PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Pollock (ranked 588 p4p, 90 weight class) and Manuel Silva (ranked 1025 p4p, 150 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Pollock
vs
Silva

179 cm
23
172 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

176 cm
22
172 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Threads of HARDCORE
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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jackson Pollock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Manuel Silva!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Silva lands.
Silva looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Pollock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Pollock.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pollock fires out a quick counter leg kick but Silva just manages to avoid it.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Pollock saw that one coming.
Silva's jab looks to have found its range, popping Pollock under the eye.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Pollock sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It looked like Pollock wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pollock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pollock takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Silva throws a shot to the body.
Pollock lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Pollock misses the shot to the body.
Silva blocks a head kick by Pollock.
Silva blocks the body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pollock blocks a head kick by Silva.
Pollock looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Pollock's shoulder, as Pollock tries to avoid the shot.

Pollock closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Pollock lands with a left to the head.
Pollock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pollock prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Pollock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Pollock scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Pollock.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pollock lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pollock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pollock lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Pollock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Pollock blocks an uppercut.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pollock pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Pollock.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva misses with some punches.

Pollock breaks the clinch.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Pollock's shoulder, as Pollock tries to avoid the shot.
Pollock throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pollock swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Pollock misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Pollock takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pollock lands a jab to the head.
Pollock lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silva checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pollock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Pollock.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pollock.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva throws a hook but Pollock blocks it.
Pollock defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Pollock misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Silva counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pollock thinking.
Nice defenses there by Pollock.
Silva blocks a low kick nicely.
Silva avoids the body shot from Pollock.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pollock staying out of range there.
Silva lunges at Pollock with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pollock's hand.
Silva defending well as Pollock loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pollock lands a nice looking body shot.
Pollock scores with a jab to the body.
Pollock motions for Silva to come forward. Pollock throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silva! But no joy.
Silva lands with a straight right. Pollock didn't see that one coming.
Pollock throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Pollock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Silva takes a swing at Pollock's ribcage but misses.
Pollock misses with a wild body shot.
Silva lands a right hook to the body.
Nice jab there from Silva.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Pollock.
A jab from Silva finds it's way through Pollock's defenses.
Pollock gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Manuel Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pollock scores with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pollock slips under a jab.
Pollock appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Silva throws a lazy head kick
and Pollock counters with a nice leg kick.
Pollock lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Pollock misses with a wild body shot.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pollock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pollock lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Pollock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Pollock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Pollock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pollock blocking some punches.
Pollock lands an uppercut.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Pollock.
Pollock pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pollock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pollock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Still in the clinch, Pollock scores with a nice short uppercut.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Pollock misses the target.
Silva throws a hook but Pollock blocks it.
Pollock was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pollock lands a nice shot to the body.
Pollock pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Pollock cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Pollock scores with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jackson Pollock dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silva missing with a left hand there. Pollock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pollock looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Pollock is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Pollock delivers a nice body kick.
A good leg kick by Pollock.
Pollock pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silva is out of range and Pollock settles back down.
The fighters circle momentarily. Pollock darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pollock throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Silva works the jab nicely.
Silva avoids the body shot from Pollock.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Silva misses the jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Silva!
Pollock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Pollock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silva connects with a high kick.
Pollock looks for the body kick but Silva saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pollock throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva misses the jab.
A swing and a miss from Pollock.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Pollock connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pollock moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva avoids the body shot from Pollock.
Pollock fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Silva connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Pollock is just out of range.
Pollock throws a big shot that misses.
Pollock scores with a nice right hand.
Silva checks a low kick from Pollock.
Good work by Silva as he checks the leg kick.
Silva throws the left hand but Pollock avoids the punch easily.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Pollock walks into a stiff left hand from Silva.
Silva throws the left hand but Pollock avoids the punch easily.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pollock moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pollock throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pollock slips a jab from Silva.
Pollock looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Manuel Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pollock throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pollock has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pollock.
A swing and a miss from Pollock.
Silva checks a leg kick nicely.
Pollock connects with a body shot.
Pollock is looking to chop away at Silva's legs.
Pollock gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Pollock moved out of range.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick.
Nice defenses there by Pollock.
Silva scores with a hook.
Silva throws a hook but Pollock avoids it easily.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Pollock misses with a low kick.
Pollock connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silva's hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pollock.
Pollock lands a lovely overhand right.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pollock. That's going to slow Silva down.
Pollock ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
A jab from Silva misses.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva jabs Pollock right on the nose. Pollock blinks but takes it well.
Pollock takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pollock can pounce on him.
Pollock cracks Silva with an open hand slap.
Pollock scores with a hook.
Pollock misses with a low kick.
Silva scores with a head kick. Pollock tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
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!
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pollock. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pollock just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pollock cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Pollock's shoulder, as Pollock tries to avoid the shot.
A big right from Silva misses.
Pollock slips a straight right by Silva.
Pollock throws a low kick, looking for Silva's leg but Silva calmly moves out of range.
Pollock tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva checks a leg kick.
Pollock circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pollock throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Pollock.
Pollock throws a solid leg kick but Silva takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Pollock.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Pollock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Pollock lands a head shot.
Pollock lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Pollock sizes up Silva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
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 Jackson Pollock will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Pollock throws out a powerful jab.
Silva scores with the left hand. Pollock knows he should have avoided that one.

Pollock has managed to clinch.
Pollock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.

Pollock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva lands a really nice looking cross but Pollock seems unphased.
Pollock throws a leg kick that misses.
Pollock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Pollock throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pollock.
Pollock dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Pollock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pollock ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pollock missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Pollock finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Pollock lands a slapping body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Pollock's head.
Pollock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pollock.
Pollock tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Silva scores with the left hand. Pollock knows he should have avoided that one.
Pollock staying out of range there.
Pollock is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Silva lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Pollock jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
A quick step to the side and Pollock tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A head kick misses from Pollock.
Silva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Donk. Silva catches Pollock right on the button with a cross.
Pollock shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Pollock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pollock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pollock ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Silva scores with a head kick.
Pollock avoids the body shot from Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pollock closes the distance and clinches.
A short left from Pollock.
Pollock blocking some punches.
Jackson Pollock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pollock prevents a body shot from Silva.
Pollock throws a head punch that misses.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Pollock.
A short right from Pollock on the inside.
Pollock pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pollock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pollock gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Pollock.

Silva is rocked!
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Pollock finish him?
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pollock throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Pollock has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Pollock is working Silva over against the cage.
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Pollock lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pollock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short left from Pollock.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pollock pushes Silva against the cage. Pollock is working some dirty boxing. Pollock pushes off with a quick right hook! Silva goes down! Silva tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Pollock moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jackson Pollock!
Jackson Pollock decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.