PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phil Mahcock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alec Silifant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alec Silifant acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Mahcock
vs
Silifant

185 cm
19
177 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

188 cm
21
169 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Amped Performance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phil Mahcock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alec Silifant!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mahcock will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mahcock walks into a left hand.
Silifant throws a leg kick but Mahcock sees it coming and moves out of range.
Mahcock slips under a jab from Silifant.
Alec Silifant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mahcock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silifant throws out the jab.
Mahcock lands a jab to the head.
Mahcock throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sloppy strikes from Mahcock. Those never looked like landing.
Silifant swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silifant fails to land with a series of punches.
Silifant scores with a sloppy right hand. Mahcock should have avoided that one.
Silifant misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mahcock cracks Silifant with an open hand slap.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mahcock takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahcock tries to land a body kick
and Silifant connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mahcock seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Silifant throws a body punch but Mahcock moves out of range.
Mahcock appears to be looking for a big counter.
Mahcock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silifant swings widly with a right hand
and Mahcock counters with a three punch combo that has Silifant backing up. Silifant nods at Mahcock to acknowledge the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Mahcock.
Mahcock wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Silifant blocks a head kick by Mahcock.
And Silifant tries to counter it with a takedown but Mahcock pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Silifant misses with a lunging right hand
and Mahcock counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mahcock needs to keep his hands up - Silifant had a free shot at his head there.

Mahcock clinches with his opponent.
Mahcock misses with the head strike.
Mahcock stalling against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Silifant.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silifant takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mahcock lands with a short shot to the head.
Mahcock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silifant tries to stall but Mahcock uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mahcock struggles to land a body shot inside as Silifant controls his hands.
Mahcock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silifant avoids it.
Mahcock can't find room to land a body shot as Silifant controls the action.
Mahcock tries a body shot but Silifant blocks it.
Silifant's coach down at Scouse House (BRAND NEW OPENING) was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Silifant's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A short right from Mahcock on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silifant takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Silifant is trying to maintain a safe position but Mahcock gets an underhook and turns Silifant into the cage.
Mahcock lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahcock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mahcock tries to pull guard but Silifant forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Mahcock has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silifant is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mahcock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mahcock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mahcock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mahcock works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Mahcock struggles to land a body shot inside as Silifant controls his hands.
Mahcock misses with a punch to the body.
Silifant slows down the pace here.
Mahcock working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahcock lands an elbow inside.
Mahcock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Mahcock has clasped his hands together around Silifant's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Silifant is not content to let Mahcock control the position.

Silifant throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silifant scores with a shot to the body.
Mahcock listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silifant ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mahcock moves away.
Good work by Mahcock as he checks the leg kick.
Silifant takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Mahcock dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silifant gets tackled into the cage by Mahcock. Mahcock maintains the clinch.
Mahcock will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Silifant up against the cage.
Mahcock prevents Silifant from breaking the clinch.
Mahcock misses with a punch to the body.
Mahcock lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mahcock drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mahcock struggles to land a body shot inside as Silifant controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahcock will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Silifant up against the cage.
Mahcock is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silifant gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silifant is looking to control Mahcock's arms but Mahcock gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silifant has his back to the cage.
Mahcock lands an elbow inside that Silifant shrugs off.
Mahcock stalls.
Mahcock trying to land knees to the body.

Mahcock gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Silifant keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Mahcock is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silifant can do to turn this around?

Mahcock decides to return to a standing position.
Mahcock lands a head kick!
Mahcock swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahcock tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silifant swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phil Mahcock. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch lands to the side of Mahcock 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silifant throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mahcock counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silifant thinking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silifant takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mahcock throws a jab but it's blocked by Silifant.
Mahcock throws a leg kick that misses.
Silifant throws out a powerful jab.
Mahcock has a takedown stuffed.
Silifant appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Silifant misses with a wild combination.
Mahcock takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silifant swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silifant has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mahcock.
Silifant throws a predictable looking body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

Mahcock decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Silifant is not content to let Mahcock control the position.
Mahcock content to control rather than advance.
Silifant has hold of Mahcock's hands but Mahcock slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Silifant trying to control here.
Silifant moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mahcock controlling from the top position.
Mahcock pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silifant is keeping the position for now.
Mahcock trying to control the position from guard on top but Silifant is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mahcock is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Silifant pulls Mahcock in close to prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Mahcock dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Mahcock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silifant was well out of range. Poor timing from Mahcock.
Silifant sizes up Mahcock with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Silifant stuffs the takedown attempt from Mahcock. Mahcock gets slowly back to his feet.
Silifant looks to land a combination but Mahcock avoids it well.
Mahcock appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Silifant lands with a right hand.
Silifant misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mahcock.
Danga de danga de dang - Silifant scores with a four punch combination!
Horrible takedown attempt by Mahcock or perhaps it was just good defense by Silifant, which made it look bad.
A little jabbing left from Silifant on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mahcock connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mahcock.
This has been an exciting period of action!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silifant.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mahcock doesn't manage to clinch there - Silifant circles away.
Silifant throws out a counter right but Mahcock avoids it with no problem.
Silifant rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mahcock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silifant misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mahcock stalks Silifant and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silifant's face. Silifant staggers backwards, shaken.
Silifant swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silifant swats away the attempt to clinch by Mahcock.
Mahcock throws a leg kick that misses.
Mahcock staying out of range there.
Mahcock missing with a left hand there. Silifant was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mahcock connects with a single shot there.
Silifant throws a jab when Mahcock was well out of range.
Silifant misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mahcock wants to clinch.
Silifant lands a jab to Mahcock's midsection.
Silifant connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mahcock momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silifant throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mahcock.
The fighters circling - Silifant throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mahcock appears to be looking for a big counter.
Silifant throws a right and a left that both miss.
Phil Mahcock is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silifant closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mahcock circles away.
Silifant takes a swing at Mahcock's ribcage but misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mahcock!
Crunch! Mahcock slams his shin into Silifant's torso.
Silifant takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mahcock lands with a straight right. Silifant didn't see that one coming.
Silifant scores with a nice head shot.
Silifant connects with a right hand. Mahcock shakes it off.
Mahcock uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silifant.
As Silifant looks to move away, Mahcock throws a big counter combo but Silifant just gets out of the way.
Mahcock slips under a jab from Silifant.
Mahcock throwing a counter right hand but Silifant manages to avoid it.
Mahcock slips a jab from Silifant.
Silifant throws a big shot that misses.
Mahcock scores with a shot to the body.
Silifant swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Mahcock closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Silifant is trying to improve his position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mahcock trying to control the position but Silifant is working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mahcock is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Silifant has escaped the position, nice work there.
Silifant tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mahcock working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Alec Silifant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silifant tries to improve position but can't.
Mahcock is looking to take a break and control but Silifant is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Phil Mahcock is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Alec Silifant.
I think Mahcock 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phil Mahcock!