PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adriano Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josef Ahoinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ahoinen is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: brutal jazz. Josef Ahoinen is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Silva
vs
Ahoinen

215 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
275 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Adriano Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Josef Ahoinen!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahoinen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silva throws a nice head kick!

Ahoinen decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Silva wants to improve his position but Ahoinen is controlling well.
Ahoinen slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.
Silva flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ahoinen.

Silva actively working from the bottom here.
Ahoinen stalling away here and it's allowed Silva to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Ahoinen won't allow Silva to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahoinen wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Ahoinen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ahoinen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Silva looking for a guillotine here but Ahoinen defends easily.
Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Silva is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ahoinen with a nice head shot there.
Silva wants to stand but Ahoinen is controlling the position.
Silva is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ahoinen is in close to Silva's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ahoinen controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ahoinen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ahoinen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ahoinen lands a couple of elbows.
Ahoinen wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Ahoinen from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahoinen is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
Ahoinen lands a couple of digs.
Silva is trying to control the position but Ahoinen postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ahoinen postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Ahoinen stands up and waves to Silva to follow him.

Ahoinen decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control from the bottom.
Ahoinen slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.
Ahoinen with the ground and pound but Silva uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ahoinen is one step ahead there.

Ahoinen drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ahoinen jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Silva controls Ahoinen momentarily but Ahoinen frees himself.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ahoinen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josef Ahoinen dominated that 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.

Ahoinen scores with a takedown into Silva's guard.
Ahoinen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Silva will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ahoinen is controlling him.
Ahoinen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ahoinen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Ahoinen looking to sit in guard and control but Silva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Ahoinen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahoinen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Silva postures up in Ahoinen's guard and throws a big left but Ahoinen blocks it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ahoinen can do anything to dispel that myth.
Silva wants to get up but he can't break Ahoinen's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Ahoinen throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Ahoinen throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ahoinen shoots in and drives through. Silva sprawls well.
Silva tries to clinch there but Ahoinen circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Silva shoots in and bounces Ahoinen off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Ahoinen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.
Ahoinen connects with a couple of short punches.

Ahoinen has gone for a leg lock! Silva slips out almost immediately though and dives into Ahoinen's guard.
Ahoinen wants to hit a switch here but Silva passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Ahoinen there!
Ahoinen throwing hammer fists to the chest of Silva. What's that going to do exactly?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahoinen throwing hammer fists to the chest of Silva. What's that going to do exactly?
Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ahoinen is looking to escape.
Silva in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ahoinen is looking to get to half guard.
Silva looking to ground and pound but Ahoinen is blocking nicely.
Ahoinen is looking to get to half guard.

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.
Silva lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ahoinen hang on?
Josef Ahoinen has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ahoinen is looking to improve his position but Silva isn't that keen on the idea.
Ahoinen gets back to half guard.
Ahoinen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Silva is working away from the top position though.
Ahoinen tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josef Ahoinen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Silva misses with a takedown

and Ahoinen counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Silva!
Ahoinen wants to control the action but instead Silva gets a body lock and reverses into Ahoinen's guard! Nice work!
Silva wants to control from the top but Ahoinen keeps moving.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Ahoinen blocks nicely.
Ahoinen throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ahoinen has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahoinen throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Ahoinen will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Silva darts in and clinches Ahoinen up against the cage.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Ahoinen has double underhooks.

Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva fails with the takedown

and Ahoinen counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ahoinen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Josef Ahoinen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahoinen perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Silva is looking to control Ahoinen's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Silva avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahoinen is taking a breather. Silva says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ahoinen controlling the pace.
Ahoinen prevents Silva from improving his position.
Ahoinen not doing much here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Despite being in the dominant position, Josef Ahoinen just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Silva wants to clinch but Ahoinen slips to the side

and Ahoinen counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Silva!
Ahoinen looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Adriano Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ahoinen controlling the pace for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Josef Ahoinen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ahoinen 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josef Ahoinen!