PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tommy Oosthuizen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Oosthuizen
vs
Silver

186 cm
20
195 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

184 cm
21
215 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

World class boxer
Very quick

World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tommy Oosthuizen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Silver!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver dodges the punch combination from Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen thows a body shot but no joy.

Oosthuizen has Silver up against the ropes in a clinch.
Oosthuizen cracks Silver with a nice body shot.
Oosthuizen misses with a hook to the ribs.

Oosthuizen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oosthuizen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silver counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oosthuizen seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Silver takes one on the button.
A big right from Oosthuizen misses.
A lazy left from Silver finds it's target.
Oosthuizen scores with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A left and a right from Oosthuizen both land. Nice combination.
Oosthuizen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oosthuizen loads up on a big right hand but Silver slips the punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Silver as he connects with a hook.
Oosthuizen tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oosthuizen slips under a jab.
Oosthuizen looks to land a right hand but Silver moved out of range.
Silver misses with a straight right.
Oosthuizen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silver counters with a nice uppercut.
Oosthuizen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silver.
Silver defending well as Oosthuizen loads up on a big left hand.
Oosthuizen misses with a straight right.
Oosthuizen misses with a series of wild punches.
Oosthuizen throws a poor cross that misses
and Silver cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Oosthuizen looks to land a right hand but Silver moved out of range.
Silver has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Silver lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Oosthuizen punishes Silver's body with a nice straight punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver moves out of range of the strikes.
Oosthuizen misses with an uppercut. Silver saw that one coming.
Tommy Oosthuizen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen throws an overhand right that lands on Silver's shoulder, as Silver tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Silver does it's job there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oosthuizen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Oosthuizen clinches up with Silver and pushes him back against the ropes.
Oosthuizen misses with a body punch.
Silver misses with a body punch.
Oosthuizen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silver blocks an uppercut.
Oosthuizen lands with a left to the head.
Oosthuizen lands a right hand.
Oosthuizen swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
A left hand lands to the body for Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen misses with the head strike.
Silver blocking some punches.
A short body shot lands from Oosthuizen as the two fighters clinch.
Silver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Oosthuizen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Oosthuizen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oosthuizen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silver makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silver takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Silver uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silver swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oosthuizen misses with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oosthuizen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oosthuizen lands with an uppercut that bounces Silver off the ropes and back into range.
Oosthuizen misses with the combination.
Silver 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.
Oosthuizen misses the jab.
Oosthuizen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silver moves away.
Silver steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silver sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silver swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Oosthuizen misses with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oosthuizen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oosthuizen throws an overhand right that lands on Silver's shoulder, as Silver tries to avoid the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Oosthuizen. Silver does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silver fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Oosthuizen dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Oosthuizen walks into a stiff left hand from Silver.
Oosthuizen throws a shot to the body.
Oosthuizen throws a jab but it's blocked by Silver.
Oosthuizen misses with a wild body shot.
Silver just misses with a punch to the body.
Tommy Oosthuizen is winning the standup battle so far.
Oosthuizen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Oosthuizen here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Oosthuizen tries to clinch up.
Silver throws a big shot that misses.
Oosthuizen throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Silver counter with a right hand.
Oosthuizen misses with a straight left.
Oosthuizen misses the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Oosthuizen misses the target.
Oosthuizen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oosthuizen avoids the body shot from Silver.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oosthuizen takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A jab from Oosthuizen misses.
Silver scores with a nice strike.

Oosthuizen rushes Silver and presses him up against the ropes.
Silver misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Oosthuizen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oosthuizen looks to land a right hand but Silver moved out of range.
Silver steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silver manages to avoid it.

Oosthuizen gets a clinch.
Oosthuizen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Silver lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Oosthuizen.
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!
Silver lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tommy Oosthuizen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silver wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oosthuizen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Oosthuizen throws a head punch that misses.
Oosthuizen lands with a right to the head.
Oosthuizen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silver presses Oosthuizen against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Oosthuizen misses with some punches.
Oosthuizen tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
Silver lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Silver swings wildly with an uppercut but Oosthuizen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silver wants to break the clinch but can't.
Oosthuizen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oosthuizen lands a body punch.
Silver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silver misses with a body punch.
Oosthuizen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Oosthuizen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silver can't find room to land a body shot as Oosthuizen controls the action.
A short right from Oosthuizen on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Oosthuizen fails to land.
Oosthuizen pushes Silver back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silver misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Oosthuizen.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Oosthuizen is leaning against Silver and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oosthuizen misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Oosthuizen is keeping busy.
Oosthuizen lands with a light punch inside.
Oosthuizen throws a punch but it's blocked by Silver.
Oosthuizen blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Oosthuizen.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oosthuizen swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oosthuizen digs a right hand underneath Silver's ribcage. Silver let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oosthuizen working aggressively here.
Silver lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Oosthuizen or not.
Silver misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Oosthuizen dominated that second round.
That's time! Oosthuizen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Oosthuizen throws the left hand but Silver avoids the punch easily.
Silver ducks right into an uppercut from Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen lunges at Silver with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Silver's hand.
Oosthuizen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Oosthuizen throws a body punch but Silver moves out of range.
Silver slips under a jab from Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silver counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Oosthuizen misses with a few strikes there.
Oosthuizen scores with a punch to the head.
Silver drops his hands momentarily and Oosthuizen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A jab lands there for Oosthuizen.
A decent looking cross lands there for Oosthuizen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silver needs to keep his hands up - Oosthuizen had a free shot at his head there.
Silver with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Oosthuizen to score with a decent uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver slips under a jab from Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen misses with an uppercut. Silver saw that one coming.
Oosthuizen scores with a jab.
Silver ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters circling - Silver throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silver misses with a straight left.
Oosthuizen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silver throws out the jab.
Silver feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Oosthuizen's calf.
Silver rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Oosthuizen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Oosthuizen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Oosthuizen misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Oosthuizen.
Sloppy strikes from Oosthuizen. Those never looked like landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Oosthuizen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silver showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oosthuizen.
Silver misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silver throws a shot from downtown. Oosthuizen moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Silver misses its intended target.
Oosthuizen swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silver counters with a left to the body.
Oosthuizen misses with an uppercut.
Oosthuizen tries to clinch but Silver is having none of it.
Oosthuizen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Oosthuizen clinches up with Silver and pushes him back against the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silver blocks a body shot from Oosthuizen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oosthuizen lands with a right to the head.
Oosthuizen lands with a left to the head.
Oosthuizen misses with some punches.
Oosthuizen swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oosthuizen misses with a body punch.
Oosthuizen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silver misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Oosthuizen - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oosthuizen.
Oosthuizen presses Silver against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Silver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Oosthuizen working aggressively here.
Oosthuizen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oosthuizen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Oosthuizen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oosthuizen lands a left hand.
Oosthuizen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Oosthuizen prevents a body shot from Silver.
Oosthuizen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Oosthuizen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Oosthuizen can't find room to land a body shot as Silver controls the action.
Oosthuizen tries to throw a body punch but Silver avoids it by throwing Oosthuizen back against the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A right handed body shot lands from Oosthuizen.
Silver tries a body shot but Oosthuizen blocks it.
Michael Silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oosthuizen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Silver or not.
Silver trying to control the position but instead, Oosthuizen has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silver into the ropes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Oosthuizen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Oosthuizen 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Oosthuizen!
Tommy Oosthuizen bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.