PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Hazlehurst (ranked 2173 p4p, 1343 weight class) and Ari Silver (ranked 287 p4p, 178 weight class). Hazlehurst's entrance music is Queen - One Vision. A fine choice. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Hazlehurst
vs
Silver

183 cm
29
202
13 - 8 - 0

190 cm
26
195
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

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 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Hazlehurst!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ari Silver!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hazlehurst lands a nice shot to the body.
Hazlehurst throws a jab when Silver was well out of range.
Silver throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silver tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sloppy strikes from Hazlehurst. Those never looked like landing.
Silver looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Silver scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Silver scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hazlehurst just misses with a punch to the body.
Hazlehurst rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Silver counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silver moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hazlehurst rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silver moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hazlehurst misses with a body shot.
We've been informed that Silver has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Hazlehurst circles away from the clinch attempt.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silver prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silver lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Silver.
Silver prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silver scores with a hook to the body.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silver lands a shoulder strike.
Hazlehurst is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Silver is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Hazlehurst. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silver lands an uppercut.

Hazlehurst gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Silver trying to control the position.
Silver looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silver trying to control the position.
Hazlehurst in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hazlehurst is looking to work some ground and pound but Silver has wrist control.
Hazlehurst with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hazlehurst trying to control but Silver is working from the bottom.
Hazlehurst controlling from the top position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Silver moves into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silver cracks Hazlehurst with a nice body shot.
A shot in the inside from Silver.
Silver is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hazlehurst tries for a takedown but Silver manages to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hazlehurst gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from Hazlehurst there.

Hazlehurst seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Silver is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Daniel Hazlehurst!