PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jossie Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jossie Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Ladies and Gentlemen-Saliva. Fedor Silva struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Fedor Silva will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Silva
vs
Silva

175 cm
26
189 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

190 cm
23
203 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jossie Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fedor Silva!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fedor Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jossie Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fedor Silva.
Fedor Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fedor Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jossie Silva checks it well.
A leg kick checked by Jossie Silva.
Fedor Silva attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fedor Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jossie Silva keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fedor Silva moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fedor Silva throws a leg kick but Jossie Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jossie Silva moves out of range of the leg kick from Fedor Silva.
Fedor Silva throws a leg kick but Jossie Silva checks it.
Jossie Silva looks to land a body kick but Fedor Silva moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jossie Silva checks a low kick from Fedor Silva.
Jossie Silva shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Fedor Silva as he avoids it easily.

Jossie Silva looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Fedor Silva!

Jossie Silva working for a guillotine from mount but Fedor Silva is in no mood to give up.
Fedor Silva wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Jossie Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jossie Silva has hold of Fedor Silva's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Fedor Silva manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Fedor Silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Jossie Silva has a good base and remains in mount.
Jossie Silva lands a heavy elbow.
Jossie Silva cracks Fedor Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jossie Silva wants to control the pace but Fedor Silva is squirming around nicely.
Fedor Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jossie Silva is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jossie Silva 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.
Jossie Silva looking to control but Fedor Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fedor Silva is working to get back to half guard.
Fedor Silva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Jossie Silva has hold of Fedor Silva's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Fedor Silva manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fedor Silva is squirming around, avoiding Jossie Silva's attempts to control the action.
Jossie Silva misses with a head shot.
Fedor Silva is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fedor Silva gets back to half guard.

Jossie Silva is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Fedor Silva doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Jossie Silva.
Jossie Silva is breathing heavily.
Jossie Silva tries to pass the half guard into mount. Fedor Silva knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fedor Silva looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Jossie Silva pushes past his half guard into mount!
Fedor Silva can't escape the position.

Jossie Silva is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Jossie Silva extends the arm and Fedor Silva is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jossie Silva!