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Rutherford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silver comes into the arena with Natural Born Killaz by Dr Dre & Ice Cube blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silver
vs
Rutherford

190 cm
35
203 lbs
31 - 19 - 2

187 cm
28
190 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 31 - 19 - 2, fighting out of London, Benny Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Rutherford!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rutherford stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
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.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rutherford lands with a light punch inside.
A body shot lands from Rutherford.
Rutherford swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rutherford dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
Come on Silver - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rutherford gets through Silver's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rutherford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rutherford can't find room to land a body shot as Silver controls the action.
Silver is stalling here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver is trying to maintain a safe position but Rutherford gets an underhook and turns Silver into the cage.
Rutherford blocks an elbow strike.
Rutherford digs a right hand into Silver's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silver's gas tank.
Rutherford scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rutherford goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rutherford throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rutherford.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Silver just leaning against Rutherford, taking a breather.
Rutherford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rutherford struggles to land a body shot inside as Silver controls his hands.
Rutherford swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silver blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
Come on Silver - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silver taking a breather.
Rutherford lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rutherford dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
Silver lands a nice elbow.
Silver prevents a body shot from Rutherford.
Rutherford scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rutherford.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Rutherford in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford throws a punch but it's blocked by Silver.
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!
Rutherford scores with a shoulder strike.
Rutherford swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
A bit of stalling here from Rutherford.
Rutherford can't find room to land a body shot as Silver controls the action.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Rutherford tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
Rutherford misses with a punch on the inside.
Rutherford throws a head punch that misses.
Rutherford tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
Silver lands an elbow just above Rutherford 's eye.
Silver controlling the action here for a moment.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Silver has Rutherford pushed against the cage.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rutherford struggles to land a body shot inside as Silver controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver is struggling to control the position.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
Rutherford trying to stall but Silver improves his position.
Silver lands an elbow just above Rutherford 's eye.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rutherford pushes Silver back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rutherford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silver's elbow.
Silver stalling in the clinch but Rutherford improves position.
Rutherford misses with a body punch.
Rutherford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Rutherford scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rutherford misses with a short punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Rutherford.
Rutherford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rutherford tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rutherford lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Silver or not.
Rutherford misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rutherford.
Rutherford throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford throws a punch but it's blocked by Silver.
Silver lands an elbow inside.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rutherford fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee is keeping an eye on Rutherford - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Silver taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rutherford blocks an elbow strike.
Silver tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rutherford's elbow.
A body shot lands from Silver.
Rutherford is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rutherford misses with a body punch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silver makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rutherford struggles to land a body shot inside as Silver controls his hands.
Rutherford can't find room to land a body shot as Silver controls the action.
Rutherford takes an elbow to the forehead.
Good body shot from Rutherford.
Rutherford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Rutherford dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Silver wants to clinch up but Rutherford keeps it at a distance.
Rutherford is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch but Rutherford swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silver tries to clinch up.
Rutherford throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rutherford tries to score with a low kick but Silver moves his leg out of the way.
Rutherford slips a jab from Silver.
Silver digs a good hook to Rutherford's body.

Silver moves into the clinch.
Rutherford throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Rutherford.
Rutherford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Rutherford leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rutherford working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rutherford's defenses.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Silver lands an elbow inside that Rutherford shrugs off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silver prevents a body shot from Rutherford.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rutherford fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rutherford swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rutherford tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rutherford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rutherford takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rutherford takes an elbow to the temple.
Rutherford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Rutherford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rutherford tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rutherford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silver's elbow.
Silver lands an elbow just above Rutherford 's eye.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rutherford.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rutherford's defenses.
Rutherford blocks an elbow strike.
Rutherford lands a shot to the body.
Rutherford dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rutherford.
Rutherford blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
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 blocks a body shot from Rutherford.
Rutherford working aggressively here.
Rutherford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silver blocks a body shot from Rutherford.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silver as Rutherford tries to tie him up.
Rutherford goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silver's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice right hand lands inside from Rutherford.
Silver taking a breather.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rutherford takes an elbow to the temple.
Rutherford misses with the head strike.
Rutherford blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Rutherford fails to land.
Rutherford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rutherford scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Thomas Rutherford has been cut.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Rutherford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silver's elbow.
Rutherford lands a left hand.
Rutherford lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rutherford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rutherford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silver is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rutherford is keeping busy.
Silver wants to stall.
Rutherford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silver blocks an uppercut.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
Rutherford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rutherford digs a right hand underneath Silver's ribcage. Silver let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short body shot lands from Rutherford as the two fighters clinch.
Rutherford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thomas Rutherford seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rutherford presses Silver against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rutherford.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rutherford's brow.
Silver tries to throw a body punch but Rutherford avoids it by throwing Silver back against the cage.
Rutherford taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Silver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rutherford tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rutherford blocks the elbow strike.
Rutherford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silver blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Rutherford fails to land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rutherford creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rutherford takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silver stalling in the clinch but Rutherford improves position.
Rutherford takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rutherford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rutherford throws a head punch that misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Silver - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Silver is pushing Rutherford up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Thomas Rutherford will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Thomas Rutherford's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Rutherford throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Rutherford pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silver is out of range and Rutherford settles back down.
Silver moves in looking to clinch but Rutherford pushes him off.
Silver moves in looking to clinch but Rutherford pushes him off.
Silver lands a slapping body shot.
Rutherford misses with a straight left.
Rutherford's corner calls for a 1-2. Rutherford obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rutherford throws a sloppy head kick and Silver moves out of range easily.
Rutherford punishes Silver's body with a nice straight punch.
Rutherford misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silver takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silver takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver wants to clinch.
Rutherford swats away the attempt to clinch by Silver.
Rutherford has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silver is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver avoids the head kick by Rutherford.
Silver tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rutherford connects with a leg kick. Silver looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Silver clinches up with Rutherford and pushes him back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Silver.
Rutherford blocks an elbow strike.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rutherford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Rutherford fails to land.
Rutherford has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
Silver blocking some punches.
Rutherford can't find room to land a body shot as Silver controls the action.
Rutherford takes an elbow to the temple.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rutherford misses with a body punch.
Rutherford goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Rutherford tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Silver blocks a body shot from Rutherford.
Rutherford lands with a right to the head.
Rutherford swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rutherford avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Rutherford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silver's elbow.
Rutherford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rutherford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rutherford avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
A short right from Rutherford.
Rutherford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rutherford letting Silver take a breather here.
Rutherford leaning against his opponent.
Rutherford makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Rutherford.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rutherford lands with a light punch inside.
Rutherford lands a right hand.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rutherford throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Rutherford.
Still in the clinch, Rutherford scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rutherford lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
Rutherford dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
Silver slows down the pace here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rutherford slowing the pace effectively.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thomas Rutherford is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rutherford blocks an elbow strike.
Rutherford has Silver pressed against the cage.
Rutherford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rutherford dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
Silver holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Rutherford avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Rutherford can't find room to land a body shot as Silver controls the action.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Rutherford comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rutherford has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Rutherford!
Our winner, Thomas Rutherford, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.