PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Costanza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pertti Silsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Costanza comes to the cage accompanied by Do the Opposite. Silsa is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Candy by Robbie Williams. Pertti Silsa acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Costanza
vs
Silsa

188 cm
27
202 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

186 cm
25
203 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Costanza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pertti Silsa!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silsa throws a series of punches but Costanza avoids them all with ease.
Silsa throws a sloppy head kick and Costanza moves out of range easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silsa. Costanza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silsa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Costanza.
Costanza circles away from the clinch attempt.
A low kick from Costanza misses

and Silsa moves into the clinch.
Costanza gets through Silsa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Costanza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silsa blocks it with crossed arms.
Costanza misses with a punch to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Silsa.
Costanza scores with a shot to the side of Silsa's head.
Costanza letting Silsa take a breather here.
Costanza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Costanza swings wildly with an uppercut but Silsa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costanza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costanza prevents a body shot from Silsa.
Costanza pushes Silsa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Costanza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silsa tries for a takedown. No joy.
Costanza has a couple of punches blocked by Silsa.
Costanza throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silsa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Costanza is keeping busy.
Silsa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Costanza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Costanza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Costanza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silsa managing to block the knees to the body from Costanza.
Costanza misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costanza is working Silsa over against the cage.
Silsa can't find room to land a body shot as Costanza controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Costanza fails to land.
Silsa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Costanza digs a right hand into Silsa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silsa's gas tank.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silsa swings wildly with an uppercut but Costanza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costanza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silsa's elbow.
Silsa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Silsa.
Costanza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silsa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Costanza tries to land a knee to the head but Silsa blocks with his arms.
Silsa trying to control the position but instead, Costanza has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silsa into the cage.
Costanza working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silsa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Costanza misses with a punch to the body.
Silsa tries to throw a body punch but Costanza avoids it by throwing Silsa back against the cage.
Silsa avoiding damage.
Silsa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Costanza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silsa avoids it.
Silsa tries to break free but Costanza pushes him back against the cage.
Costanza misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Costanza working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Silsa.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Costanza obliges.
Costanza tries to throw a body punch but Silsa avoids it by throwing Costanza back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silsa.
Silsa pressing his opponent against the cage.
Costanza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Costanza scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Silsa breaks from the clinch.
Costanza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silsa.
Jab from Silsa.
Costanza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silsa.
Costanza waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silsa.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Costanza connects with a body shot that sends Silsa's belly button to the back.
Silsa throws a body punch but Costanza moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Daniel Costanza will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Jab by Costanza.

Costanza gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silsa throws a punch but it's blocked by Costanza.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silsa.
Costanza lands a knee to the head.
Costanza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Costanza scores with a hook to the body.
Costanza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Costanza lands a hook that snaps the head of Silsa backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silsa managing to block the knees to the body from Costanza.
Costanza can't find room to land a body shot as Silsa controls the action.
Costanza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Costanza.
Costanza's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silsa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silsa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Costanza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silsa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silsa struggles to land a body shot inside as Costanza controls his hands.
Costanza lands with a short shot to the head.
Costanza lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Costanza misses with a body punch.
Costanza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Costanza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Costanza cracks Silsa with a nice body shot.
Costanza connects with a knee to the head.
Silsa misses with a punch to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silsa can't find room to land a body shot as Costanza controls the action.
Silsa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Costanza has a couple of punches blocked by Silsa.
Silsa is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Costanza is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silsa lands a nice uppercut.
Costanza lands a nice shot to the body.
Costanza lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Costanza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Costanza.
Silsa lands a body shot.
Costanza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Costanza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Costanza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silsa tries to throw a body punch but Costanza avoids it by throwing Silsa back against the cage.
Costanza throws a knee to the head but misses.
Costanza lands a body punch in the clinch.
Costanza looking to throw knees to the head but Silsa is blocking nicely.
Costanza has a couple of punches blocked by Silsa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silsa swings wildly with an uppercut but Costanza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Costanza looking to throw knees to the head but Silsa is blocking nicely.
Costanza lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silsa backwards.
Silsa tries to throw a body punch but Costanza avoids it by throwing Silsa back against the cage.
Costanza tries to throw a body punch but Silsa avoids it by throwing Costanza back against the cage.
Silsa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Costanza softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Costanza looking to throw knees to the head but Silsa is blocking nicely.
Costanza misses with some punches.
Silsa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silsa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Costanza lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Costanza.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Costanza.

Silsa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silsa is looking to clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Costanza.
Silsa is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Costanza rather than just go for the knockout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Costanza looks to land a right hand but Silsa moved out of range.
Silsa tries to clinch but Costanza moves out of range.
Costanza keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Costanza with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Decent striking displayed by Costanza there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Costanza tries to close the distance and clinch but Silsa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silsa slips under a jab from Costanza.
Silsa blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Costanza dominated that second round.
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. And we move into the final round!

A big left from Silsa misses.
Silsa fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Costanza on the side of the head.
Silsa misses with a two punch combination.
Silsa scores with a crisp jab that stopped Costanza in his tracks.
Silsa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Costanza connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Silsa shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Costanza is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Costanza controlling the position well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Costanza kicks off Silsa and gets to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silsa throws a series of punches but Costanza moves out of range.

Silsa clinches up against the cage.
A short right from Costanza.
Silsa stalling in the clinch but Costanza improves position.
Costanza letting Silsa take a breather here.
Costanza tries to work over Silsa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Costanza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Costanza working Silsa over with knees to the body.
Costanza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Costanza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Costanza scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Costanza tries to throw a body punch but Silsa avoids it by throwing Costanza back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silsa throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Costanzas head.
Daniel Costanza has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Costanza working aggressively here.
Silsa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silsa prevents a body shot from Costanza.
Silsa blocks an uppercut.
Silsa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silsa throws a head punch that misses.
Silsa is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Costanza is defending well.
Costanza throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silsa.
Costanza misses with a hook to the ribs.
Costanza has a couple of punches blocked by Silsa.
Costanza misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silsa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Costanza wants to break free but Silsa has control.
Silsa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silsa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Costanza tries to throw a body punch but Silsa avoids it by throwing Costanza back against the cage.
Silsa lands a body shot.
Pertti Silsa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Costanza misses with the head strike.
Daniel Costanza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Silsa has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Costanza uses from the top position.
Costanza tries to free his leg and advance position but Silsa is retaining full guard.

Silsa looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Costanza trying to control the position from guard on top but Silsa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silsa is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Costanza trying to control but Silsa is working from the bottom.

Silsa working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Costanza doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Costanza manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Costanza trying to control the position from guard on top but Silsa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Costanza would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Silsa looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Costanza passes into side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Costanza showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Costanza 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Costanza!
A relieved looking Daniel Costanza thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.