PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Antti Rannanjarvi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Troy Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rannanjarvi comes to the cage accompanied by Spinal Tap - Stonehenge. Silva is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Colors. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Rannanjarvi
vs
Silva

195 cm
18
143 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
22
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Likes ground

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antti Rannanjarvi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Troy Silva!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rannanjarvi finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Rannanjarvi throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick from Rannanjarvi.
Rannanjarvi fakes the leg kick and cracks Silva in the body.
Silva defending well as Rannanjarvi loads up on a big left hand.
Rannanjarvi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice combination there by Rannanjarvi.

Silva gets a takedown into half guard.
Silva tries to pass the half guard into mount. Rannanjarvi knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Rannanjarvi is trying to stand up here but Silva is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva is nestled in close to Rannanjarvi, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Silva trying to mount his opponent but Rannanjarvi defends it.
Rannanjarvi is staying active underneath Silva, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Silva is nestled in close to Rannanjarvi, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Rannanjarvi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Silva is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Silva fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rannanjarvi is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rannanjarvi is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Rannanjarvi taking shots to the head.
Silva is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Rannanjarvi can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Silva controlling the pace for now.
Silva with good strikes from the mount here!
Rannanjarvi is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rannanjarvi trying desperately to get to his feet.
Rannanjarvi wants to control but Silva is having none of it.
Rannanjarvi squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Rannanjarvi is breathing heavily.
Rannanjarvi is trying desperately to improve position.
Rannanjarvi tries to buck Silva off but he can't manage it.
Rannanjarvi really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva cracks Rannanjarvi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Silva tries to control but Rannanjarvi wriggling away.
Rannanjarvi wants to get back to his feet.
Rannanjarvi can't escape the position.
Rannanjarvi is squirming around, avoiding Silva's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rannanjarvi is looking to improve his position but Silva isn't that keen on the idea.
Silva with the ground and pound from mount.
Rannanjarvi is trying desperately to improve position.
Silva is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Rannanjarvi can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Silva punishing his opponent with strikes.
Rannanjarvi is wriggling around trying to escape.
Silva breaks from Rannanjarvi's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Silva scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Rannanjarvi?
Rannanjarvi tries to lock up and control but Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control but Rannanjarvi is having none of it.
Rannanjarvi tries to lock up and control but Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Silva scoring with strikes but Rannanjarvi is staying in there.
Rannanjarvi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Silva jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Rannanjarvi manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Silva prevents Rannanjarvi from escaping the position.
Rannanjarvi manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Rannanjarvi is looking to escape.
Rannanjarvi trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Silva takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Rannanjarvi controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Rannanjarvi looks like he's trying to stand up.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva is thwarting Rannanjarvi's attempts to control the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva prevents Rannanjarvi from standing back up.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Rannanjarvi looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Rannanjarvi misses with a body kick.
Silva takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rannanjarvi throws out a leg kick but Silva moves out of range and Rannanjarvi only half commits.
Rannanjarvi throws a head kick that misses

and Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Silva stands up and waves to Rannanjarvi to follow him.
Rannanjarvi tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Rannanjarvi shows good takedown defense.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rannanjarvi looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Rannanjarvi throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Rannanjarvi throws a lazy head kick

and Silva decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Rannanjarvi's guard.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Rannanjarvi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Rannanjarvi is working an open guard so Silva takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Troy Silva dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rannanjarvi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

Silva has closed the distance and engaged Rannanjarvi in a clinch.
Rannanjarvi trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rannanjarvi lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Rannanjarvi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva avoiding damage as Rannanjarvi throws knees to the body.
Rannanjarvi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Rannanjarvi wants to stall.
Rannanjarvi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva keeps control of Rannanjarvi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Rannanjarvi's front leg but catches the back leg as Rannanjarvi tries to avoid it.
Rannanjarvi throws a sloppy head kick

so Silva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rannanjarvi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rannanjarvi throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Rannanjarvi wants to stand but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva won't allow Rannanjarvi to sweep him here.
Rannanjarvi is looking to stand up but Silva isn't so interested in that idea.
Rannanjarvi trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rannanjarvi pushes Silva off and scrambles back to his feet.
Rannanjarvi catches Silva napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Silva to the canvas!

Silva is rocked!
Silva is breathing heavily.
Rannanjarvi passes Silva's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Silva is still in real trouble! Can Rannanjarvi finish him?

Rannanjarvi stands up from half guard.
Rannanjarvi throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Silva crumples to the floor and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Antti Rannanjarvi!