PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benton Jung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's entrance music is Breathe by The Prodigy (Numbernin6 Remix). A fine choice. Jung has chosen 'Swing Low, Sweet Cheerio' by Alice Cooper as his entrance music. Ricardo Silva had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Silva
vs
Jung

191 cm
19
220 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
265 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricardo Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benton Jung!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Russell Pearce and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jung swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Jung drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
Silva tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jung smiles and moves away.
Silva connects with a high kick.
Jung defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Silva.
Jung takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva is looking to chop away at Jung's legs.
Silva looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jung is fending him off so far but Silva persists. Nope, Jung circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardo Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva thuds his shin into the meat of Jung's side.

Jung moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Jung blocks a body shot from Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jung stalling the fight.
Jung lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva jumps guard but Jung stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva is trying to pull guard but Jung turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Jung takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jung scores with a shoulder strike.
Jung is working Silva over against the cage.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Jung lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jung lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jung is working Silva over against the cage.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jung has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice body punch from Jung.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Jung tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva being controlled against the cage.
Silva missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jung lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jung avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Jung is leaning against Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Silva is trying to pull guard but Jung turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Jung lands a body shot.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
Jung is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Jung.
Jung has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jung pushes Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A frustrated look appears on Jung's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jung lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jung swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Jung drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Jung gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage.

Jung manages to break the clinch.
Silva gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Jung gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Benton Jung! Benton Jung retains his heavyweight title!
Benton Jung seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.