PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kuure (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hernanes Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kuure comes into the arena with Misjah & Groovehead - Trippin' Out blaring out of the sound system. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Kuure
vs
Silva

175 cm
24
185 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

183 cm
22
180 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

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 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kuure!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hernanes Silva!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva wants to clinch
and Kuure counters with a thumping low kick.
Silva throws a leg kick that misses.
Silva wants to clinch
and Kuure counters with a nice leg kick.
Silva tries to clinch
and Kuure counters with an inside leg kick.
Silva moves out of range as Kuure throws a body kick.
Silva looks to clinch
and Kuure counters with a thumping low kick.

Silva instigates a clinch.
Kuure misses with a knee to the head.
Kuure is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Silva letting Kuure take a breather here.
Silva has Kuure pressed against the cage, preventing Kuure from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kuure tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Kuure looking to slow down the pace here.
Kuure pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kuure.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kuure counters with an outside leg kick.
Kuure throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Silva.
Kuure checks the leg kick.

Silva clinches.
Kuure taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kuure misses with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Kuure - that landed with a thud.
Silva avoiding damage as Kuure throws knees to the body.
Kuure scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kuure blocks the elbow strike.
Kuure lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kuure throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Kuure blocks with his arms.
Kuure avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Kuure has been cut.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Kuure avoids the damage to the body.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Kuure avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva prevents Kuure from breaking the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kuure's brow.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Kuure - that landed with a thud.
Kuure lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Kuure.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuure lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Kuure.
Kuure takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva avoiding damage as Kuure throws knees to the body.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kuure is breathing heavily.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kuure is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Kuure wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Kuure avoids the damage to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kuure dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kuure blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Kuure breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kuure feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
Kuure circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kuure counters with an outside leg kick.
Hernanes Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kuure scoring well with a low kick there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuure moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Silva darts in and clinches Kuure up against the cage.
Kuure scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Kuure pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kuure missing with knees to the body.
Kuure blocks an elbow strike.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kuure pressing his opponent against the cage.
Kuure using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Kuure breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kuure circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kuure counters with a thumping low kick.
Silva takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kuure scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Kuure.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuure lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kuure.
Silva closes the distance but Kuure moves to the side
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva thows a leg kick but Kuure checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kuure cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kuure circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kuure cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva tries to clinch up
letting Kuure counter with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kuure.
A good leg kick by Kuure.
That kick from Kuure tenderised Silva's leg. Silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kuure dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kuure's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kuure getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Kuure is out of range.
Silva walks forward, straight into a front kick from Kuure.
Kuure dips to his left and cracks Silva with an uppercut!
Kuure comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kuure. Kuure obviously looking to wear him down.
Silva looks to clinch

and Kuure counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Kuure missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kuure throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Kuure is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Silva is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuure not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kuure is taking a breather. Silva says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Kuure seems to be working for a kimura but Silva defends the submission attempt.
Kuure working the head and body with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuure not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ground and pound from Kuure.
Kuure prevents Silva from standing back up.
Kuure 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.
Kuure trying to mount his opponent but Silva defends it.
Kuure throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuure wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kuure.
Kuure throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kuure wants to take a breather but Silva is having none of it.
Kuure frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Kuure controlling from the full mount.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Kuure can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silva is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kuure thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Silva wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kuure.
Kuure throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Silva because Kuure loaded up on that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kuure dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kuure's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kuure cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
A punch combination from Kuure misses.
Silva closes the distance but Kuure moves to the side
and Kuure counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kuure looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kuure scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Silva thows a leg kick but Kuure checks it

and Kuure counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Kuure postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
Kuure trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Kuure stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kuure. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kuure throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to sweep here but Kuure controlling him for the moment.
Kuure tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Kuure from controlling successfully.
Kuure with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two 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.
Kuure throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Kuure passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Well, if Kuure is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuure performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Kuure throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva is staying active underneath Kuure, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Silva is looking to escape.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva is not content to let Kuure control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

We're going to have a standup here because Kuure wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Kuure counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva misses with a leg kick
and Kuure counters with a nice body shot.
Kuure lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva throws a leg kick that misses.
Silva tries to clinch
and Kuure counters with a leg kick.
Kuure shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Silva eats them both and turns towards Kuure to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Silva takes one to the side of the head.
Kuure lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Silva thows a leg kick but Kuure checks it
and Kuure cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kuure clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Kuure's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kuure connects with a right hand. Silva shakes it off.
A good leg kick by Kuure.
Kuure connects with a right hand. Silva shakes it off.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kuure.
Kuure is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Kuure throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kuure throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Kuure thumps Silva with a low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kuure.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Kuure counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now.
Kuure postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
Kuure's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Kuure from controlling successfully.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kuure.
Silva is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuure controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Kuure wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Kuure lands a nice looking body kick.
Jab by Kuure.
Kuure dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
Kuure throws a one two combo.

Kuure drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Silva can do anything to dispel that myth.
Silva is working to avoid the ground and pound but Kuure connects with a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuure tries to advance to mount but Silva denies him.
Kuure tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The strikes coming from Kuure are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Kuure has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Kuure's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuure lands with some strikes.
Kuure looking to finish with strikes here!
Kuure sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Kuure unloads with some shots from mount but Silva bucks and avoids them well.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuure working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kuure cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kuure controlling from the full mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kuure had his way with Hernanes Silva in that round.
The cut man is working on Kuure's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Silva thows a leg kick but Kuure checks it
letting Kuure counter with a right hand.
A jab lands there for Kuure.
Kuure turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Silva is predictable there
and Kuure counters with a stiff right hand.
Silva is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kuure.
Kuure scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Silva misses with a leg kick

and Kuure counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Kuure stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kuure trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Kuure stops Silva from standing up.
Kuure throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuure passes into half guard.
Kuure is taking a breather. Silva says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Kuure has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Kuure thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.

That's two 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.
Kuure missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kuure controlling the action here.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Kuure.
Kuure is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuure controlling the action here.
Silva is trying to stand.
Well, if Kuure is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Hernanes Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Kuure wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Kuure dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva wants to clinch but Kuure slips to the side
and Kuure counters with an inside leg kick.
Jab from Kuure.
Hernanes Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva thows a leg kick but Kuure checks it
and Kuure counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuure misses with a double jab.
Silva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kuure dips to his left and cracks Silva with an uppercut!
A low kick from Silva is predictable there
and Kuure counters with a leg kick.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kuure counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Silva throws a leg kick
and Kuure counters with a body kick.
Kuure is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
A left lands for Kuure.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kuure stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kuure fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Silva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice jab there from Kuure.
Silva walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Kuure is winning the standup battle so far.
Kuure scores with a jab to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kuure showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kuure 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 50:44
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 50:42
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 50:44

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kuure!
Kuure is the new welterweight champion!