PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sudo Nym (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marshall Silverstien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nym
vs
Silverstien

150 cm
22
160 lbs
2 - 7 - 1

170 cm
26
152 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sudo Nym!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marshall Silverstien!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nym wants to clinch.

Nym drops Silverstien with a nice combination! Nym dives into Silverstien's guard, looking to finish!

Silverstien is rocked!
Nym working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silverstien's head.
Silverstien is still in real trouble! Can Nym finish him?
Nym with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nym missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silverstien seems to have recovered his senses.
Nym in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nym has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nym trying to control the position from guard on top but Silverstien is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nym throws a big right hand that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silverstien looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nym is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silverstien keeping moving, preventing Nym from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nym is looking to work some ground and pound but Silverstien has wrist control.
Nym is working Silverstien over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Silverstien not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Nym throws a big right hand that misses.
Nym is working Silverstien over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nym in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nym in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nym makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nym looking to pass the guard.
Nym passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Silverstien is looking to reverse the position.
Nym misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Nym lands some shots froms side control.
Silverstien is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Nym is looking to take a break and control but Silverstien is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silverstien taking a bit of punishment here - Nym scoring with strikes.
Silverstien takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Silverstien is looking to reverse the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Nym looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Nym in side control, throwing shots but Silverstien defends.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silverstien takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Nym is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Silverstien is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Nym creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Silverstien sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Nym working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The strikes coming from Nym are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Nym advances to full mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silverstien is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Nym pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sudo Nym dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silverstien slaps away a takedown attempt from Nym, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Nym closes the distance and clinches.
Nym lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nym's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Nym lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silverstien is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Nym to keep the fight standing.

Nym's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nym digs a good body shot into Silverstien's ribs.

Nym rushes Silverstien and presses him up against the cage.

Nym's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silverstien swats away the attempt to clinch by Nym.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nym shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silverstien but Silverstien pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Nym forces Silverstien back against the cage and clinches.

Nym ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Nym no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Nym keeping moving, preventing Silverstien from controlling successfully.
Silverstien trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silverstien trying to stand up but can't free himself from Nym's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nym is on top in guard.

Nym content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nym throws a strike but Silverstien rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Nym is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Sudo Nym overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nym thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nym lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nym lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nym lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nym looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silverstien with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nym throwing shots but Silverstien is blocking nicely.
Nym lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nym looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silverstien with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Silverstien has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Nym is working away from the top position though.

Nym is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Silverstien defends it well.
Silverstien wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nym with the ground and pound but Silverstien uses the opportunity to regain guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Silverstien can do anything to dispel that myth.
Nym working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silverstien tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Nym in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silverstien avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nym postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nym throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silverstien works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nym accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sudo Nym dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nice takedown defense from Silverstien. No joy for Nym on that attempt.
We've been told by Nym's head coaches at Main Event Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Nym tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silverstien manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nym lands a slapping body shot.

Nym darts in and clinches Silverstien up against the cage.
Silverstien has Nym pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Nym manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Nym is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silverstien can do to turn this around?
Nym is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Nym.

Nym pulls guard effortlessly.
Nym looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nym trying to control the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nym is on top in guard.

Nym throwing strikes from guard but Silverstien blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nym connects with a couple of short punches.
Nym keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silverstien's head.
Nym wants to control from the top but Silverstien keeps moving.
Nym is stalling in the full guard.
Nym won't allow Silverstien to sweep him here.
Nym throwing strikes but missing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nym works over Silverstien with some ground and pound from guard.
Silverstien being controlled here, momentarily.
Nym is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Nym loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nym trying to control the position from guard on top but Silverstien is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nym is looking to work some ground and pound but Silverstien has wrist control.
Nym might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Nym tries to free his leg and advance position but Silverstien is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nym cracks Silverstien with a solid left hand.
Nym advances to half guard.
Nym thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silverstien's head.
Sudo Nym is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nym content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Silverstien wants to control but Nym is keeping busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Nym closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Silverstien quickly recovers to half guard.
Nym trying to pass the guard but Silverstien defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nym content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Silverstien is looking to improve his position.
Nym keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Nym has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Marshall Silverstien has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sudo Nym showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nym 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:25
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sudo Nym!
During a confident post fight interview, Sudo Nym thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.