Dennis Siver vs Nam Pham
by Dr. Octagon, J.D.
This is Dennis Siver’s second fight down at featherweight. He’s a monster in this weight class. Live updates after the jump:[[MORE]]
Round 1: Siver throwing a ton of kicks out of the gate, several of which land, including one to the head. Nam Pham lands a punch. Siver throws kick-kick-punch combinations. Siver lands a big right. Siver lands a leg kick. Siver lands two punches. Nam is taking a beating already. Nam got clipped, but isn’t phased. Siver throws his first spinning back kick. Pham is still getting popped a ton. He needs to cover his face a little more. Jeez.
Siver with the leg kicks. Siver with a spinning back kick. Siver with another big left hook. Siver’s landed a ton of strikes already. Siver again with a left hook. am can take some punishment. I wonder how long Siver can keep this pace up. Siver with a leg kick. Siver with two punches. Siver with a head kick. Siver with two jabs and a leg kick. Siver with a jab. Spinning back kick from Siver. Axe kick from Siver. Siver shoots for the leg then throws a punch. Siver looks like he’s trying to break Nate Diaz’s striking record from the Cerrone fight. He’s landed a ton of shots already.
As I mentioned, this is Siver’s second fight at this weight, so he should have had a better cut this time around. Siver shoots and punches Nam as he gets up. Nam’s nose might be broken. Siver lands another leg kick. Nam lands a left. Siver is catching his wind as the round ends, but throws another massive spinning back kick on Nam. Front kick from Siver.
Round 2: Siver with a leg kick. Siver with a head kick. Siver jabs. Nam with a leg kick. Nam lands a right jab. Nam lands a left hook, but slips. Siver lands a big right hand. Siver with a jab. Siver is throwing a ton of kicks to the body. Siver lands a right. Nam lands a left. Siver throws the spinning back kick, but misses. Siver lands another punch. Siver throws a pair of kicks. Nam eats a jab and a front kick. Push kick to the face by Siver. Siver with a huge spinning back kick, that Nam blocks.
Nam comes in punching and Siver takes him down, then moves into half guard. Siver is just so much bigger than Nam. Siver dropping elbows and short punches as Nam tries to defend. Siver lands a big elbow and Nam is bleeding. Nam is turning and Siver is landing some really big punches; he advances to the crucifix position with a minute left to work. Hammerfists from the top position, Siver has a full mount and Nam’s back. Siver is popping him.
10-9 Siver. Conventional wisdom is that Nam doesn’t have enough power to knock out Siver, but he’s going to have to, because he’s down two rounds for certain.
Round 3: Siver throws a head kick. Siver throws a jab. Siver with a front kick. Siver with a leg kick. Nam can’t find the range. Siver with a front kick. Siver scores another takedown and is in Nam’s guard with four minutes left in the fight. If Nam can’t get up, this fight is over. Siver in half guard looking to pass. Siver working the body with punches. Siver is going for an arm triangle, but gives it up and goes back to ground and pound. Nam is getting his ass kicked and tries to sit up. Siver hops to mount, but Nam gets him back into half guard.
Siver is sitting up and is popping the shit out of Nam’s face with punches and elbows. Nam is taking a savage beating and is bleeding quite a bit. Siver’s got an impressive gas tank for such a muscled guy. He really hasn’t let up the entire fight. Siver is now working on the body. Siver lands an elbow. Siver just landed three or four punches to Nam’s forehead and is now working the body again. And now the head. Siver’s working the ground and pound now from inside the guard and Nam is just holding on for dear life as the round ends.
It will be interesting to see if there are any 10-8 rounds. Some judges don’t give them out unless a guy is practically is practically knocked out, but that last round was pretty dominant. Siver hardly got touched.
Judges score it 30-24, 30-25, and 30-26 for Siver. That’s the most lopsided score I’ve ever seen.