PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Axe Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Nathan Silver has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Silver
vs
Axe Man

154 cm
18
164 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

177 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nathan Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alex Axe Man!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver misses with a looping right.
Silver scores with a hook.
Silver throws a series of punches but Axe Man moves out of range.
Silver misses with a lunging right hand
and Silver takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Axe Man scores with a leg kick.
Axe Man buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silver throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Axe Man blocks a jab.
Silver throws a right hand that Axe Man ducks under and follows up with a left that Axe Man also avoids with ease.
Axe Man throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Axe Man tries to clinch up but Silver circles away and keeps his distance.
Axe Man thows a body shot but no joy.
Axe Man lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Axe Man connects with an inside leg kick.
Axe Man wants to clinch up but Silver keeps it at a distance.
Silver misses with a two punch combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Axe Man scores with a four punch combination!
Axe Man thumps Silver with a low kick.
Silver is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver throws a hook but Axe Man avoids it easily.
Axe Man tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silver swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silver really is built like a bowling ball. I wonder if he'd roll if you pushed him down a hill...
Axe Man connects with a solid leg kick.
Axe Man misses with a jab to the body
and Silver counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Axe Man scores with a hook.
Silver waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Axe Man.
Axe Man misses with a head kick.
Silver misses with a lunging right hand
and Axe Man counters with a left to the body.
Silver throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Axe Man counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Silver is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Axe Man buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silver throws a hook but Axe Man blocks it.
Silver misses with an uppercut. Axe Man saw that one coming.
That kick from Axe Man tenderised Silver's leg. Silver is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Axe Man, right into the meat.
Silver has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Axe Man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silver throws a looping overhand right but Axe Man ducks down to avoid it.
Axe Man feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silver's calf.
Axe Man throws a quick inside leg kick.
Axe Man is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Axe Man scores with a one two! Silver had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Silver is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Axe Man scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silver misses the jab.
Good shot there by Axe Man.
Axe Man is looking to clinch.
Axe Man is looking to slow Silver down with leg kicks.
Axe Man is looking to clinch but Silver is avoiding it.
Axe Man thumps Silver with a low kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Axe Man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Axe Man throws a head kick that half lands.
Axe Man with a hook.
Axe Man throws a series of punches but Silver moves out of range.
Silver is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Axe Man connects with a crisp jab.
Silver scores with a jab. Axe Man acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Axe Man has taken the fight to the clinch.
Axe Man has had enough of the clinch but Silver keeps him there for the moment.
Silver misses with some punches.
Silver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silver prevents Axe Man from breaking the clinch.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Axe Man is trying to break the clinch but Silver is controlling him.
Axe Man wants to break free but Silver has control.
Axe Man goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Axe Man wants to break free but Silver has control.
Silver misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silver misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Axe Man breaks the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Axe Man lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Axe Man with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Axe Man tries to clinch up.
Silver on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A solid leg kick lands there for Axe Man.
Axe Man is looking to clinch.
Silver keeps the fight on the outside.
Axe Man staying out of range there.
Silver throws a hook but Axe Man avoids it easily.
Axe Man tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silver was well out of range. Poor timing from Axe Man.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silver looks to land a combination but Axe Man avoids it well.
Axe Man looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Axe Man jabs at Silver's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Axe Man dominated that round.
That's time! Silver's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A nice inside leg kick there by Axe Man. That's going to slow Silver down.
A slow jab from Silver misses its intended target.
Sloppy strikes from Silver. Those never looked like landing.
Axe Man moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Axe Man connects with a body shot.
Axe Man takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Axe Man misses with the combination.
Silver checks a leg kick.
Axe Man finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Silver stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Silver scores with a body shot.
Axe Man throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silver.
Axe Man displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silver throws out the jab.
Axe Man tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silver swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Silver.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silver throws out a loose jab but Axe Man uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silver thuds a left hand into Axe Man's body.
Axe Man dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silver. That did some damage!
Axe Man throws a nice head kick!
Axe Man is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Silver rather than just go for the knockout.

Silver moves into the clinch successfully.
Axe Man looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silver keeps control of Axe Man as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silver misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silver is trying to break the clinch but Axe Man is controlling him.
Silver lands a right hand that snaps the head of Axe Man backwards.
Axe Man wants to break free but Silver has control.
Silver has a couple of punches blocked by Axe Man.
Axe Man wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silver has him pressed against the cage.
Silver keeps control of Axe Man as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Axe Man tries to break the clinch but Silver is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silver as Axe Man tries to tie him up.
Silver has Axe Man pressed against the cage, preventing Axe Man from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silver lands a body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Axe Man prevents Silver from breaking the clinch.
Silver lands with a right to the head.
Axe Man wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silver has him pressed against the cage.
Axe Man wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Axe Man breaks from the clinch.
Silver swings widly with a right hand
and Axe Man makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Alex Axe Man seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silver chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Axe Man can pounce on him.
Axe Man tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silver paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silver throws a poor cross that misses
and Axe Man counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Axe Man cracks the inside of Silver's front leg.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Axe Man in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A slapping leg kick lands for Axe Man.
Silver takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver misses with a straight right.
Axe Man keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silver.
Axe Man displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silver throws out the jab.
Axe Man throws a low kick but it's checked well by Silver.
Silver gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Silver avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Axe Man wants to clinch.
Axe Man scores with a kick to the midsection.
Good leg kick by Axe Man there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silver misses with a jab, cross combination.
Axe Man thows a body kick. Silver tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Axe Mans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Axe Man scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Axe Man with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Axe Man scores with a head kick. Silver tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A punch combination from Axe Man misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Axe Man fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silver.
Silver thows a body shot but no joy.
Axe Man has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Axe Man misses with a few strikes there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Axe Man, right into the meat.
Alex Axe Man is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silver thows a left - swing and a miss!
Axe Man tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Axe Man lands with a slapping head kick.
A combination from Axe Man does no damage.
Nice shot by Silver.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Axe Man showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Axe Man moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Silver checks a leg kick nicely.
Axe Man lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silver's sensitive parts.
Axe Man moves away from the strike by Silver.
Silver throws a big shot that misses.
Silver ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Axe Man moves away.
Axe Man throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Silver tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Axe Man tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silver misses with a hook.
Axe Man fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Axe Man will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Axe Man wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Axe Man feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silver's calf.
Axe Man throws a wild body kick that Silver sees coming a mile off.
Nice defenses there by Axe Man.
Silver fails to land with a series of punches.
Axe Man lands with a nice combination. Silver backs away looking to recover.
Axe Man staying out of range there.
Silver swings for the body but Axe Man moves out of range.
Silver rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Axe Man counters with a two punch combo.
Axe Man tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silver swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silver stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Axe Man.
Silver on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silver misses with a lunging right hand
and Axe Man counters with a low kick, right behind Silver 's knee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Axe Man wants to clinch up but Silver keeps it at a distance.
Axe Man dodges the punch combination from Silver.
Axe Man throws a right hand that Silver ducks under and follows up with a left that Silver also avoids with ease.
Axe Man moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Silver clinches with his opponent.
Axe Man tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silver keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Axe Man's efforts to push away.
Axe Man is trying to push Silver away but Silver has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silver throws a head punch that misses.
Silver scores with a shot to the side of Axe Man's head.
Silver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Axe Man looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Axe Man is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silver is keeping busy.
Axe Man working hard to break the clinch.
Axe Man is trying to break free.
Axe Man tries to break the clinch but Silver is controlling the position.
Axe Man is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Axe Man throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvers head.
Silver lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silver works on Axe Man's body with a couple of short punches.
Silver is trying to force a seperation but Axe Man has the dominant position.
Silver avoids the elbow strike from Axe Man, against the cage.
Axe Man tries to stall but Silver uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silver gets through Axe Man's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nathan Silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver looking to stall.
Axe Man is struggling to control the position.
Axe Man is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silver lands with a short shot to the head.
Silver lands a body punch in the clinch.
Axe Man tries to stall but Silver uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silver misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silver misses with a short punch on the inside.
Axe Man is looking to control Silver's arms but Silver gets an underhook and turns him. Now Axe Man has his back to the cage.
Silver is leaning against Axe Man and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Silver keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Axe Man's efforts to push away.
Alex Axe Man is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short left from Silver.
Silver tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Axe Man's elbow.
Silver working aggressively here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Axe Man comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Axe Man winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Axe Man!
Our winner, Alex Axe Man, 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.