PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Egil Grim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Egil Grim has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Grim
vs
Silver

190 cm
19
221 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

179 cm
19
215 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

FUEL Nutrition

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Egil Grim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Silver!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, John Mangel and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Silver, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silver throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Grim tries to clinch but Silver is having none of it.
Grim tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Silver is able to avoid easily.
Silver looks to land a combination but Grim avoids it well.

Silver clinches with his opponent.

Silver breaks the clinch.
Grim is looking to clinch.

Grim has closed the distance and engaged Silver in a clinch.
Silver scores with a shot to the side of Grim's head.
Silver lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silver blocks an elbow strike from Grim.
Silver lands a nice uppercut.

Silver escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silver misses with a few strikes there.
Grim tries to clinch but Silver moves out of range.
Grim looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silver throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Grim counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Matt Silver has been cut.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Grim pushes off an throws an elbow but Silver leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silver wants to break free but Grim has control.
Grim lands an elbow inside.
Silver misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silver.
Silver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Grim using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silver has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Grim is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Grim showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silver.
Silver looks gassed!
Silver misses with a double jab

and Grim counters with a series of strikes that sends Silver to the canvas! Grim follows down into guard, looking to finish the fight!

Silver is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grim wants to control from the top but Silver keeps moving.
Silver is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grim throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silver works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Grim throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Grim accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Grim is looking to work some ground and pound but Silver has wrist control.
Grim trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grim slips nicely into half guard.
Grim trying to mount his opponent but Silver defends it.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silver lands a jab-cross combination.
Grim is looking to clinch but Silver is avoiding it.
Silver tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Grim counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Grim.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grim wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silver has him pressed against the cage.

Silver escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silver misses with a combination

and Grim moves into the clinch.
Grim gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Grim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silver avoids it.
Grim tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silver avoids it.
Grim wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silver has him pressed against the cage.

Silver breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Silver gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands with a light punch inside.
Grim is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Silver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Silver gets a clinch.
Grim is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Grim has Silver pressed against the cage, preventing Silver from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silver keeps control of Grim as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Silver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silver closes the distance looking to clinch
and Grim counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Grim is looking to clinch but Silver is avoiding it.

Grim rushes Silver and presses him up against the cage.
Silver has had enough of the clinch but Grim keeps him there for the moment.
Grim is looking to break free of the clinch but Silver has double underhooks.
Silver avoids the elbow strike from Grim, against the cage.
Grim throws an elbow but it misses.
Grim trying to land knees to the body.

Silver breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Grim circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silver swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Grim wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Grim gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Grim lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Grim blocking some punches.
Silver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Grim wants to get back to striking at distance but Silver won't allow it.
Grim is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Grim throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silver blocks an elbow strike.
Grim doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silver misses with a short punch on the inside.

Silver breaks from the clinch.
Silver tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Grim is able to avoid easily.
Silver is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grim.
Grim tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Grim throws a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grim fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grim keeps the fight on the outside.
Silver misses with a low kick.
Grim fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grim cracks Silver with a good jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Egil Grim dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Silver's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silver tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Grim counters with a one-two to the body.
Egil Grim is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Matt Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silver tries to clinch up

and Grim counters by moving into the clinch.

Silver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Grim throws a head kick but Silver moves out of range.
Silver throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Grim forces Silver back against the cage and clinches.
Silver avoids the elbow strike from Grim, against the cage.
Grim tries to land knees in the clinch but Silver avoids the damage to the body.
Silver managing to block the knees to the body from Grim.
Silver misses with a hook from the clinch.

Silver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Silver closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Grim tries a knee to the head but Silver blocks it.

Silver breaks from the clinch.
Silver lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grim circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silver jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silver throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Grim counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Grim moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Grim lands a jab-cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Silver clinches but Grim breaks the clinch
and Grim counters with a left and a right that stings Silver.
Silver throws a right and a left that Grim avoids nicely.
Silver throws a hook but Grim avoids it easily.
Grim wants to clinch.
Grim fails with an attempt to clinch.
Egil Grim is winning the standup battle so far.
Silver doesn't manage to clinch there - Grim circles away.
Silver throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Grim counters with a nice body shot.

Grim instigates a clinch.
Silver tries to break the clinch but Grim is controlling the position.
Grim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silver.

Silver breaks from the clinch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Grim!
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grim swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Grim clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silver.

Silver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silver misses with a double jab

and Grim counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Silver breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silver throws a right hand that Grim ducks under and follows up with a left that Grim also avoids with ease.
Silver tries a low kick but Grim avoids it.
Grim is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silver misses with the combination.
Grim is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grim is looking to wear down Silver with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Grim ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Grim tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silver swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silver closes the distance but Grim moves to the side
and Grim counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Grim lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A swing and a miss from Silver.
Grim misses with a head kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Grim clinches.
Silver lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Silver.

Silver manages to break the clinch.
Silver tries to clinch but Grim moves out of range.
Grim fails to land with a series of punches.

Silver pushes Grim up against the cage in a clinch.

Silver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Grim forces Silver back against the cage and clinches.
Grim missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Silver.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silver.
Silver lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Silver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silver throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Grim counters by clinching up.
Grim swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silver keeps control of Grim as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silver scores with a shoulder strike.
Silver softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silver keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Grim's efforts to push away.
Silver lands with a right to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Grim breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silver lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A jab from Grim does it's job there.

Silver has closed the distance and engaged Grim in a clinch.
Silver misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Grim creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silver misses with the head strike.
Grim blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silver wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Grim misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silver.
Silver swings wildly with an uppercut but Grim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silver throws a punch but it's blocked by Grim.
Silver avoids the elbow strike from Grim, against the cage.
Silver scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silver blocks the elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Silver escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silver misses with a few strikes there.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.
Grim throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silver tries to clinch but Grim moves away

and Grim counters by moving into the clinch.
Silver doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Egil Grim dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Matt Silver's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Silver tries to clinch up but Grim circles away and keeps his distance.
Grim avoids the head kick by Silver.
Silver tries to clinch there but Grim circles away.
Silver throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Grim.
Silver takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Grim tries to clinch up.
Silver misses with a combination
and Grim counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Grim has Silver up against the cage in a clinch.
Silver takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silver is trying to break the clinch but Grim has him pressed against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Silver lands with a light punch inside.
Grim is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Silver working hard to break the clinch.
Silver wants to break the clinch but can't.
Grim trying to land knees to the body.
Grim lands a damaging elbow.

Grim's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Grim closes the distance and clinches.
Grim throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Silver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silver is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grim connects with a body shot.
Grim dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silver is looking to clinch.
Grim throws a sloppy head kick and Silver moves out of range easily.
Silver throws a combination that misses
and Grim counters with a nice body shot.
Silver tries to clinch up but Grim circles away and keeps his distance.
Grim tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silver swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grim misses with a head kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Silver!
No joy there for Silver, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Silver clinches with his opponent.
Grim is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Silver breaks from the clinch.
Silver avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Grim clinches up with Silver and pushes him back against the cage.

Silver breaks the clinch.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch but Grim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grim looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver tries to clinch up but Grim circles away and keeps his distance.
Grim throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silver swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Grim counters with a stiff right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Grim looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grim avoids the head kick by Silver.

Grim tries to keep at a distance but Silver has taken the fight into the clinch.
Grim lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grim tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silver lands with a short shot to the head.
Silver misses with the head strike.
Grim lands an elbow inside that Silver shrugs off.
Grim misses with an elbow over the top.
Silver lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Grim backwards.
Silver wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Grim pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Silver closes the distance and pushes Grim back into the cage.
Grim looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silver avoids a wild elbow strike from Grim.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grim throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Silver breaks from the clinch.
Silver swats away the attempt to clinch by Grim.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Silver lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Grim has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Grim and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Grim stuns Silver with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silver throws a nice looking combination but Grim bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silver moves in looking to clinch but Grim pushes him off.
Grim tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silver tries to bum rush Grim with a series of wild strikes but Grim uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silver misses with a low kick.
Grim lands a jab-cross combination.

Silver takes the fight into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Silver.
Grim tries to land knees in the clinch but Silver avoids the damage to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Silver.
Silver misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silver takes an elbow to the temple.
Silver misses with a punch on the inside.
Silver managing to block the knees to the body from Grim.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Silver throws a head punch that misses.
Silver lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Grim pushes off an throws an elbow but Silver leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silver keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Grim's efforts to push away.
Silver lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Grim backwards.
Grim pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silver pushes Grim back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silver scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silver lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Grim backwards.

Silver breaks the clinch.

Grim gets a clinch.
Matt Silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Grim lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silver working aggressively here.
Grim blocks an uppercut.
Grim pushes off an throws an elbow but Silver leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silver swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silver misses with a punch on the inside.

Grim pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silver falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Grim to counter with a crisp jab.
Egil Grim is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Grim lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silver backs up against the cage.
Silver misses with a double jab
and Grim counters with a lovely straight right hand!

And that's the end of the fight!
Egil Grim showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Grim 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Egil Grim!