PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marius Wieneke (ranked 5628 p4p, 2784 weight class) and Ari Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wieneke's entrance music is Satyricon - K.I.N.G . A fine choice. Ari Silver has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Wieneke
vs
Silver

186 cm
38
195
14 - 33 - 0

190 cm
25
195
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

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 14 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marius Wieneke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ari Silver!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wieneke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Silver closes the distance and clinches.
Silver is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wieneke tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silver smiles and moves away.
Silver throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silver with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Silver lands a body shot.
Wieneke misses the shot to the body.
Silver circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silver scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Silver pushes Wieneke up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Wieneke.
Wieneke wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wieneke lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wieneke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
Silver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wieneke displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silver up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver controlling the action here for a moment.
Silver misses with a punch to the body.
Silver told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Still in the clinch, Silver scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wieneke throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silver avoiding damage.

Wieneke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wieneke scores with a body shot.

Silver tries to keep at a distance but Wieneke has taken the fight into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Silver scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wieneke stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wieneke misses with the head strike.

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

Silver clinches up with Wieneke and pushes him back against the cage.

Wieneke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wieneke looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Silver lands a slapping body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silver with a nice cross.

Silver moves into the clinch successfully.
Wieneke looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wieneke tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice body punch from Wieneke - that landed with a thud.
Wieneke is trying to push Silver away but Silver has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wieneke dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Wieneke is stalling here.
Silver is trying to break the clinch but Wieneke is controlling him.
Wieneke is trying to pull guard but Silver has him pressed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wieneke manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Silver engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Wieneke is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Silver trying to control the position from guard on top but Wieneke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Wieneke being controlled here, momentarily.

Silver is sitting in close to Wieneke's body. Wieneke has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Silver is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Silver is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Wieneke.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Marius Wieneke!
A relieved looking Marius Wieneke thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.