PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sairanix Jr Lokren (ranked 4285 p4p, 225 weight class) and John Silver (ranked 21870 p4p, 302 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Jr Lokren
vs
Silver

165 cm
24
130 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

170 cm
24
145 lbs
0 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Sairanix Jr Lokren !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Silver!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Silver.
A punch combination from Silver misses.
Lokren throws a counter high kick but Silver was just alert enough to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lokren looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silver misses with an uppercut. Lokren saw that one coming.
John Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab lands there for Silver.
Lokren dives in for a single leg takedown but Silver sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Lokren ducks under a wild hook from Silver.
A big left from Silver misses.
Lokren swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Silver throws out a loose jab but Lokren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lokren needs to keep his hands up - Silver had a free shot at his head there.
Lokren closes the distance and clinches up with Silver, looking for a takedown. Lokren pushes Silver against the cage but Silver circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lokren closes the distance and clinches up with Silver, looking for a takedown. Lokren pushes Silver against the cage but Silver circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sairanix Jr Lokren . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lokren fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silver avoids it really well and circles away.
Silver moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver throws a hook but Lokren blocks it.
Silver lands a jab to the head.
Lokren takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Silver throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lokren takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lokren looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Silver ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lokren moves away.
Silver misses with a wild body shot.
Lokren fails to land the takedown.
Lokren has a takedown stuffed.
A head kick by Silver misses
and Lokren counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silver thinking.
Silver thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lokren has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lokren there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lokren bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lokren feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lokren postures up in Silver's guard and throws a big left but Silver blocks it.
Lokren throws an elbow that misses. Silver uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lokren 's guard. Nice move by Silver!

Silver slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Lokren .
Lokren punching from the bottom.
Silver wants to control but Lokren is keeping him busy.
Silver blocks the strikes from Lokren .
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silver throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lokren landing a few short strikes.
Lokren misses with some strikes from the bottom.

Silver is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Lokren doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Silver.
Silver is trying to control. Lokren wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lokren looks like he's trying to stand up.
Lokren trying to control but Silver postures up.
Lokren wants to improve his position but Silver is controlling well.
My spies in Death Valley Training Facility inform me that Silver has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Silver blocks the strikes from Lokren .
Silver thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lokren 's head.
Lokren tries to roll over but Silver keeps him under control.
Lokren trying to control but Silver postures up.
Lokren wants to get back to full guard.
Silver is looking to take a break and control but Lokren is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lokren misses with some strikes from the bottom.

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.
Silver thows a huge punch but Lokren dodges it nicely.
Lokren lands a couple of sideways elbows.
Lokren flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Silver thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lokren 's head.
Silver wants to take a breather but Lokren is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silver throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lokren manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Silver stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Lokren shoots for a takedown but Silver saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lokren moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lokren takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silver connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lokren . Lokren circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lokren with a poor takedown
and Silver counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silver scores with a nice strike.
Silver connects with an inside leg kick.
Silver stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Silver wants it to stay on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Silver dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Lokren showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silver.
Lokren will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
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.
Lokren takes one to the side of the head.

Lokren shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Lokren not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lokren throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Silver avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lokren .
Silver on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver is trying is best to control the position here.
Lokren throwing shots but Silver is blocking nicely.
Sairanix Jr Lokren overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lokren not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lokren thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silver's head.
Silver has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silver is pressing down on Lokren 's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lokren throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silver pulls Lokren in close to his closed guard and prevents Lokren from doing any damage or advancing position.
Silver not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silver preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lokren cracks Silver with a solid left hand.
Silver working a defensive guard here.
Lokren in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silver utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lokren is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Silver has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lokren working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver pulls Lokren in close to prevent any damage.
Lokren landing some decent shots from guard.
Silver wants to stand up but Lokren is controlling him.
Lokren lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lokren working some strikes from top position.
Silver managing to control the position.
Lokren trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lokren stands up over Silver, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Lokren is working Silver over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lokren working some strikes from top position.
Lokren lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lokren is working Silver over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Silver trying to keep a closed guard but Lokren is proving a slippery customer.
Lokren throws an elbow that misses. Silver uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lokren 's guard. Nice move by Silver!

Silver throwing strikes from guard but Lokren blocks nicely.
Lokren striking off his back but it's not causing Silver any problems.
Silver trying to control the position from guard on top but Lokren is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lokren looking for a sweep. Not yet Lokren , not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silver stands and steps away. Lokren gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Lokren moves out of range of the strikes.
Silver loads up on a big right hand but Lokren slips the punch.
Lokren fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Good exchange - Silver coming out on top.
John Silver seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lokren looks for a takedown but Silver sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sairanix Jr Lokren . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silver wants to land a leg kick but Lokren is out of range.
Lokren shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silver as he avoids it easily.
Lokren uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silver.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lokren keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silver misses with a kick to the body.

Silver drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lokren is working to avoid the ground and pound but Silver connects with a decent elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Sairanix Jr Lokren will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Lokren shoots for a double leg takedown but Silver sprawls well. He's pushed Lokren 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silver looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lokren half committed to a counter leg kick.
Silver lands with a slapping head kick.
Silver throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silver misses with a few strikes there.
John Silver is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Lokren gets a double leg takedown into Silver's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lokren accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lokren trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lokren postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Silver is on top in guard.

Lokren throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Lokren is striking from the bottom but Silver uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silver sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lokren defending well though.
Silver prevents Lokren from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silver scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lokren manages to get to full guard.
Lokren throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Lokren throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Silver in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lokren wants to improve his position but instead Silver has moved into half guard.
Silver with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Silver not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lokren is trying to maintain the position but Silver is very close to passing his half guard.
Lokren landing a few short strikes.
Sairanix Jr Lokren has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Lokren tries to get to full guard but Silver has control of the leg.
Silver throwing shots but Lokren is blocking nicely.
Silver slips a nice elbow through Lokren 's hands, connecting with Lokren 's forehead.
Silver not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lokren landing small, sideways elbows.
Silver is keen to just control but Lokren is a slippery customer.
Lokren flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Silver wants to take a breather but Lokren is having none of it.
Lokren taking some punishment here, with Silver in his half guard.
Lokren is looking for a sweep. Silver is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Silver not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Silver is looking for a kimura but Lokren is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Silver to get the leverage.

Silver escapes and gets back to his feet.
Nice takedown defense from Silver. No joy for Lokren on that attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Silver.
Lokren is not content to let Silver control the position.
Lokren is trying to get back to half guard.
Silver taking a breather here.
Silver is looking to take a break and control but Lokren is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lokren parries the strikes from Silver easily there. Silver is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Lokren to escape.
Silver throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Lokren tries to strike but it doesn't land.
John Silver is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Lokren is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Lokren tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Silver throws an elbow but Lokren slips to the side and avoids it well.

Silver is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lokren knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Silver just content to control the position.
Lokren is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Silver asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Lokren dodges the ground and pound from Silver.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lokren wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Lokren is looking to reverse the position.
Silver wants to control but Lokren is keeping him busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Silver comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silver has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight for John Silver!
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight for John Silver!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for John Silver!

John Silver wins by unanimous decision!
Our winner, John Silver, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.