PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Antti Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hammer comes to the cage accompanied by Bolt Thrower - IV Crusade. Marcos Silva will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Hammer
vs
Silva

155 cm
34
134 lbs
26 - 19 - 1

167 cm
36
146 lbs
16 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Zipp Zapp

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Antti Hammer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcos Silva!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hammer gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Hammer working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hammer is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hammer missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hammer throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Hammer thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hammer wants to take a breather but Silva is having none of it.
Hammer not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hammer throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hammer scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hammer seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hammer not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hammer thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
Hammer not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to control but can't.
Hammer throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Hammer is keen to just control but Silva is a slippery customer.
Hammer is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Silva is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Hammer is thwarting Silva's attempts to control the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A big left from Hammer misses.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hammer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hammer leaves Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Hammer shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Silva is trying to defend but Hammer finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Silva is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hammer.
Hammer landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Silva holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hammer throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hammer is thwarting Silva's attempts to control the position.
Silva gets back to full guard.
Hammer wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Hammer throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hammer accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hammer accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Silva pushes Hammer off and gets back to his feet.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
I was talking to Hammer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hammer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Hammer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hammer connects with a knee to the head.

Hammer gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Hammer trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
Silva wants to control but Hammer is keeping busy.
Hammer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva is staying active underneath Hammer, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Silva gets full guard.
Hammer is working Silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hammer throwing strikes but missing.
Hammer working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Silva is trying to control the position but Hammer postures up.
Hammer won't allow Silva to sweep him here.
Hammer is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.

Silva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hammer scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammer throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antti Hammer dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Hammer fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hammer is fending him off so far but Silva persists. Nope, Hammer circles away and we're back to standing.
Hammer tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.

Hammer closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Hammer pulls his leg out and moves away.
Antti Hammer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcos Silva.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Jab, jab by Hammer - just one landing.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Hammer has managed to clinch.
Silva misses with some punches.
Hammer tries to score a body lock takedown but Silva shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Hammer has double underhooks.
Hammer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Hammer is controlling the position.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hammer misses with a knee to the head.
Hammer pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hammer wants a takedown.
Hammer misses with some punches.
Hammer trying to land knees to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Hammer blocks with his arms.
Hammer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hammer scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Hammer won't allow it.
Hammer is trying to stall.
Hammer scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marcos Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hammer lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Hammer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hammer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Hammer moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Hammer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hammer wants to clinch.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.

Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hammer, pushing him back against the cage.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Hammer.
Hammer prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Hammer scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hammer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hammer is trying to stall.
A short right from Hammer on the inside.
Hammer lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hammer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva throws the left hand but Hammer avoids the punch easily.
Hammer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.

Silva closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Hammer's guard.
Hammer not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hammer trying to control the position.
Silva looking to pass the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hammer lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Silva!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hammer is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hammer putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hammer punishing his opponent with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hammer connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Hammer postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Silva badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Hammer around the waist but Hammer pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Hammer is the winner by TKO! Hammer jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antti Hammer!
Antti Hammer took some time post fight to say the following; 'I own this motha fucking place! Bring me the belt already.'.