PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mathew Hook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hook comes to the cage accompanied by My Name is What - Eminem. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Hook
vs
Silva

169 cm
25
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

181 cm
22
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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Ganja's Warehouse

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mathew Hook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mauricio Silva!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Phil Schofield and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hook misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hook lands a jab.
Hook dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Hook darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.

Hook breaks the clinch.
Hook ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Hook.
Hook throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva scores with a body shot.
Hook misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hook throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hook ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hook throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch combination from Hook misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Hook does it's job there.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Hook throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Hook turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hook manages to avoid it.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hook slips under a jab.
A head kick misses from Hook.
Silva throws a jab when Hook was well out of range.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Hook moved out of range nicely.
Silva takes a swing at Hook's ribcage but misses.
Hook clobbers Silva with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hook keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hook misses with a few strikes there.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Hook was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hook throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Hook moves away and avoids it.
Hook misses with a head kick.
Hook throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hook has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hook there as he acknowledges the shot.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mathew Hook dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A combination from Hook does no damage.
Silva misses with a hook.
Silva misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
A big right from Silva misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hook closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hook swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Hook gets a clinch.
Hook lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Hook breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hook moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Hook takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Hook manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A head kick misses from Hook.
Hook bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hook throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!

Hook forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Hook lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hook escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
A slow jab from Hook misses its intended target.
Silva lands a glancing blow to the side of Hook's head.
Hook defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Hook fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Hook lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a lazy uppercut
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
Mathew Hook is winning the standup battle so far.
Hook uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Hook uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hook will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hook plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Mathew Hook will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Hook pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Silva back to the cage. Hook follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hook moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hook ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Mathew Hook is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hook uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Hook swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hook scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Hook uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Hook.
Hook misses with the combination.
No joy there for Hook, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hook lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Hook pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hook gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hook misses with a few strikes there.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Hook was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hook avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hook avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hook ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands with a right hand.
Hook uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.

Hook rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Hook breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice jab there from Silva.
Hook throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hook ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Hook throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Mathew Hook is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hook defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Hook swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hook throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Mauricio Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mathew Hook showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hook 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mathew Hook!
A very excited looking Mathew Hook rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.