PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vitor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugan Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Silva
vs
Hogan

185 cm
25
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Vitor Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Hugan Hogan!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hogan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hogan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hogan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.

Hogan moves into the clinch.
Silva is trying to break free.
Hogan connects with a knee to the head.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Danga de danga de dang - Silva scores with a four punch combination!
Silva takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Vitor Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hogan has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hogan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Hogan missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hogan throws an elbow but misses.
Hogan has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hogan lands a nice elbow.

Hogan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hogan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hogan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hogan explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hogan lands with a kick to the temple. Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"

Hogan forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.

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

Hogan pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Hogan lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Hogan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hogan tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hogan has him pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Hogan has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hogan.
Hogan lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hogan lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hogan lands a nice elbow.
Silva tries to circle away but Hogan has him pinned against the cage.
Hogan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Hogan has double underhooks.
Hogan manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hogan has him pressed against the cage.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hogan has him pressed against the cage.
Hogan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hogan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hogan.
Hogan tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva avoiding damage as Hogan throws knees to the body.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hogan working Silva over with knees to the body.
Hogan lands a knee to the body.
Hogan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hogan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hogan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hogan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hogan lands an elbow inside.
Hogan landing knees to the head.
Hogan misses with a knee strike.

Hogan tightens his grip and picks Silva up, before dumping him to the ground. Silva manages to land in guard.

Hogan stands and steps away. Silva gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Hogan darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hogan has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hogan.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva tries to break free but Hogan pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hogan.
Hogan has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hogan tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Hogan throws an elbow but it misses.
Hogan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hogan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hogan lands a knee to the head.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan is looking to clinch.
Hogan slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva tries to land a leg kick but Hogan saw it coming and moves away.
A low kick from Silva is predictable there
and Hogan counters with a leg kick.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hogan counters with a nice body kick.
A low kick from Silva is predictable there

and Hogan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hogan.

Hogan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hogan lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hogan moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hogan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
Hogan is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.

Hogan moves into the clinch.
Hogan looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Hogan has him pressed against the cage.
Hogan trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hogan.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Hogan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Hogan, against the cage.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hogan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Nice elbow from Hogan.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hogan is trying to stall.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Hogan.
Come on Hogan - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hogan misses with a knee to the head.
Hogan prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hogan.
Silva is trying to break free.
Hogan tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Hogan tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Silva breaks from the clinch.

Hogan has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Hogan keeps him there for the moment.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hogan has him pressed against the cage.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Hogan won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hogan throws a nice head kick!
Horrible takedown by Hogan or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva which made him look bad.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hogan.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hogan.
Hogan tries to clinch up.
Hogan tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Hogan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hogan slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva misses with a combination

and Hogan counters by clinching up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Hogan has him pressed against the cage.
Hogan scores with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hogan prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hogan lands a knee to the body.
Hogan misses with an elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Silva is pressed up against the cage. Hogan has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Vitor Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hugan Hogan.
Silva throws a series of punches but Hogan avoids them all with ease.

Hogan moves into the clinch.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hogan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hogan shoots in but no luck this time.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Hogan's leg but Hogan calmly moves out of range.

Hogan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Hogan changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Silva throws a right hand that Hogan ducks under and follows up with a left that Hogan also avoids with ease.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Hogan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Hogan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Hogan landing knees to the head.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Hogan blocks the low kick.
Hogan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hogan lands with a thumping leg kick.

Hogan closes the distance and clinches.
Hogan misses with a knee to the head.
Hogan looking to stall.
Hogan lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hogan has him pressed against the cage.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hogan obliges.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hogan lands with a left to the head.
Hogan tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Hogan has the dominant position.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hogan.
Hogan prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Hogan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hogan with an attempt at a knee that misses.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hogan counters with a solid body kick.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vitor Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice defenses there by Hogan.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silva.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Hogan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hogan throws a head kick that Silva semi-blocks.
Silva throws a solid leg kick but Hogan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silva.

Hogan clinches.
Hogan tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hogan misses with a knee strike.
Silva tries to break free but Hogan pushes him back against the cage.
Hogan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hogan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Hogan won't allow it.
Hogan jumps guard but Silva stands there with Hogan around his waist. Hogan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hogan lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hogan is able to avoid easily.
Silva throws a leg kick but Hogan moved away.

Hogan closes the distance and clinches.
Hogan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Hogan has double underhooks.
Hogan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hogan has him pressed against the cage.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Vitor Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hogan tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Hogan cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silva throws a leg kick

and Hogan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hogan.
Hogan lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Hogan tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.

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

Hogan rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hogan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Hogan has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hogan has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hogan lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Silva is trying to break free.
Hogan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hugan Hogan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva looks to land a combination. Hogan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hogan throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hogan fakes the leg kick and cracks Silva in the body.
Hogan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

Hogan clinches up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Hogan.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hogan just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Knees to the body from Hogan.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hogan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hogan lands a front kick.
Hogan throws a combination. Silva tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Hogan gets a clinch.
Hogan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hogan looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Hogan.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a leg kick
and Hogan counters with a head kick. That will keep Silva thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Silva misses
and Hogan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silva's knee momentarily.
Silva scores with a nice strike.
Vitor Silva is winning the standup battle so far.

Hogan moves into range and clinches up with Silva.
Hogan trying to land knees to the body.
Silva is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Hogan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva tries a low kick but Hogan avoids it.
Hogan lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
Silva has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hogan.
Silva misses with a double jab.

Hogan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hogan prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva tries to circle away but Hogan has him pinned against the cage.
Hogan is pushing Silva up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Hogan has the dominant position.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Hogan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hogan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Hogan has the dominant position.
Hogan connects with a knee to the head.
Hogan looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hogan keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
Hogan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Hogan has him pressed against the cage.
Hogan misses with a knee strike.
Hogan misses with an elbow strike.
Hogan lands with a left to the head.
Hogan lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.

Hogan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Silva 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 Hogan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hogan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A head kick misses from Hogan.
Hogan wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hogan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hogan dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Silva is predictable there
and Hogan counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Silva will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Hogan doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Hogan misses with a wild combination.
A low kick from Silva is predictable there

and Hogan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hogan.
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva tries to circle away but Hogan has him pinned against the cage.

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

Hogan clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Hogan won't allow it.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Hogan, against the cage.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva looks to land a combination but Hogan avoids it well.
Silva throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hogan wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked

and Hogan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hogan.
Hugan Hogan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to break free but Hogan has control.
Hogan has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hogan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hogan pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hogan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Hogan has double underhooks.
Hogan misses with a knee strike.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Hogan keeps him there for the moment.
Hogan prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.

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

Hogan moves into range and clinches up with Silva.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Hogan is controlling the position.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Hogan tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Hogan has him pressed against the cage.
Hogan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hugan Hogan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva is trying to break free.
Vitor Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Hogan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Hogan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hugan Hogan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hogan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hugan Hogan!