PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Timo Silakka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohammad Abdisheik Hassan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hassan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Akon - Mama Africe (Remix) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Silakka
vs
Abdisheik Hassan

181 cm
20
181 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
20
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Timo Silakka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mohammad Abdisheik Hassan!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hassan throws out a loose jab but Silakka uses good head movement to avoid it.

Silakka drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Silakka happy to just control the position for now.
Hassan is looking for a sweep.
Hassan is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Hassan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silakka. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silakka creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silakka working the head with strikes.
Hassan takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Hassan is rocked!
Hassan is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Silakka is controlling him well.
Hassan is still in real trouble! Can Silakka finish him?
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hassan can do anything to dispel that myth.
Silakka working the body and head with strikes.
Silakka landing strikes.
Hassan takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Hassan taking a bit of punishment here - Silakka scoring with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

Silakka tries for a kimura but Hassan is defending well.
Silakka advances to full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silakka landing strikes from the mount.
Silakka is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hassan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Silakka lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hassan hang on?
Silakka with shots to the head and body - Hassan looks very uncomfortable down there.
Silakka is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hassan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hassan wants to get back to his feet.
Hassan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hassan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hassan taking shots to the head.
Silakka raining down shots from the mount!
Silakka lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hassan hang on?
Hassan is trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silakka putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Silakka is breathing heavily.
Silakka with a couple of short strikes.
Silakka cracks Hassan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hassan is in a horrible position here. Silakka smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Silakka in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Silakka lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Silakka with the ground and pound from mount.
Silakka scoring with strikes but Hassan is staying in there.
Silakka in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Silakka punishing his opponent with strikes.
Silakka punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hassan taking shots to the head.
Hassan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hassan really wants to buck Silakka off and get back to his feet.
Silakka connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silakka looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Silakka with good strikes from the mount here!
Silakka landing strikes from the mount.
Silakka throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Silakka scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hassan?

Silakka has isolated one of Hassan's arms. Hassan looking to fight him off but Silakka twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Timo Silakka!