PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Timo Silakka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sid Bristol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Silakka
vs
Bristol

181 cm
23
184 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

186 cm
25
181 lbs
15 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Timo Silakka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sid Bristol!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bristol looks to throw the jab but Silakka is out of range.
Silakka swinging wildly here.
Bristol misses with a combination
and Silakka counters with an inside leg kick.
Silakka connects with a crisp jab.
Bristol misses with a looping right.
Bristol misses with an uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Bristol misses the target.
Bristol scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bristol looks to throw the jab but Silakka is out of range.
Bristol throws a shot from downtown. Silakka moves away and avoids it.
Nice shot by Bristol.
Bristol scores with a sloppy right hand. Silakka should have avoided that one.
Bristol throws a lazy right hand but Silakka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silakka lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silakka darts in and clinches Bristol up against the cage.

Silakka manages to break the clinch.
Bristol throws a hook to the side of Silakka's head but Silakka sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silakka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bristol thows a body shot but no joy.
Bristol misses with a few strikes there.
Bristol lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Silakka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silakka swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bristol counters with a series of strikes. Silakka will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bristol showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silakka.
A left and a right from Bristol both land. Nice combination.
Bristol might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
The crowd cheers as Bristol lands an impressive looking overhand right. Silakka doesn't seem phased though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Bristol misses
and Silakka counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Bristol ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silakka moves away.
Bristol throws a looping overhand right but Silakka ducks down to avoid it.
Bristol lands a glancing blow to the side of Silakka's head.
Silakka lands with a nice combination. Bristol backs away looking to recover.
Bristol throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A big right from Bristol misses.
Bristol throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bristol.
Bristol ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silakka moves away.
Silakka slips under a jab.
Bristol throws a series of punches but Silakka moves out of range.
Silakka takes a swing at Bristol's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Bristol does it's job there.
Sid Bristol seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bristol misses with a hook.
Bristol throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bristol throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silakka counters with a series of strikes. Bristol will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bristol swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bristol misses with a series of wild punches.

Silakka scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bristol is looking for a sweep.
Silakka looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Bristol is avoiding damage well.
Silakka working the body and head with strikes.
Silakka working the head and body with strikes.
Silakka lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bristol down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bristol manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Silakka wants to control but Bristol is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bristol has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Bristol moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Silakka has worked his arm free - good work by Silakka!
Silakka is looking for a sweep.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bristol tries to score with some ground and pound. Silakka controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timo Silakka 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.

Bristol throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Silakka decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bristol's guard.
Silakka controlling from the top position.

Bristol working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Silakka doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Silakka manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Bristol looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Silakka has picked Bristol up and slammed him! Bristol can't keep hold of the triangle and Silakka manages to pass to side control!
Bristol sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Silakka 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.
Silakka scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Silakka has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silakka wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bristol keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silakka thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bristol's head.

Bristol actively working from the bottom here.
Bristol taking some punishment here, with Silakka in his half guard.
Bristol taking some punishment here, with Silakka in his half guard.
Bristol on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Silakka winds up and cracks Bristol with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Silakka slips a nice elbow through Bristol's hands, connecting with Bristol's forehead.
Silakka lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Bristol looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silakka wants to control but Bristol is keeping him busy.

Silakka is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Bristol is just riding it out for now. Silakka eventually gives up the hold.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silakka throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Bristol looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Silakka missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bristol actively working from the bottom here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Silakka in particular looking to stall.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silakka swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bristol lands with a cross.
A telegraphed right hand from Bristol misses the target.
Silakka throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Bristol, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A bone on bone clash there as Bristol blocks the leg kick.
Bristol keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

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.
Bristol is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silakka.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Silakka.
Bristol misses with a double jab
and Silakka counters with a series of strikes. Bristol will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silakka misses with a wild combination.
Bristol scores with a jab. Silakka acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Timo Silakka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silakka dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bristol. That did some damage!
Silakka throws a head kick but Bristol moves out of range.
Bristol throws a series of strikes that have Silakka backpedaling.
Bristol pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timo Silakka dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Bristol throws a series of punches but Silakka moves out of range.
Bristol swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silakka avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bristol throws a combination that misses
and Silakka counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bristol's corner calls for a 1-2. Bristol obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Bristol will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bristol scores with a hook to the body. Silakka takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silakka fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The fighters circling - Bristol throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bristol uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silakka.
Silakka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bristol.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silakka misses the jab.
Bristol will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silakka takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bristol falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silakka counters with a nice body kick.
Silakka moves out of range as Bristol strikes.
Silakka defending well as Bristol loads up on a big left hand.
Bristol wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bristol scores with a jab to the head.
Bristol throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silakka takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Timo Silakka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silakka is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bristol.
Bristol misses with a combination
and Silakka counters with a three punch combo that has Bristol backing up. Bristol nods at Silakka to acknowledge the strikes.
Silakka moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bristol jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Bristol throws a nice looking combination but Silakka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bristol misses with a double jab
and Silakka counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bristol misses with a telegraphed body shot

so Silakka counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Silakka got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bristol has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Silakka has managed to get both his arms back between Bristol's legs - danger averted.

Bristol is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bristol takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silakka stays in close to Bristol's body and controls the position.
Silakka stands up over Bristol, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Bristol had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Silakka defends it easily.
Silakka wants to pass the guard but Bristol is keeping the position.
Silakka sitting in guard here, content to control.

Bristol working for a triangle but Silakka defends it easily.
Sid Bristol has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four 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.
Silakka is stalling in the full guard.

Bristol throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Silakka controlling from the top position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Timo Silakka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silakka, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Timo Silakka!