PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Silva (ranked 2424 p4p, 1628 weight class) and Arseth Oysten (ranked 316 p4p, 219 weight class). Oysten has chosen FREEZING MOON as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Silva
vs
Oysten

180 cm
23
184
7 - 5 - 0

181 cm
20
174
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful

Bondi MMA

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Arseth Oysten!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Oysten looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Oysten has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Silva uses from the top position.
Silva throws a big elbow that misses.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Oysten is on top in guard.

Oysten stands and throws Silva's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Oysten wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Oysten blocks the strikes from Silva.
Oysten tries to move to mount but Silva blocks the move with his legs.
Silva is looking to regain half guard here but Oysten keeps moving and retains side control.
Oysten tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

Oysten looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva tries to bench press Oysten off him but Oysten keeps the position.
Silva throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Silva tries to bench press Oysten off him but Oysten keeps the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Oysten wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Oysten advances to full mount.
Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Oysten. What's that going to do exactly?
Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Oysten. What's that going to do exactly?

Oysten working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Oysten pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.

Oysten working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Oysten is trying to take his opponent's back.
Silva throwing punches despite being mounted.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

Oysten has control of Silva's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Silva regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

Oysten has control of Silva's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Silva regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Oysten takes Silva's back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

Oysten is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Oysten wants to take a breather but Silva is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Oysten is trying to control the action in half guard but Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Silva striking from half guard on the bottom.
Silva misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Oysten has control of the leg.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Silva punching from the bottom.

Oysten seems to be looking for submissions.
Silva throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Silva is not content to let Oysten control the position.
Oysten uses his free foot to push down on Silva's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Silva.
Silva tries to improve his position but instead Oysten has taken his back!

Oysten tightening his grip on Silva, looking for the choke.
Oysten controlling well, preventing Silva from escaping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Oysten has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Silva has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Oysten struggling to keep hold of the position.
Silva can't escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Oysten tightening his grip on Silva, looking for the choke.

Oysten is looking for the choke from the back position but Silva is controlling his hands well.
Silva tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Oysten blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Oysten tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Silva is looking to improve his position but Oysten isn't that keen on the idea.

Oysten jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Silva manages to avoid the submission attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Arseth Oysten dominated that round.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silva tries to clinch but Oysten is having none of it.
Silva wants to clinch.

Silva closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Oysten to the mat! Oysten manages to get full guard.

Oysten escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Silva gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oysten is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Silva lands with a few short shots to the body.
Oysten trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.
Silva misses with some strikes from the bottom.

Silva pushes Oysten off and gets back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Oysten tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.

Oysten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to clinch but Oysten is having none of it.

Silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Silva tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silva has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Oysten manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Oysten tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.

Silva looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Oysten looking for submissions off his back.
Arseth Oysten has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throwing shots but Oysten is blocking nicely.
Oysten gets full guard.

Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silva's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silva's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Silva lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Silva with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Silva throws a big elbow that misses.
Silva won't allow Oysten to sweep him here.
Silva keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Oysten's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva lands a couple of elbows.
Silva is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Oysten is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Silva is aware though and is defending well.
Oysten preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Silva thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Silva preventing the sweep.
Oysten is trying to control the position but Silva postures up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silva's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Silva postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Oysten trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.

Oysten working for a triangle but Silva defends it easily.
Silva working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Silva connects with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Oysten is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Silva is aware though and is defending well.
Silva cracks Oysten with a solid left hand.
Oysten wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Silva distracts Oysten with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Silva landing with the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva works over Oysten with some ground and pound from guard.
Oysten lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Oysten sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Silva's guard.
Silva moves into full guard.
Oysten is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Silva striking from the bottom here.
Silva with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Oysten can't handle though.
Oysten stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Silva doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Oysten will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Silva fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Oysten sprawls well initially but Silva persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Oysten is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Silva's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Silva's back!
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Oysten is trying to stick to Silva's back but Silva is turning into Oysten. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Oysten's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Silva.
Silva cracks Oysten with a solid left hand.

Oysten is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Oysten looking for a guillotine here but Silva defends easily.
Oysten has momentary wrist control but Silva slips an elbow through the middle.
Oysten wants to sweep but no luck.
Oysten takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva landing with the ground and pound.
Oysten trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silva's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Silva landing some decent shots from guard.
Silva is working Oysten over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Silva scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Oysten throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Oysten looking for a guillotine here but Silva defends easily.
Silva works over Oysten with some ground and pound from guard.
Silva with a nice head shot there.
Oysten is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a couple of short punches.

Oysten is rocked!
Silva scoring with some ground and pound.
Oysten is still in real trouble! Can Silva finish him?
Silva loads up on a big left hand. Oysten felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Silva looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Oysten can't hide his disappointment, as Silva celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Silva!