PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Les Grossman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Demian Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grossman comes to the cage accompanied by Apple bottom jeans, boots with the fur.... This should be a great matchup!

Grossman
vs
Silva

190 cm
23
217 lbs
10 - 6 - 1

185 cm
23
218 lbs
10 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Crashforce Nutrition (Authentic 159Q Recovery $79)
Gilop®

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Les Grossman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Demian Silva!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grossman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Grossman off balance momentarily.

Silva gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Grossman to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Grossman's guard.
Grossman keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Grossman 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.
Grossman is trying to control the position but Silva postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grossman lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Silva!
Grossman working Silva over with strikes here.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
Silva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Grossman lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Grossman breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Grossman has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Grossman lands a big elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grossman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Grossman raining down hammerfists from mount.
Grossman lands a heavy elbow.

Silva is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grossman is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Silva is still in real trouble! Can Grossman finish him?
Grossman lands a big elbow - Silva is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Silva is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Les Grossman!