PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hernanes Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teuvo Loman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Loman has chosen Teuvo Loman - Helsinki City Boy as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Silva
vs
Loman

183 cm
21
180 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

180 cm
28
181 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hernanes Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Teuvo Loman!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Loman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Loman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hernanes Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Loman makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Loman circles away from the clinch attempt

and Loman counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva keeping full guard, as Loman tries to pass.
Loman content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loman trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Loman throws a big right hand that misses.
Loman connects with a couple of short punches.
Loman's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Loman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Loman pushes down on Silva's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Silva is refusing to be controlled, as Loman sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loman throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Loman wants to free his trapped foot but Silva is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Loman works his foot free and advances to mount.
Loman lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loman fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Loman's attempts to control the action.
Loman working the ground and pound effectively.
Loman lands a heavy elbow.
Loman raining down shots from the mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Loman fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loman lands a nice shot to the head.
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Loman throws some wild stikes that Silva manages to avoid easily.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Loman with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Loman cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Loman with the ground and pound from mount.

Silva is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Loman raining down hammerfists from mount.
Oh Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Loman lands a heavy elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Silva moves to clinch but Loman breaks away
and Loman counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.

It looks like Hernanes Silva has been cut.
Silva moves to clinch but Loman breaks away
and Loman makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Loman moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.
Silva wants to clinch but Loman slips to the side
and Loman counters with a nice body shot.
Loman fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Loman closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Silva to the mat! Silva manages to get full guard.
Loman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Loman is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Loman is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Loman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Loman pushing down on Silva's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Loman drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loman passes to side control.
Silva parries the strikes from Loman easily there. Loman is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Silva to escape.
Loman advances to full mount.
Loman lands a heavy elbow.
Silva is bucking up trying to escape but Loman cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Silva tries to get out of the position.
Loman landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!
Loman looking to finish Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silva!

Hernanes Silva's cut is getting worse.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loman landing strikes from the mount.

Hernanes Silva's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Hernanes Silva's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Teuvo Loman! Teuvo Loman retains his welterweight title!