PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simo Silakka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Ivanovits (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ivanovits has chosen The Odorants - This Night as his entrance music. Sergei Ivanovits will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Silakka
vs
Ivanovits

188 cm
29
235 lbs
18 - 11 - 0

220 cm
36
277 lbs
27 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Fight Night Nutrition
FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

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CEC Nutrition Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Simo Silakka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sergei Ivanovits!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silakka avoids the head kick by Ivanovits.
That kick from Silakka tenderised Ivanovits's leg. Ivanovits is trying to keep his angry face on.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silakka.
Silakka connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ivanovits slips a jab and a cross from Silakka.
Silakka walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ivanovits checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Silakka looks for the body kick but Ivanovits saw that one coming.
Ivanovits ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Good exchange - Ivanovits coming out on top.
Ivanovits thows a body shot but no joy.
Silakka pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silakka ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ivanovits swings for the body but Silakka moves out of range.
Silakka lands with a good body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silakka bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ivanovits misses with a looping left.
Ivanovits throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silakka looks to throw the jab but Ivanovits is out of range.
Silakka just misses with a punch to the body.
Ivanovits ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silakka moves away.
Good leg kick by Silakka there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silakka throws a nice outside leg kick.
A lazy left from Silakka finds it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ivanovits looks to land a body kick but Silakka moved away.
Ivanovits 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.
Ivanovits blocks a leg kick.
Silakka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovits's jab looks to have found its range, popping Silakka under the eye.
Silakka just misses with a punch to the body.
Silakka just misses with a punch to the body.
Ivanovits checks a leg kick nicely.
Ivanovits throws out a loose jab but Silakka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silakka scoring well with a low kick there.
A thudding body kick lands there by Silakka!
Silakka misses with a wild body shot.
Silakka avoids a kick to the body.
Silakka thumps Ivanovits with a low kick.
Silakka misses with a leg kick
and Ivanovits counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silakka thinking.
Silakka scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ivanovits throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silakka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silakka thumps Ivanovits with a low kick.
Ivanovits misses with a looping left.
Ivanovits misses with a leg kick
and Silakka counters with an outside leg kick.
Silakka throws a hook but Ivanovits avoids it easily.
Ivanovits takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ivanovits's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ivanovits avoids the body shot from Silakka.
Nice defenses there by Silakka.
Silakka looks to land a body kick but Ivanovits moved away.
Silakka checks the leg kick.
Ivanovits tries to bum rush Silakka with a series of wild strikes but Silakka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silakka tries to work over Ivanovits's front leg with a kick but Ivanovits checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silakka connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Silakka connects with a solid leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silakka has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ivanovits.
Silakka throws a low kick, looking for Ivanovits's leg but Ivanovits calmly moves out of range.
Ivanovits keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ivanovits keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Ivanovits.
Silakka sizes up Ivanovits with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Ivanovits blocks the body kick.
Simo Silakka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ivanovits throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice jab there from Silakka.
Silakka throws a body punch but Ivanovits moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simo Silakka dominated that 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.

Ivanovits uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silakka.
Silakka lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ivanovits misses the jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Silakka!
Silakka lands a nice hook to Ivanovits's body. Ivanovits takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silakka pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silakka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ivanovits misses with a kick to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silakka.
Silakka throws a nice head kick!
Silakka is looking to wear down Ivanovits with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Silakka defending well as Ivanovits loads up on a big left hand.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Silakka here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Ivanovits throws a leg kick that is checked
and Silakka counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silakka fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ivanovits has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Silakka thows a body shot but no joy.
Silakka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ivanovits.
Simo Silakka is winning the standup battle so far.
Silakka jabs Ivanovits to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ivanovits is breathing heavily.
Silakka scores with a spinning back kick!
Silakka smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silakka throws a head kick that misses.
Silakka swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Ivanovits.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silakka throws a head kick that misses.
Silakka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ivanovits was well out of range. Poor timing from Silakka.
Silakka throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Silakka.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silakka throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silakka cracks Ivanovits with an open hand slap.
Good leg kick by Silakka there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silakka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ivanovits can do to turn this around?
Silakka feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ivanovitss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Silakka shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Silakka fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ivanovits has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Ivanovits might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Silakka has got the better of the exchanges.
Silakka throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ivanovits checks a leg kick.
Ivanovits 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.
Silakka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ivanovits missing with a left hand there. Silakka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silakka misses with a body kick.
Silakka throws a nice outside leg kick.
A jab from Silakka does it's job there.
Silakka throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ivanovits.
Silakka thuds his shin into the meat of Ivanovits's side.
Silakka tries to work over Ivanovits's front leg with a kick but Ivanovits checks it.
A punch lands to the side of Ivanovits 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silakka connects with an inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silakka lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silakka wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silakka.
Silakka moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Ivanovits is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silakka lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ivanovits's sensitive parts.
Ivanovits is still on wobbly legs! Can Silakka finish him?
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ivanovits crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Silakka - the referee stops the clock and Ivanovits gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Silakka. Ivanovits manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ivanovits takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ivanovits tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silakka moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silakka lands with a nice body punch.
Both fighters circle each other, looking for something big. Silakka moves in and throws an overhand right. That hurt Ivanovits! Silakka continues to tee off on Ivanovits, landing with a left and a right! Silakka connects with a right hand that leaves Ivanovits sleeping against the cage! What a finish by Silakka!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Simo Silakka!
Simo Silakka took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!) for their support in the buildup to the fight.