PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Soul Taker (ranked 1001 p4p, 1554 weight class) and Ari Silver (ranked 143 p4p, 208 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Taker
vs
Silver

190 cm
32
208
13 - 10 - 2

190 cm
28
216
10 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 2, fighting out of London, Soul Taker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ari Silver!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Silver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Taker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Silver gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Still in the clinch, Taker scores with a nice short uppercut.
Taker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taker 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.
Taker lands a hook to the side of the head.
Taker misses with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Taker as the two fighters clinch.

Taker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Soul Taker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taker scores with a nice right hand.
Taker is looking to land body kicks.
Taker fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silver misses with a left hand
and Taker counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Taker steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silver.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Taker lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Taker throws a nice inside leg kick.
Taker tries a head kick but it misses.

Silver gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Taker dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
Taker struggles to land a body shot inside as Silver controls his hands.
Silver throws a punch but it's blocked by Taker.
Taker can't find room to land a body shot as Silver controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Taker.
Taker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Taker misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Taker.
Taker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silver.
Silver lands with a left to the head.
Taker has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
A body shot lands from Taker.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silver.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taker struggles to land a body shot inside as Silver controls his hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silver tries to stall but Taker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Taker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Taker misses with a hook from the clinch.

Taker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silver swings for the body but Taker moves out of range.
Silver is looking to clinch but Taker is avoiding it.
Taker lands with a right hand.
Taker lands a nice looking body shot.
Taker lands with a shot to the body.
Taker circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Taker to counter with a crisp jab.

Taker closes the distance and pushes Silver back into the cage.
Taker struggles to land a body shot inside as Silver controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
Silver misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Taker works on Silver's body with a couple of short punches.
Taker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silver misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Taker lands a hook that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Taker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Taker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Taker working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Taker misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Taker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silver tries to clinch up but Taker circles away and keeps his distance.
Silver tries to clinch up.
Taker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.
A jab from Silver finds it's way through Taker's defenses.
Silver doesn't manage to clinch there - Taker circles away.
Taker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taker scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silver in his tracks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taker fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silver on the side of the head.
Silver looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Taker lands a head shot.

Taker has Silver up against the cage in a clinch.
Taker misses with a punch to the body.
Silver swings wildly with an uppercut but Taker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taker misses with a body punch.
Silver lands a hook to the side of the head.
Taker struggles to land a body shot inside as Silver controls his hands.
Silver pushes Taker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Taker tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Taker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Taker.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Taker throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch but Taker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silver fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silver just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromTaker.

Taker pushes Silver up against the cage in a clinch.
Soul Taker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Taker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silver's elbow.
Taker throws a punch but it's blocked by Silver.

Taker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Taker tries to clinch up.
Silver blocks a head kick by Taker.
Taker scores with a jab.
Silver tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Taker cracks Silver with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver is looking to clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silver tries to bum rush Taker with a series of wild strikes but Taker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Taker lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taker lands the left hand.
Taker connects with a body shot that sends Silver's belly button to the back.
Silver swings for the body but Taker moves out of range.
Taker throwing a counter right hand but Silver manages to avoid it.
Taker wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver throws a series of punches but Taker avoids them all with ease.
Taker lands a body shot.
A good leg kick by Taker.
Taker throws a leg kick which misses Silver's front leg but catches the back leg as Silver tries to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Taker.
Taker scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Silver tries to clinch but Taker moves out of range.
Taker lands a lovely overhand right.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up but Taker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silver takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Silver tries to clinch but Taker moves away
and Taker counters with a nice uppercut.
Silver checks the leg kick.
Taker looks to land a body kick but Silver moved away.

Silver forces Taker back against the cage and clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taker misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver gets through Taker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Taker.
Taker tries to throw a body punch but Silver avoids it by throwing Taker back against the cage.
Taker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silver misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silver blocks a body shot from Taker.
Silver lands a nice elbow.
Silver working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Taker lands a body shot.
Taker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Taker misses with a body punch.
Taker blocks a body shot from Silver.
Silver tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silver lands an elbow inside.
Taker misses with a punch to the body.
Silver fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver blocks an uppercut.
Taker tries to throw a body punch but Silver avoids it by throwing Taker back against the cage.
Taker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silver can do to turn this around?
Taker tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
A short uppercut from Taker.

Taker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silver is looking to clinch but Taker is avoiding it.
Taker is looking to counter punch.
Silver's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Taker connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silver scrambles back to his feet.
Silver tries to clinch but Taker moves away
and Taker finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Taker jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Taker missing with a left hand there. Silver was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Taker.
Silver avoids a kick to the body.
Soul Taker is winning the standup battle so far.
Taker misses with a hook. Silver ducked under it nicely.
Good exchange - Taker coming out on top.
Taker pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silver is out of range and Taker settles back down.

Taker moves into range and clinches up with Silver.
Nice body punch from Taker.
Silver throws a punch but it's blocked by Taker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taker avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.

Taker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Taker wants to clinch up but Silver keeps it at a distance.
Taker lands with an uppercut that bounces Silver off the cage and back into range.
Silver throws an off balance right hand
and Taker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silver uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Taker.
Silver displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Taker throws out the jab.
Taker sets himself, and Silver steps forward looking for the clinch! Taker avoids it this time.

Silver clinches.
Silver fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Taker tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
Taker works on Silver's body with a couple of short punches.
Silver's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Taker lands a hook to the side of the head.

Taker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silver moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silver scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Soul Taker dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Silver tries to clinch there but Taker circles away.
Silver lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Taker at a distance.
Taker slips a jab from Silver.
Taker slips a jab from Silver.
It appears Taker was looking to counter with a kick there.

Taker pushes Silver up against the cage in a clinch.
Taker struggles to land a body shot inside as Silver controls his hands.

Taker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silver has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Taker scores with a jab to the body.
Taker tries to clinch but Silver is having none of it.
A little jabbing left from Silver on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Silver is looking to clinch.
Taker throws a low kick, looking for Silver's leg but Silver calmly moves out of range.
Silver tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Taker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silver has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taker connects with an inside leg kick.
Silver takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silver is looking to clinch.
Taker scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silver doesn't seem bothered though.
Taker goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silver gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver ducks under a wild hook from Taker.
Silver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Taker.
Silver throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Taker stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silver misses with a looping right.
Silver moves out of range as Taker strikes.
Silver moves to clinch but Taker breaks away
and Silver takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silver takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Silver tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Taker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Silver takes the fight into the clinch.
Taker working aggressively here.
Silver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Silver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Taker connects with a high kick.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silver closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Ari Silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver connects with a right hand. Taker shakes it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good leg kick by Taker.
Taker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Taker slips under a jab from Silver.
Taker looks to land a body kick but Silver moved away.
Taker connects with a looping right hand.
Silver swings for the body but Taker moves out of range.
Silver steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Taker. That one must have hurt.
Taker misses the jab.
Taker throws a sloppy head kick and Silver moves out of range easily.
Taker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silver moves away.
Silver steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Taker.

Silver instigates a clinch.
Taker gets through Silver's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Taker tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Taker lands a shoulder strike.
Silver misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Taker breaks the clinch.
Silver tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Taker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Taker looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silver ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Taker lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Taker with a nice calf kick.
Silver is looking to clinch.
Silver misses the shot to the body.

Silver closes the distance and clinches.
Silver misses with some punches.
Silver blocks an uppercut.
Silver blocks a body shot from Taker.
A short left from Taker.
Taker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silver's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Taker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silver has Taker pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Taker's efforts to push away.
Silver misses with the head strike.
Taker blocks an uppercut.
Taker misses with a punch to the body.
Silver prevents a body shot from Taker.
Taker tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
Taker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silver doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Taker misses with a hook to the ribs.

Silver breaks from the clinch.
Silver on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Taker.
Silver throws a predictable looking body shot
and Silver takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silver throws a jab when Taker was well out of range.
Silver throws a series of punches but Taker moves out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Soul Taker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Taker has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Soul Taker!
Soul Taker decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.