PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark Worsely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Worsely
vs
Silva

175 cm
22
166 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

172 cm
26
168 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful

Fight Club Clothing Helsinki™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mark Worsely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Roger Silva!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
Worsely fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva on the side of the head.
Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Worsely.
A big left from Worsely misses.
Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Worsely lands a really nice looking cross but Silva seems unphased.
Roger Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Worsely tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Worsely.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Worsely.
Worsely lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Roger Silva has been cut.
Worsely lands a head shot.
Worsely misses with a two punch combination.
Silva shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Silva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Worsely misses the shot to the body.
Worsely connects with a jab.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Worsely.
A bone on bone clash there as Worsely blocks the leg kick.
Worsely just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice jab there from Worsely.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Worsely misses the jab.
Silva throws a leg kick but Worsely moved away.

Silva scores with a takedown into Worsely's guard.
Worsely wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment.
Worsely is adopting a defensive guard.
Silva postures up in Worsely's guard and throws a big left but Worsely blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control but Worsely is working from the bottom.
Worsely controlling Silva's posture.
Worsely is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Worsely pulls Silva in close to prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Worsely 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.
Worsely controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.

Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Worsely on the wrong end of a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worsely takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Worsely cracks Silva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Silva slips under a jab from Worsely.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Worsely is out of range.
Worsely checks a leg kick.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Worsely swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Worsely fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva on the side of the head.
Worsely takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Worsely ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
An inside leg kick from Silva misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Worsely takes a step back to recover.
Worsely is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Silva slips under a jab from Worsely.
Worsely misses the shot to the body.
No luck for Silva with that takedown attempt.
Silva throws a leg kick but Worsely sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
Mark Worsely has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roger Silva.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Worsely uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
A jab from Worsely does it's job there.
Silva throws a solid leg kick but Worsely takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silva.
Silva tries to work over Worsely's front leg with a kick but Worsely checks it.
Worsely lands a head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Worsely dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roger Silva's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Silva throws a wild body kick that Worsely sees coming a mile off.
Silva does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Silva looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Worsely dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Worsely swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Silva counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Silva.
Worsely is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Worsely is keen to just control but Silva is a slippery customer.
Worsely trying to control the pace.
Silva is not content to let Worsely control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worsely moves into full mount! Silva won't be happy about that!
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Worsely lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?
Worsely tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Worsely is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Worsely wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Worsely controlling the pace for now.
Silva doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Worsely tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Worsely scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worsely tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
Silva wants to control but Worsely is having none of it.
Worsely lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Worsely takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Worsely has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Worsely can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silva is looking to escape.
Worsely looking to control and managing it successfully.
Worsely with good strikes from the mount here!
Worsely unloading with bombs!
Worsely tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Worsely is really struggling to control Silva but he's trying to hold on to the position.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Mark Worsely just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Worsely circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Worsely dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Roger Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Worsely misses the jab.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Worsely lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Worsely is able to avoid easily.
Worsely slips a straight right by Silva.
Worsely throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Worsely on the side of the head.
Silva finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Silva is looking to score with low kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Worsely.
Worsely uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Silva is looking to clinch but Worsely is avoiding it.
A telegraphed right hand from Worsely misses the target.
Silva misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Worsely takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Worsely lands with a right hand.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Worsely moves his leg out of the way.
Some wild striking there from Worsely.
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Worsely keeps the fight on the outside.
Worsely on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Worsely connects with the punch.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Worsely shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A left and a right from Worsely both land. Nice combination.
Worsely chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Worsely throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.

Worsely shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Worsely postures up.
Worsely preventing the sweep.
Worsely content to stall in guard here.
Mark Worsely is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Worsely seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Silva for as long as he can get away with.
Roger Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Worsely from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mark Worsely.
Worsely throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Worsely is out of range.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Worsely paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Silva swings away with a body shot that misses

and Worsely counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Silva!
Worsely wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Worsely content just to control the position here.
Worsely's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Worsely trying to control but he's not successful this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Worsely showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Worsely has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Worsely!