PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nate Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arabian Beattie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Silva
vs
Beattie

180 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
169 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nate Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arabian Beattie!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Beattie fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.

Beattie breaks from the clinch.
Arabian Beattie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Silva looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Beattie is trying to stand.
Beattie is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Silva jumps into side control!
Beattie can't do much from the bottom here.

Silva stands up.
Beattie doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Beattie walks into a jab.
Silva misses with the combination.
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Beattie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva scores with a one two! Beattie had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva thuds his right hand into Beattie's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Beattie.
Silva moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Beattie's head backwards.
Beattie darts in trying to clinch
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Silva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A left and a right from Silva both land. Nice combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Silva!
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Silva is working the combinations to good effect here.
Beattie clinches but Silva breaks the clinch

and Silva decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Beattie's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva won't allow Beattie to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beattie managing to control the position.

Beattie uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Beattie tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Beattie takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Beattie fails with the takedown

and Silva decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Beattie's guard.
Nate Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arabian Beattie.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Beattie wants to get back to his feet but Silva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Beattie manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Beattie is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Silva is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Beattie looks to clinch

and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Beattie trying to land knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Beattie just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Beattie goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Beattie tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Silva counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Beattie is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Beattie wants to pass the guard but Silva is defending well.
Silva wants to control but Beattie is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Beattie has control of the leg.
Beattie looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva tries to kick Beattie off in order to stand up. Beattie Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Silva is looking to reverse the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Silva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Silva stands up and beckons Beattie to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Silva gets a clinch.
Beattie missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silva stalks Beattie and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Beattie's face. Beattie staggers backwards, shaken.
Silva wants to clinch but Beattie slips to the side

and Beattie holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Beattie won't allow it.
Beattie avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Beattie prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Beattie leaning his opponent against the cage.
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Beattie drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Beattie tries to clinch up
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Beattie gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Beattie throws an elbow but misses.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beattie landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Beattie throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Beattie is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Beattie has his back to the cage.
Beattie is breathing heavily.
Silva cracks Beattie with a nice body shot.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Beattie.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Beattie, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Beattie tries to clinch up
and Beattie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Beattie closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Silva stalks Beattie and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Beattie's face. Beattie staggers backwards, shaken.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Silva.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Beattie looks to clinch

so Silva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Beattie is controlling Silva's posture.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Beattie on the ground.
Beattie is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Silva is controlling Beattie's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Silva is looking to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to roll over but Beattie keeps him under control.

Beattie stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Silva to get to his feet.
Beattie closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva throws a series of punches but Beattie avoids them all with ease.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Beattie's waist but Beattie gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.

Beattie instigates a clinch.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Beattie has him pressed against the cage.
Beattie lands a nice elbow.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Beattie is controlling the position.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva looks to clinch

and Beattie counters by clinching up.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Beattie is controlling the position.
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Beattie won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva wants to break free but Beattie has control.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Beattie has him pressed against the cage.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Beattie has double underhooks.
Beattie prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Beattie has double underhooks.
Beattie jumps guard but Silva stands there with Beattie around his waist. Beattie gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Beattie.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Beattie has him pressed against the cage.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beattie.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Beattie keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Beattie has him pressed against the cage.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.

Beattie breaks from the clinch.
Nate Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva looks to land a combination. Beattie sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nate Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Beattie misses with a head kick.
Silva lands a body shot.
Beattie tries to clinch but Silva moves away
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva throws a series of punches but Beattie avoids them all with ease.
Beattie has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beattie shoots and misses
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nate Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arabian Beattie.
Silva swinging wilding here.
Beattie doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Beattie walks into a jab.
Silva lands a two punch combo.
Silva tests Beattie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Beattie doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Silva counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Beattie tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.

Silva looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Beattie lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Silva!
Silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Beattie has a good base and remains in mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nate Silva dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Beattie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Beattie misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Beattie darts in trying to clinch
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Silva moves into the clinch.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Beattie is rocked!
Beattie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Beattie is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Beattie shoots and misses
and Silva counters with a three punch combo that has Beattie backing up. Beattie nods at Silva to acknowledge the strikes.
Danga de danga de dang - Silva scores with a four punch combination!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Beattie tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Beattie seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Beattie. Beattie gets slowly back to his feet.
Nate Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arabian Beattie.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Silva lands a jab-cross combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beattie can do to turn this around?
Silva throws a series of punches but Beattie avoids them all with ease.
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Beattie wants to clinch
and Beattie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
No joy there for Beattie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Beattie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beattie stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Beattie pushes him off.

Beattie rushes Silva and presses him up against the cage.
Beattie will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Silva up against the cage.
Beattie landing knees to the head.
Beattie taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Beattie jumps guard.
Silva looking to sit in guard and control but Beattie gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Beattie stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beattie wants to clinch.

Silva instigates a clinch.
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva wants to break free but Beattie has control.
Beattie wants a takedown but no success here.
Beattie tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.

Beattie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Beattie wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
Silva throws a one two combo.

Silva scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beattie is not content to let Silva control the position.

Silva decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva gets the takedown into side control.
Nate Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Beattie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Beattie is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Beattie manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Beattie manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Beattie tries to clinch
and Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Beattie tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Arabian Beattie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.

Silva forces Beattie back against the cage and clinches.
Beattie managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.

Silva breaks the clinch.

Silva looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Silva thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Beattie to regain full guard.

Silva stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Silva misses with a combination

and Beattie counters with a shoot takedown. Silva fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva working a defensive guard but Beattie manages to pass into side control anyway.
Beattie works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Beattie is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Silva is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Silva can't do much from the bottom here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nate Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva 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 Johanna Lukiainen 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... Nate Silva!