PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Teppo Joonatan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rickson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Joonatan
vs
Silva

190 cm
29
218 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

190 cm
29
218 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Teppo Joonatan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rickson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joonatan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A decent looking cross lands there for Silva.
Silva misses with a hook. Joonatan ducked under it nicely.
Silva is looking to slow Joonatan down with leg kicks.
Joonatan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Joonatan instigates a clinch.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Joonatan.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Joonatan.
Joonatan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Joonatan misses with a knee strike.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Joonatan is blocking nicely.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Joonatan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Joonatan blocks it.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Joonatan is breathing heavily.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Joonatan.
Joonatan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Joonatan tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Joonatan blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Joonatan blocks with his arms.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Joonatan blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Joonatan is blocking nicely.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Joonatan pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Joonatan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Joonatan presses Silva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Joonatan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva gets through Joonatan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Joonatan landing knees to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Joonatan blocks with his arms.
Joonatan trying to land knees to the body.
Joonatan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Joonatan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva gets through Joonatan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva landing knees to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Joonatan misses with an elbow strike.
Joonatan misses with a knee to the head.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Joonatan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joonatan misses with a knee strike.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joonatans head.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Joonatan in his tracks for a moment.
Joonatan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva avoiding damage as Joonatan throws knees to the body.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Joonatan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Joonatan.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Joonatan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Joonatan, against the cage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Joonatan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Joonatan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Joonatan pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Joonatan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Joonatan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Joonatan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Joonatan landing knees to the body.
Joonatan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Joonatan's head.
Joonatan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Joonatan tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Joonatan throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoiding damage as Joonatan throws knees to the body.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Joonatan blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Joonatan tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Joonatan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Joonatan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Joonatan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Joonatan blocks with his arms.
Joonatan misses with a knee to the head.
Silva blocks a body shot from Joonatan.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Joonatan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right handed body shot lands from Joonatan.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Joonatan trying to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Joonatan tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Joonatan backwards.
Silva presses Joonatan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Silva landing knees to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Joonatan tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Joonatan blocks the elbow strike.
A shot in the inside from Joonatan.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Joonatan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Joonatan digs a right hand underneath Silva's ribcage. Silva let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Joonatan trying to land knees to the body.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Joonatan missing with knees to the body.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Joonatan.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva avoiding damage as Joonatan throws knees to the body.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Joonatan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Joonatan throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rickson Silva dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Joonatan gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Joonatan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva misses with some punches.
Joonatan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva avoiding damage as Joonatan throws knees to the body.
Joonatan connects with a knee to the head.
Joonatan takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Joonatan is blocking nicely.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Joonatan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joonatan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Joonatan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Joonatan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Joonatan dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Joonatan misses with an elbow strike.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Joonatan backwards.
Good body shot from Joonatan.
Joonatan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joonatan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Joonatan misses with a knee strike.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Joonatan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Joonatan shrugs off.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Joonatan.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Joonatan looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Joonatan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva avoiding damage as Joonatan throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Joonatan lands a nice knee to the body.
Joonatan misses with a knee to the head.
Joonatan pushes Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Joonatan.
Silva pushes Joonatan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Joonatan blocking some punches.
Joonatan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Joonatan managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Joonatan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Joonatan.
Joonatan with a knee to the head.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Joonatan.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Joonatan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Joonatan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva avoiding damage as Joonatan throws knees to the body.
Joonatan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Joonatan tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Joonatan misses with a knee strike.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva lands a left hand.
Joonatan lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Joonatan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Joonatan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joonatan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Joonatan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Joonatan tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Joonatan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Joonatan tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Joonatan.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Joonatan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Joonatan landing knees to the head.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Joonatan's elbow.
Joonatan lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Joonatan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva misses with some punches.
Joonatan lands a nice elbow.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Joonatan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Joonatan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Joonatan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Joonatan scores with a hook to the body.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Joonatan working Silva over with knees to the body.
Joonatan tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva pushes Joonatan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Silva avoiding damage as Joonatan throws knees to the body.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Joonatan misses with a knee strike.
Joonatan takes a knee to the side of the body.
Joonatan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Joonatan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Silva or not.
Joonatan misses with a knee strike.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Joonatan blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Joonatan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rickson Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Silva throws a series of punches but Joonatan moves out of range.
Joonatan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Joonatan looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Joonatan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Silva.
Silva bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Joonatan's head.
Joonatan drops his hands momentarily and Silva takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Joonatan is able to avoid easily.
Joonatan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Joonatan throws a head kick that misses.
Silva throws a head kick that misses
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Joonatan ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Joonatan gets a clinch.
Knees to the body from Joonatan.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Joonatan tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Joonatan using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva pushes Joonatan back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Joonatan backwards.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Joonatan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Joonatan.
Joonatan looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Joonatan blocks with his arms.
Joonatan lands a damaging elbow.
Joonatan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Joonatan.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rickson Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Nice body punch from Silva.
Joonatan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Joonatan misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries a body shot but Joonatan blocks it.
A body shot lands from Joonatan.
Joonatan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Joonatan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Joonatan is blocking nicely.
Joonatan lands a knee to the head.
Joonatan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Joonatan blocks with his arms.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Joonatan.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Joonatan.
Joonatan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Joonatan blocking some punches.
Joonatan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Joonatan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Teppo Joonatan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Joonatan lands a damaging elbow.
A short left from Joonatan.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva avoiding damage as Joonatan throws knees to the body.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Joonatan's elbow.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Joonatan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Joonatan avoids the damage to the body.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Joonatan blocks it with crossed arms.
Joonatan trying to land knees to the body.
Joonatan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Joonatan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joonatan tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Joonatan blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joonatan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Joonatan.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Joonatan blocks it.
Joonatan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Joonatan lands an elbow inside.
Silva gets through Joonatan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva avoiding damage as Joonatan throws knees to the body.
Joonatan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Joonatan backwards.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Joonatan scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Joonatan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Joonatan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Joonatan blocks with his arms.
Joonatan blocking some punches.
Joonatan tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Silva tries to work over Joonatan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Joonatan tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Joonatan backwards.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Rickson Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Joonatan landing knees to the head.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Joonatan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Joonatan tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Joonatan avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Joonatan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Joonatan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Joonatan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Joonatan blocks with his arms.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Joonatan.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joonatan.
Joonatan is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Silva avoiding damage as Joonatan throws knees to the body.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Joonatan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Joonatan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Teppo Joonatan.
Well Silva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rickson Silva!