PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Tatoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tatoy
vs
Silver

188 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
203 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stephen Tatoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Benny Silver!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.

Tatoy closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Silver did well to prevent Tatoy getting side control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Tatoy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tatoy slips a nice elbow through Silver's hands, connecting with Silver's forehead.
Tatoy drops an elbow to the side of Silver's head.
Silver avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tatoy.
Tatoy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tatoy 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.
Tatoy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Silver really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tatoy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tatoy not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silver is trying to get back to full guard.
Tatoy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tatoy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
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!
Tatoy lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Tatoy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatoy sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silver defending well though.
Silver is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tatoy scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tatoy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silver's head.
Tatoy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tatoy landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tatoy is nestled in close to Silver, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tatoy working the head and body with strikes.
Tatoy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tatoy thows a huge punch but Silver dodges it nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tatoy thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silver's head.
Tatoy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tatoy lands strikes from half guard.
Tatoy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatoy slips a nice elbow through Silver's hands, connecting with Silver's forehead.
Tatoy throwing shots but Silver is blocking nicely.
Tatoy lands with a punch from half guard.
Ground and pound from Tatoy.
Silver looks winded!
Silver blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tatoy.
Tatoy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tatoy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Tatoy thows a huge punch but Silver dodges it nicely.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tatoy winds up and cracks Silver with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Tatoy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silver avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tatoy.
Silver keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tatoy throwing shots but Silver is blocking nicely.
Tatoy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tatoy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Tatoy connects with a nice short shot to Silver's temple.
Tatoy scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tatoy lands a nice short elbow.
Tatoy is nestled in close to Silver, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ground and pound from Tatoy.
Tatoy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tatoy throwing shots but Silver is blocking nicely.
Tatoy winds up and cracks Silver with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tatoy scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Tatoy.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Tatoy connects with a nice short shot to Silver's temple.
Tatoy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ground and pound from Tatoy.
Tatoy throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Tatoy lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Tatoy working over Silver with some ground and pound. Silver looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tatoy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Tatoy connects with a nice short shot to Silver's temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephen Tatoy dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tatoy clinches up with Silver and pushes him back against the cage.
Silver lands an elbow just above Tatoy 's eye.
Tatoy is trying to pull guard but Silver has him pressed against the cage.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Tatoy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silver can do to turn this around?
Silver lands an elbow inside that Tatoy shrugs off.

It looks like Stephen Tatoy has been cut.
Tatoy is trying to pull guard but Silver turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Tatoy fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephen Tatoy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Tatoy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tatoy is trying to pull guard but Silver turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Silver is trying to stall.
Tatoy tries to pull guard but Silver forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Tatoy tries to pull guard but Silver forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Tatoy fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Tatoy is trying to pull guard but Silver turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatoy tries to pull guard but Silver forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Tatoy jumps guard but Silver turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Tatoy takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Silver.
Tatoy tries to pull guard but Silver holds him up against the cage and eventually Tatoy drops back down to his feet.
Silver stalling in the clinch.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tatoy takes an elbow to the temple.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Silver.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silver effectively controlling the action here.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Stephen Tatoy's cut is getting worse.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tatoy's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands an elbow inside.
Silver lands an elbow inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice elbow from Silver.

Stephen Tatoy's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tatoy takes an elbow to the temple.
Tatoy takes an elbow to the temple.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Tatoy in his tracks for a moment.

Jeez, Stephen Tatoy's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Silver is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tatoy is keeping busy.
Silver lands an elbow inside.
Tatoy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tatoy takes an elbow to the temple.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Stephen Tatoy's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Benny Silver!
Benny Silver decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.