PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Arabian Beattie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eduardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beattie comes to the cage accompanied by Danzig - Mother . Silva has chosen X is Coming as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Beattie
vs
Silva

178 cm
28
166 lbs
11 - 15 - 0

182 cm
23
166 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Basic striking
Powerful

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 11 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arabian Beattie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eduardo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva lands the left hand.
Beattie connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Beattie.
Eduardo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beattie leaves Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Arabian Beattie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eduardo Silva.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
Beattie tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva shoots in for a double leg but Beattie sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Beattie throws a nice outside leg kick.
Beattie fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Beattie defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Beattie pinned against the cage. Beattie gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Beattie works the jab nicely.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Beattie tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Beattie sprawls well. Beattie wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Beattie lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Beattie fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva tries for a takedown but Beattie sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Beattie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beattie throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Beattie sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silva looks gassed!
Beattie is looking to clinch.
Beattie thumps Silva with a low kick.
Silva shoots in but Beattie avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Beattie tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva shoots in and drives through. Beattie sprawls well.
Silva's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva shoots for a takedown but Beattie saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Beattie stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Beattie wants to clinch.

Beattie has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beattie gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Eduardo Silva has been cut.
Beattie using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Beattie lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Beattie lands a damaging elbow.
Beattie putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Beattie tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Beattie lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Beattie tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Beattie lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.

That has opened up Eduardo Silva's cut even more.
Beattie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Beattie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Beattie is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Beattie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beattie lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Beattie lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Beattie creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Beattie lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Beattie pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Beattie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Come on Beattie - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Beattie just stands there and leans against the cage.
Beattie lands a damaging elbow.
Beattie tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beattie tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Beattie lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.

The cut above Eduardo Silva's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Silva jumps guard but Beattie stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva letting Beattie take a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arabian Beattie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eduardo Silva's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Beattie has escaped the position, nice work there.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Beattie keeps working.
Silva prevents Beattie from escaping the position.

Silva is trying to get an arm triangle but Beattie is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Beattie has escaped the position, nice work there.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Silva tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silva has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Beattie is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Silva is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Beattie is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Beattie tries to escape but Silva is in control.
Beattie is being controlled here.
Silva moves into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva trying to control but Beattie is having none of it.
Beattie wants to control but Silva is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control but Beattie is having none of it.

Silva goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Beattie turns into him and now he's in Silva's guard.

Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Beattie can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beattie looking to pass the guard.
Silva wants to sweep here but Beattie controlling him for the moment.
Silva is trying to control the position but Beattie postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Silva escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Beattie gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Silva is trying to control the position but Beattie postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eduardo Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eduardo 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. This is the final round!

Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
Beattie throws a head kick that misses.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Beattie's head but Beattie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Silva closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Beattie to the mat! Beattie manages to get full guard.
Beattie is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Beattie is trying to control the position but Silva postures up.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Beattie is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Silva is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Beattie is keeping the position.
Beattie looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Arabian Beattie wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Silva gets the takedown into side control.
Beattie tries to bench press Silva off him but Silva keeps the position.

Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Beattie has escaped the position, nice work there.
Silva trying to control the action but Beattie is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beattie tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Silva wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Beattie, who protects the arm well.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Beattie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva is trying to get an arm triangle but Beattie is defending well.
Silva advances to full mount.
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Beattie knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Beattie defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Silva.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Beattie wants to control but Silva is having none of it.

Silva working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Beattie looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Silva! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Eduardo Silva!