PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Hansen (ranked 1238 p4p, 689 weight class) and Terry Silver (ranked 165 p4p, 96 weight class). Hansen comes to the cage accompanied by Black Sabbath - Iron Man. Terry Silver is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Hansen
vs
Silver

182 cm
30
183
15 - 12 - 0

177 cm
33
172
25 - 22 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

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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 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marcus Hansen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Terry Silver!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver throws a body shot but no joy.
Silver misses with a series of wild punches.

Hansen instigates a clinch.
Silver wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silver lands a left hand.
Hansen lands a hook that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Silver wants to break free but Hansen has control.
Hansen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silver misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hansen.
Hansen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silver is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Hansen turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Hansen manages to end up in side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silver is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Silver really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hansen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silver taking a bit of punishment here - Hansen scoring with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver is trying to control Hansen's posture but Hansen avoids it.
Check out the look on Hansen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Sloppy strikes there by Hansen.
Silver is looking to reverse the position.
Hansen working away.
Hansen working the body and head with strikes.
Hansen lands a nice forearm strike.
Hansen creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Silver parries the strikes from Hansen easily there. Hansen is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Silver to escape.
Hansen working the ground and pound.
Hansen working the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hansen in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Silver taking punishment in the form of punches.
Hansen in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Hansen scoring with punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Hansen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hansen trying to control the action but Silver is working from the bottom.
Silver holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
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!
Hansen creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Hansen throws an elbow but Silver slips to the side and avoids it well.
Hansen creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Silver sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Silver is looking to regain half guard here but Hansen keeps moving and retains side control.
Hansen scores with punches from side control.
Silver tries to improve position but can't.
Hansen scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Silver to see if he's OK.
Silver struggling a bit here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Silver is avoiding damage well.
Silver is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hansen connects with a decent elbow.
Silver dodges the ground and pound from Hansen.
Hansen landing a few strikes.
Hansen in side control, throwing shots but Silver defends.
Hansen trying to control the position but Silver is working away.
Silver on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hansen creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Hansen grinds an elbow into Silver's temple.
Hansen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Silver down.
Hansen taking a breather here.
Silver is pushing Hansen's head away, looking to escape. Hansen manages to hold on to the position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansen in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Hansen scores with punches from side control.

Hansen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hansen controls the position from side control.
Hansen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hansen creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Silver sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Hansen scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Silver to see if he's OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silver struggling a bit here.
Silver is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Hansen is controlling him well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marcus Hansen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Silver tries to bum rush Hansen with a series of wild strikes but Hansen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hansen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hansen throws a right and a left that Silver avoids nicely.
Hansen shoots in looking for a takedown but Silver manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hansen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Marcus Hansen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silver throws a hook to the side of Hansen's head but Hansen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hansen seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Silver thuds a left hand into Hansen's body.
Hansen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silver can do to turn this around?
Silver cracks Hansen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hansen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silver sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hansen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silver but Silver pushes him off and we're back to square one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver lands a right hook to the body.
Hansen tries to score a power double leg takedown but Silver sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hansen somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Hansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silver takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silver throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A punch lands to the side of Hansen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hansen tries for a takedown but Silver circles away easily
and Silver counters with a left right combination that sends Hansen crashing to the mat - Silver wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Hansen out for a TKO! Devastating finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terry Silver!
Terry Silver really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that 30th Century Beer Store logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.