PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benny Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiki Toke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Silver might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Natural Born Killaz by Dr Dre & Ice Cube. Toke has chosen Bonecracker- Shocore as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!

Silver
vs
Toke

190 cm
30
203 lbs
24 - 13 - 1

183 cm
34
220 lbs
22 - 17 - 2

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Benny Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tiki Toke!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silver gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Toke blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Toke dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
Toke wants a takedown but no success here.
Toke fails to pull guard.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Silver avoiding damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toke blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Toke's brow.
Toke avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Toke takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toke blocking some punches.
Toke drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silver pulls his leg out and moves away.
Benny Silver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tiki Toke.
Silver tries a low kick but Toke avoids it.
Silver tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Toke manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And Toke tries to counter it with a takedown but Silver pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Silver stuns Toke with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Toke plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Silver just misses with a punch to the body.
Toke scores with a head kick. Silver tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Silver cracks a nice hook into Toke's ribs.
Toke with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silver to score with a decent uppercut.

Toke closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Silver did well to prevent Toke getting side control.

Silver kicks Toke off and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Silver gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Toke to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Toke seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Toke won't allow Silver to get back to his feet.
Toke looking to sit in guard and control but Silver gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Our spies down at at Sanitarium inform us that Toke has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Toke is striking but Silver is not phased and passes to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver is keen to just control but Toke is a slippery customer.
Toke wants to get back to full guard.

Toke looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Toke looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Silver lands with a punch from half guard.
Silver content to control rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Toke tries to roll over but Silver keeps him under control.
Toke keeps trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Toke looking for submissions off his back.
Toke is looking to improve his position.
Toke won't allow Silver to pass to mount.

Toke is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silver pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benny Silver dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Silver rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Toke counters with a nice double leg into side control. Silver won't be happy with that.
Silver wants to control but Toke postures up.
An elbow from Toke crashes against the mat.
Toke sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Silver is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Silver defending against the ground and pound.

Toke tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Benny Silver overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Toke sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Silver is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toke is trying to ground and pound but Silver uses the momentary lack of control by Toke to regain half guard.
Toke lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toke throwing shots but Silver is blocking nicely.
Toke has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Toke is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Toke seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silver does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Silver is trying to stand back up but Toke is controlling him
Silver regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Toke.
Silver seems keen to control Toke's posture.
Toke postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Silver has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Toke off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silver. Toke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Benny Silver is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silver stuffs the takedown attempt from Toke. Toke gets slowly back to his feet.
Toke throws a shot to the body.
Toke takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Silver throws a hook to the side of Toke's head but Toke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silver tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Toke manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silver is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Toke can do to turn this around?
Silver is looking to slow Toke down with leg kicks.
Silver is looking to clinch.
Toke drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Silver defends it well.
Benny Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silver moves in looking to clinch but Toke pushes him off.
Benny Silver is winning the standup battle so far.
Silver throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silver looks to score with a jab to the body but Toke is just out of range.
Toke misses with a head kick.
Toke throws a nice outside leg kick.
Toke fails with the takedown
letting Silver counter with a right hand.
Toke keeps the fight on the outside.
Toke is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toke throws out a loose jab but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toke tries a head kick but it misses.
Toke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Toke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silver.
Silver throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silver misses the shot to the body.

Silver closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Toke is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Silver to keep the fight standing.
Benny Silver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tiki Toke.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Toke avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Silver lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toke drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silver pulls his leg out and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benny Silver dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Good leg kick by Toke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jab from Toke.
Silver jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Toke changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.

Toke looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Silver keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toke seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silver does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Toke is stalling here. Silver is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Toke seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Silver has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Toke is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver happy to just control the position for now.
Toke is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Toke's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Toke is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Silver is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Toke looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Silver pushes past his half guard into mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toke is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Silver controlling his opponent.
Toke is in all sorts of trouble here.
Toke manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Toke regains full guard. Nicely done.

Toke looking for a guillotine here but Silver defends easily.

Toke has an active guard here but Silver has managed to pass into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toke is trying to control but can't.
Toke wants to improve his position but Silver is controlling well.

Toke looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Silver performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Toke is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Silver's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Silver's back!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Toke is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Silver knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Silver for a finish.
Toke is trying to stick to Silver's back but Silver is turning into Toke. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Toke's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Silver.
Tiki Toke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silver looking to pass the guard.

Toke is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Silver is aware though and is defending well.
Silver is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Toke looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Silver has picked Toke up and slammed him! Toke can't keep hold of the triangle and Silver manages to pass to side control!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silver trying to control the position but Toke is working away.
Toke gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Benny Silver.
Well Silver 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benny Silver!
Benny Silver took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Modern Wear Apparel for their support in the buildup to the fight.