PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Wazowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Casey Silk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wazowski kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Never Gonna Give You Up. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wazowski
vs
Silk

173 cm
25
156 lbs
10 - 3 - 1

173 cm
29
155 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Mike Wazowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Casey Silk!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Bruno Hogan and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silk lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wazowski circles away quickly and effectively.
Silk misses with a double jab
and Wazowski counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Casey Silk has been cut.
Wazowski uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silk.
Silk shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Wazowski makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Casey Silk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silk misses with a double jab.
Wazowski swings away with a body shot that misses

and Silk counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Silk throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wazowski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silk sitting in guard here, content to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wazowski is controlling Silk's posture.
Wazowski has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Silk working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silk's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Silk won't allow Wazowski to sweep him here.
Silk stops Wazowski from standing up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wazowski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silk throws a big right hand that misses.
Silk throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wazowski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silk advances position into side control!
Silk is working Wazowski over with some ground and pound from side control.
Wazowski is trying to get back to half guard.
Wazowski manages to work his way to half guard, despite Silk's best efforts.
Silk sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wazowski defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wazowski has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Silk is working away from the top position though.
Silk throwing shots but Wazowski is blocking nicely.
Wazowski is breathing heavily.
Wazowski is looking for a sweep. Silk is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Silk is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Silk has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Silk looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Silk is keen to just control but Wazowski is a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wazowski trying to control from the bottom.
Silk scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wazowski trying to control but Silk postures up.
Silk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silk wants to pass to mount but Wazowski is defending the position.
Silk thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ground and pound from Silk.
Silk landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Silk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nice strikes from Silk there.
Silk lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wazowski regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Silk.
Wazowski is trying to keep Silk in close.
Silk pushes down on Wazowski's leg and manages to get into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Casey Silk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Casey Silk's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wazowski throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wazowski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wazowski swinging wildly here.
Wazowski is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Silk.
Silk misses with a series of wild punches.
Silk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silk shoots and misses
and Wazowski counters with a left to the body.
A big left from Wazowski misses.
Silk lands a nice hook to Wazowski's body. Wazowski takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silk swinging wildly here.
Wazowski throws a hook to the side of Silk's head but Silk sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silk lands an overhand right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wazowski misses with a double jab.
Silk misses with an uppercut. Wazowski saw that one coming.
Casey Silk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Silk gets a takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wazowski trying to control here.
Silk is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Silk controlling the action here.
Silk not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silk passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Wazowski!
Silk landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wazowski is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wazowski is bucking up trying to escape but Silk cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Silk jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Wazowski is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Wazowski and Silk has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Wazowski holding on.
Silk misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silk taking a break here but Wazowski is having none of it and regains half guard.
Wazowski trying to hold on to Silk's head to control him but Silk postures up.
Casey Silk has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wazowski has hold of Silk's hands but Silk slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Silk is nestled in close to Wazowski, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Silk not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wazowski connecting with a few gentle strikes.

Silk is working for a submission of some sort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silk not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silk is thwarting Wazowski's attempts to control the position.
Wazowski avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silk.
Silk slips a nice elbow through Wazowski's hands, connecting with Wazowski's forehead.

Silk is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Wazowski keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Casey Silk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Casey Silk's cut.
That's time! Wazowski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Wazowski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silk throws a head kick that misses.
Silk misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silk throws a big shot that misses.
A head kick by Silk misses
and Wazowski counters with a stiff right hand.
Wazowski avoids a kick to the body.
Silk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wazowski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silk jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silk throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Silk keeps the fight on the outside.
Wazowski ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silk connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wazowski's hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silk shoots in looking for a takedown. Wazowski tries to sprawl out of it but Silk keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wazowski manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Silk takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wazowski avoids the head kick by Silk.
Silk connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Wazowski momentarily.
Wazowski scores with a shot to the body.
Silk misses with a head kick.
Silk swats away the attempt to clinch by Wazowski.
Wazowski lands a nice hook to Silk's body. Silk takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silk fails to land the takedown.
Wazowski scores with a shot to the body.
Wazowski ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wazowski throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Wazowski instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wazowski lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wazowski scores with a shoulder strike.
Wazowski lands a shoulder strike.
Wazowski connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silk's face.
Wazowski working Silk over with knees to the body.
Wazowski lands a damaging elbow.
Wazowski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wazowski scores with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Wazowski.
Wazowski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silk blocks it with crossed arms.
Silk jumps guard but Wazowski stands there with Silk around his waist. Silk gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Mike Wazowski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Casey Silk.

Silk has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Wazowski uses from the top position.
Wazowski trying to control but Silk is working from the bottom.
Wazowski trying to stand up but can't free himself from Silk's guard.
Silk wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silk wants to get back to his feet but Wazowski is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Wazowski got a little sloppy there for a moment and Silk has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Wazowski has managed to get both his arms back between Silk's legs - danger averted.
Wazowski won't allow Silk to sweep him here.
Silk is trying to control the position but Wazowski postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Wazowski pushing down on Silk's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Wazowski works his way into side control.
Silk is looking to regain half guard here but Wazowski keeps moving and retains side control.
Silk is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Mike Wazowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silk trying to control but Wazowski flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Casey Silk is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wazowski trying to control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Wazowski showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Silk has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Casey Silk!