PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Salvatore Assante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Silvera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Assante's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Lose Yourself. Silvera has chosen Wedlock as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Assante
vs
Silvera

185 cm
31
203 lbs
28 - 15 - 0

185 cm
27
193 lbs
15 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

5th Round Clothing

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 28 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Salvatore Assante!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Joey Silvera!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvera throws a jab but it's blocked by Assante.
Assante throws a hook to the side of Silvera's head but Silvera sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silvera scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice shot lands for Assante.
Silvera is looking to clinch.
Silvera works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Assante keeps Silvera at a distance using the push kick.
Assante getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Assante fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silvera avoids the head kick by Assante.
Silvera goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

Assante is rocked!
Assante keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silvera.
Oh Assante is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Silvera forces Assante back against the cage and clinches.
Silvera misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silvera has a couple of punches blocked by Assante.
Silvera throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Silvera fails to land.
Silvera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silvera misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silvera tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Assante doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silvera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silvera misses with a punch on the inside.
Silvera misses with a punch on the inside.
Assante blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silvera misses with the head strike.
Silvera blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silvera fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Assante blocks an uppercut.
Assante lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silvera backwards.
Silvera misses with a punch on the inside.
Silvera blocks a body shot from Assante.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assante misses with some punches.
Silvera misses with a short punch on the inside.
Assante blocks an uppercut.
Clinched against the cage, Silvera lands a big elbow that drops Assante! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Assante is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joey Silvera!
Joey Silvera very nearly forgot to thank •• Beast Mode •• amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.