PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pekka Polakka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Silva
vs
Polakka

182 cm
18
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
20
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 Helsinki, Jorge Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pekka Polakka!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Polakka doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Jorge Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Polakka.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Silva changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Polakka tries to avoid it but Silva manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Polakka to the ground. Polakka escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Polakka shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Silva manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Polakka forces his way into half guard.

Polakka stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Silva to get to his feet.
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Polakka pinned against the cage. Polakka gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Polakka counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva wants to stand but Polakka is controlling the position.
Silva trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

Polakka stands up from Silva's guard - Polakka perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Polakka dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Polakka falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva lands a glancing blow to the side of Polakka's head.

Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Polakka fails to pull guard.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Polakka pushes him off.
Polakka on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Polakka fails with a takedown attempt.
Polakka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Polakka fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Polakka stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Polakka looks gassed!
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva throws a right hand that Polakka ducks under and follows up with a left that Polakka also avoids with ease.

Silva clinches up against the cage.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Polakka throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Polakka backs up against the cage.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorge Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva works the jab nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Silva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Silva wants to clinch up but Polakka keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polakka swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Silva wants to get up but he can't break Polakka's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Polakka wants to stand but Silva is controlling the position.
Polakka trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Silva wants to stand but Polakka has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Polakka.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Silva misses with a double jab

and Polakka counters with a single leg into guard. Silva didn't expect that.
Polakka controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Silva throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Silva wants to stand up but Polakka is controlling him.
Silva thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Polakka shoots in and drives through. Silva sprawls well.

Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Polakka, pushing him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Polakka's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Polakka stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
Polakka tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Polakka moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Polakka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Silva duly obliges.
Polakka catches Silva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A combination from Silva does no damage.
A combination from Polakka does no damage.
Polakka throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a series of strikes. Polakka will be more careful next time no doubt.
Polakka is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jorge Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva fails with the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Polakka. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorge Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Polakka drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Polakka has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva tries to clinch but Polakka moves out of range.
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A big left from Polakka misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to clinch but Polakka is avoiding it.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
Polakka keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Polakka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva fails to land the takedown.
Polakka is trying hard to land a takedown here. Silva sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Polakka throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a three punch combo that has Polakka backing up. Polakka nods at Silva to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Silva lands a jab to Polakka's midsection.
Polakka misses with a hook.
Silva lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Silva.
Polakka looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Polakka pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Polakka.
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Polakka sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jorge Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Polakka misses with an uppercut.

Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva tries to circle away but Polakka has him pinned against the cage.
Silva wants to stall.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Polakka has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Polakka uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Silva has time to react.
Polakka throws a left and a right that both miss

and Silva moves into the clinch.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Polakka.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva with a hook.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Polakka shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
Polakka takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Silva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Polakka keeps the fight on the outside.
Polakka steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Silva. That one must have hurt.
Silva throws a one two combo.
Polakka has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silva.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Polakka gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge Silva dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A head kick from Silva lands but Polakka takes it in his stride.
Silva scores with a three punch combo!
Silva tries to clinch up but Polakka circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Polakka goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Some wild striking there from Polakka.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Polakka's waist but Polakka gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Silva is working the combinations to good effect here.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Polakka.

Polakka closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Polakka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but Polakka moves out of range.
Polakka takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Polakka will feel that in the morning.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Polakka.
Polakka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Silva.
Silva throws a series of strikes that have Polakka backpedaling.
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Polakka pinned against the cage. Polakka gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorge Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Polakka counters with a nice uppercut.
Polakka misses with a double jab
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Polakka throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Polakka thinking.
Silva throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Polakka counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Polakka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Polakka counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Polakka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva shoots for a takedown but Polakka saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Polakka slaps away a takedown attempt from Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Silva clinches.

Silva breaks the clinch.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Polakka which made him look bad.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Polakka fails to land the takedown.
Polakka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva tries to bum rush Polakka with a series of wild strikes but Polakka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A cross from Silva lands.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.

Polakka gets the takedown into side control.
Silva is not content to let Polakka control the position.
Pekka Polakka has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva is trying to buck Polakka off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polakka throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Silva is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Pekka Polakka.
I think Polakka has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!