PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Takeshi Miike (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre Silverhielm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silverhielm has chosen Theme Tune to Islam as his entrance music. Takeshi Miike had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 136.2lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Miike
vs
Silverhielm

162 cm
31
148 lbs
31 - 10 - 0

165 cm
29
135 lbs
20 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Jihad Fight Gear-Outkast Infidels Version

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Takeshi Miike!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Pierre Silverhielm!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Josh West and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silverhielm slips a jab and a cross from Miike.

Silverhielm has Miike up against the cage in a clinch.
Miike stalling in the clinch.
Miike's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silverhielm creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Miike's defenses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Miike as Silverhielm tries to tie him up.
Silverhielm is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Miike is defending well for now.
Miike takes an elbow to the temple.

Miike breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Miike pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silverhielm is out of range and Miike settles back down.
Miike throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silverhielm counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Silverhielm instigates a clinch.
Miike blocks the elbow strike.
Silverhielm keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Miike's efforts to push away.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Miike has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miike is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Silverhielm breaks the clinch.
Silverhielm showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Miike.
Silverhielm digs a good body shot into Miike's ribs.
Miike lands a jab to Silverhielm's midsection.
Jab from Silverhielm.
Silverhielm ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silverhielm defending well as Miike loads up on a big left hand.
Miike will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Silverhielm gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Miike avoids a wild elbow strike from Silverhielm.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silverhielm throws an elbow but misses.
Silverhielm is stalling here.
Silverhielm prevents Miike from breaking the clinch.
Silverhielm pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Miike taking a breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silverhielm lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silverhielm lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Miike is trying to stall.

Silverhielm manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silverhielm looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silverhielm tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Miike misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice sprawl there from Silverhielm as Miike shoots in.
Silverhielm shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Miike eats them both and turns towards Silverhielm to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Silverhielm moves into range and clinches up with Miike.
Silverhielm lands an elbow inside that Miike shrugs off.
Silverhielm tries to land knees in the clinch but Miike avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silverhielm.

Miike breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Miike takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silverhielm is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Miike throws a poor cross that misses
and Miike takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silverhielm throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Miike on the side of the head.

Miike is rocked!
Silverhielm attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Silverhielm buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Miike throws a low kick but Silverhielm avoids it.
Silverhielm is looking to clinch but Miike is avoiding it.
Silverhielm moves out of range of the strikes.
Silverhielm tries to clinch up.
Silverhielm is looking to clinch.
Silverhielm displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Miike throws out the jab.
Silverhielm gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Miike looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Miike misses with a two punch combination.
Miike fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silverhielm manages to avoid it.
Miike throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Miike shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silverhielm pinned against the cage. Silverhielm gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Takeshi Miike. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Miike clinches up with Silverhielm and pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silverhielm lands a damaging elbow.
Silverhielm throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silverhielm lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silverhielm is stalling here.
Miike's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silverhielm lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silverhielm.
Miike wants to stall.
Miike takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silverhielm creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Miike's defenses.
Silverhielm lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silverhielm throws an elbow but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Silverhielm dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Silverhielm looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Silverhielm closes the distance and clinches.

Silverhielm breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Miike on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Silverhielm comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Miike scores with a nice right hand.
Silverhielm catches Miike with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Miike will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Silverhielm misses with a body shot.
Miike on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Silverhielm throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silverhielm changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Miike takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Silverhielm gets a clinch.
Silverhielm misses with an elbow over the top.
Miike is trying to force a seperation but Silverhielm has the dominant position.
Silverhielm trying to control the position but instead, Miike has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silverhielm into the cage.

Silverhielm manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Miike takes a swing at Silverhielm's ribcage but misses.
Silverhielm chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silverhielm lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Miike gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silverhielm.
Oh Miike is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silverhielm goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Miike throws a right and a left that both miss.
Miike throws a body punch but Silverhielm moves out of range.
Pierre Silverhielm is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silverhielm moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Miike seems to have got his legs back now.
Silverhielm scores with a nice strike.
Silverhielm thuds his right hand into Miike's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Silverhielm closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
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!
Miike has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silverhielm lands an elbow inside that Miike shrugs off.
Silverhielm lands an elbow inside.

Silverhielm pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miike misses with a wild combination.
Miike scores with a jab to the jaw.

Silverhielm moves into the clinch.
Miike is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Silverhielm escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That kick from Silverhielm tenderised Miike's leg. Miike is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silverhielm is looking to clinch.
Silverhielm looks to land a combination but Miike avoids it well.

Miike gets a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Miike's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silverhielm missing with knees to the body.
Miike blocks an elbow strike.
Silverhielm pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silverhielm lands a shoulder strike.
Miike taking a breather.
Silverhielm throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silverhielm has Miike pressed against the cage, preventing Miike from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Miike wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silverhielm has him pressed against the cage.
Miike stalling the fight.

Silverhielm breaks from the clinch.
Miike throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Good standup being displayed there by Miike as he connects with a hook.
Silverhielm tries to close the distance and clinch but Miike swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Miike takes one to the chin there.
Miike tries to score with a low kick but Silverhielm moves his leg out of the way.
Silverhielm is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silverhielm moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Pierre Silverhielm seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fighters circle momentarily. Silverhielm darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jab by Silverhielm.
Miike fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silverhielm manages to avoid it.
Miike throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silverhielm stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Miike fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miike circles away from the clinch attempt.
Miike avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silverhielm lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Miike is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silverhielm.
Miike misses with a leg kick
and Silverhielm counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Silverhielm connects with a good right hand that stumbles Miike. Miike circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Some bone on bone action there as Silverhielm checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Silverhielm cracks Miike with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Miike ducks right into an uppercut from Silverhielm.
Miike looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silverhielm is fending him off so far but Miike persists. Nope, Silverhielm circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silverhielm is looking to clinch but Miike is avoiding it.
Miike tries to move into range but Silverhielm moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Miike looks to land a left hand but Silverhielm moved out of range nicely.
Silverhielm throws a monster overhand right that drops Miike! Silverhielm follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pierre Silverhielm!
Post fight, an emotional Pierre Silverhielm said '9/11 was the start of the next Jihad. Don't let it be completed people.'.