PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Donnie Yen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hernanes Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hernanes Silva has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Donnie Yen 's chin.

Yen
vs
Silva

182 cm
22
170 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

183 cm
21
180 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Donnie Yen !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hernanes Silva!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Yen clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Yen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva working Yen over with knees to the body.
Yen takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Yen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Yen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yen throws an elbow that misses.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Yen in his tracks for a moment.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Yen .
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Yen managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Yen avoids the damage to the body.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Yen is defending well for now.
Yen takes an elbow to the temple.
Yen takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Donnie Yen has been cut.
Yen blocks the elbow strike.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Yen .
Yen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Yen is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Yen .
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Yen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Yen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Yen takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Yen won't want to take too many of those.
Yen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Yen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yen misses with the head strike.
Silva lands a nice elbow.

Yen is rocked!
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Oh Yen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Yen in his tracks for a moment.
Silva lands an elbow just above Yen 's eye.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Yen won't want to take too many of those.
Silva pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Yen ! Silva unloads with more strikes and Yen sinks to his knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hernanes Silva!