PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silvennoinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Anderson Silvennoinen has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Silvennoinen
vs
Daniels

173 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

180 cm
18
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

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 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anderson Silvennoinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daniels misses with a kick to the body.
Silvennoinen doesn't manage to clinch there - Daniels circles away.
Daniels misses with a head kick.
Jack Daniels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Daniels shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Silvennoinen is trying to keep Daniels in close.
Daniels showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Daniels stops Silvennoinen from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Daniels throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silvennoinen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Daniels missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Daniels pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silvennoinen is keeping the position for now.
Silvennoinen trying to keep a closed guard but Daniels is proving a slippery customer.

Silvennoinen manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Silvennoinen doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Daniels counters with a shoot takedown. Silvennoinen fights it but they end up in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels trying to control but Silvennoinen is working from the bottom.
Daniels has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Daniels postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Daniels is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Daniels stands up over Silvennoinen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Silvennoinen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Daniels preventing the sweep.
Silvennoinen trying to control the position.
Daniels lands a couple of elbows.
Daniels postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Silvennoinen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Daniels.
Daniels postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Daniels throws a big right hand that misses.
Silvennoinen working a defensive guard here.
Daniels controls from within his opponent's guard.
Silvennoinen working a defensive guard here.
Daniels thows a big elbow that misses.
Silvennoinen 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.
Silvennoinen throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Daniels tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Daniels shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Silvennoinen manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen trying to strike off his back.
Daniels is in close to Silvennoinen's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Daniels content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Daniels throws a big right hand that misses.
Silvennoinen is breathing heavily.
Daniels cracks Silvennoinen with a solid left hand.
Daniels working some strikes from top position.
Daniels throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Daniels thows a big elbow that misses.
Daniels stands up over Silvennoinen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Silvennoinen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Daniels's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Silvennoinen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Daniels showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Daniels scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels throws a big right hand that misses.
Silvennoinen is looking to stand up but Daniels isn't so interested in that idea.
Daniels scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Daniels distracts Silvennoinen with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Daniels accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Daniels makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Daniels works over Silvennoinen with some ground and pound from guard.
Daniels lands a couple of digs.
Daniels trying to control but Silvennoinen is working from the bottom.
Daniels lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Daniels accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Daniels is in close to Silvennoinen's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Daniels working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silvennoinen's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Daniels dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Daniels closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Daniels trying to control the action but Silvennoinen is working from the bottom.
Silvennoinen is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Silvennoinen tries to bench press Daniels off him but Daniels keeps the position.
Daniels scoring with punches from side control.
Daniels scoring with punches and elbows.
Daniels throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Daniels working the ground and pound.
Daniels landing a few strikes.
You can see the frustration on Silvennoinen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Daniels scores with punches from side control.
Daniels scores with a couple of short elbows.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silvennoinen takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvennoinen takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Daniels working the ground and pound from side control.
Silvennoinen is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Silvennoinen taking punishment in the form of punches.
Jack Daniels has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silvennoinen takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Daniels working the head and body with strikes.
Daniels working the head with strikes.
Daniels wants to control but Silvennoinen is keeping him busy.
Silvennoinen is looking to regain half guard here but Daniels keeps moving and retains side control.
Silvennoinen takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Daniels trying to control the action but Silvennoinen is working from the bottom.
Daniels creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels wants to control but Silvennoinen is keeping him busy.
Silvennoinen is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Daniels is controlling him well.
Daniels creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Daniels cracks Silvennoinen with a big elbow.
Silvennoinen tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Daniels wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Daniels is chipping away with strikes.
Check out the look on Daniels's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Daniels working the head and body with strikes.
Silvennoinen is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Silvennoinen takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Silvennoinen pushes Daniels away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Daniels gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Daniels landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen wants to control but Daniels postures up.
Daniels moves into full mount!
Daniels landing strikes from the mount and Silvennoinen is in trouble!
Daniels in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Daniels landing punches.
Daniels lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Daniels connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Silvennoinen is rocked!
Daniels postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Silvennoinen in real trouble here! The ref calls for Silvennoinen to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Daniels!