PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pate Nyrkki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jossie Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Ladies and Gentlemen-Saliva as his entrance music. Jossie Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nyrkki
vs
Silva

185 cm
18
189 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
26
189 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

ADCC Champion
Counter striker
Knockout power

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pate Nyrkki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jossie Silva!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Silva works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Silva lands a nice short elbow.
Nyrkki tries to kick Silva off but Silva keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Silva content to control rather than advance.
Nyrkki looks like he's trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Nyrkki is looking to escape.
Nyrkki won't allow Silva to pass to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nyrkki is trying to stand.
Silva controlling the action here.
Nyrkki is looking to escape.
Silva wants to pass to mount but Nyrkki is defending the position.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Nyrkki defends it nicely.
Silva moves out of range of the leg kick from Nyrkki.
Nyrkki throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Nyrkki tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two 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.
Nyrkki misses with a two punch combination.
Nyrkki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nyrkki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Silva scores with a takedown into Nyrkki's guard.
Silva is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Silva passes into half guard.
Nyrkki is trying to stand back up but Silva is controlling him
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva wants to pass to mount but Nyrkki is defending the position.
Silva controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nyrkki is trying to stand back up but Silva is controlling him
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nyrkki fails to land with a series of punches.
Nyrkki looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Nyrkki is breathing heavily.
Nyrkki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Nyrkki misses with a double jab.

Silva throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Nyrkki was covering up waiting for the punch and Silva finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Silva is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Nyrkki keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva prevents Nyrkki from getting back to his feet.
Silva's corner is telling him to maintain position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jossie Silva dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nyrkki fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nyrkki.

Silva looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Nyrkki is looking to get back to is feet but Silva passes into side control.
Silva cracks Nyrkki with a big right hand but Nyrkki just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Silva looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Silva is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Nyrkki looks calm but he's in trouble here. Silva gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Nyrkki is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Silva lets go of the hold and Nyrkki can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jossie Silva!