PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between One Fortythree (ranked 8351 p4p, 267 weight class) and Anders Silver (ranked 7323 p4p, 241 weight class). One Fortythree has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Fortythree
vs
Silver

168 cm
18
143 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

186 cm
18
135 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, One Fortythree!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anders Silver!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fortythree fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silver manages to avoid it.
Silver jabs at Fortythree's body.
Fortythree looks to throw the jab but Silver is out of range.
Fortythree misses with an uppercut. Silver saw that one coming.
Silver's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Silver duly obliges.
Fortythree takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fortythree looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Silver is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A jab from Fortythree misses.
Fortythree throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silver misses with a double jab.
Silver jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silver throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Fortythree's head.
Fortythree tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silver was well out of range. Poor timing from Fortythree.
Fortythree misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silver.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silver lands a really nice looking cross but Fortythree seems unphased.
A lazy left from Silver finds it's target.
A slow jab from Fortythree misses its intended target.
Silver lands a jab-cross combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Silver slips a jab from Fortythree.
A nice combination there by Silver.
Silver throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Silver throws a one two combo.
Silver is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Fortythree walks into a left hand.
Fortythree takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Silver cracks Fortythree with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fortythree throws a jab when Silver was well out of range.
Silver now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Silver as he connects with a hook.
Silver has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fortythree on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silver thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Fortythree if he has to take too many more of those.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fortythree stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silver.
Silver is working the combinations to good effect here.
Silver ducks under a wild hook from Fortythree.
Silver lands a leg kick that knocks Fortythree off balance momentarily.
Silver has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Fortythree is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Silver uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fortythree.
Decent striking displayed by Silver there.
Fortythree misses the jab.
Silver moves out of range of the strikes.
Fortythree throws a body shot but no joy.
Silver goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nice defenses there by Silver.
Silver scores with a sloppy right hand. Fortythree should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands with a slapping head kick.
Silver connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Silver avoids the body shot from Fortythree.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silver. That's going to slow Fortythree down.
Silver wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fortythree swings widly with a right hand
and Silver counters with a good low kick that Fortythree was not able to check.
Fortythree throws a jab but it's blocked by Silver.
Fortythree has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silver finds it's way round the side to connect with Fortythree's head.
Silver lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fortythree loads up on a big right hand but Silver slips the punch.
Fortythree throws out a loose jab but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fortythree takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Silver paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Silver ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Silver pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silver feints a jab promting Fortythree to slip. Silver then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Fortythree slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Silver scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fortythree connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice shot lands for Silver.
Silver throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fortythree on the side of the head.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Silver - that will leave a mark!
Silver is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fortythree had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Silver fails to land with a series of punches.
Silver avoids the body shot from Fortythree.
Fortythree takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Silver moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Silver throws a sloppy head kick and Fortythree moves out of range easily.
Fortythree dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fortythree uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silver.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fortythree misses with a jab to the body
and Silver counters with an outside leg kick.
Fortythree throws a body shot but no joy.
Fortythree looks to land a left hand but Silver moved out of range nicely.
Silver connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fortythree. Fortythree circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fortythree looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Silver ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big right from Fortythree misses.
Fortythree walks forward, straight into a front kick from Silver.
Silver keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fortythree.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands with a hook. Fortythree tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Fortythree throws a shot from downtown. Silver moves away and avoids it.
Fortythree takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Fortythree takes a swing at Silver's ribcage but misses.
Fortythree throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fortythree just misses with a punch to the body.
Silver flicks out a counter leg kick but Fortythree steps away.
Silver cracks Fortythree with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fortythree throws a jab when Silver was well out of range.
Silver fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fortythree on the side of the head.
Fortythree uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Silver misses with a wild combination.
Fortythree takes a swing at Silver's ribcage but misses.
Silver uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fortythree.
Silver jabs at Fortythree's body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Silver!
Fortythree pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It seemed like Silver was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fortythree is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Silver's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Silver lands with a nice body punch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fortythree pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fortythree misses with a left hand
and Silver counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Fortythree misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fortythree pushes Silver back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silver throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Silver jumps guard but Fortythree turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Silver misses with a punch to the body.
Fortythree lands with a short shot to the head.
Fortythree lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silver blocking some punches.
Fortythree lands a shoulder strike.
Silver lands an uppercut.
Silver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fortythree misses with the head strike.
Silver misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fortythree.
Still in the clinch, Fortythree scores with a nice short uppercut.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fortythree blocks a body shot from Silver.
Silver tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fortythree avoids it.
Silver working aggressively here.
Fortythree misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fortythree stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Silver breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silver misses with a body kick.
Silver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silver lands a nice shot to the body.
Fortythree throws a jab when Silver was well out of range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Silver misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silver scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Fortythree gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fortythree tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fortythree lands a right hand.

Silver is rocked!
Fortythree lands an uppercut.
Silver is still on wobbly legs! Can Fortythree finish him?
Fortythree misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fortythree misses with some punches.
Fortythree throws a big uppercut that drops Silver! More strikes from Fortythree and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Silver lies dazed against the cage as Fortythree celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). One Fortythree!
During a confident post fight interview, One Fortythree thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.