PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eyelove Fucked up (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antti Silava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fucked up kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is call to prayer. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Fucked up
vs
Silava

178 cm
29
182 lbs
9 - 15 - 1

188 cm
30
184 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 15 - 1, fighting out of London, Eyelove Fucked up!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antti Silava!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silava dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Silava - that will leave a mark!
Eyelove Fucked up seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silava fakes the leg kick and cracks Fucked up in the body.
Fucked up tries to clinch but Silava is having none of it.
Silava ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fucked up moves away.
Silava works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fucked up tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silava tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crunch! Silava slams his shin into Fucked up's torso.
Silava throws a half hearted mid kick.
Silava throws a head kick but Fucked up moves out of range.
Silava fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Fucked up looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Silava lands with a kick to the temple. Fucked up shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fucked up throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fucked up on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Silava misses with a body shot.
Silava throws a leg kick but Fucked up moved away.
Fucked up tries to clinch but Silava is having none of it.

Fucked up takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silava blocking some punches.
Fucked up is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silava gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Fucked up gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Silava regains guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Silava can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fucked up controls the pace.
Silava is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Silava being controlled here, momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fucked up wants to pass the guard but Silava is keeping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fucked up working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fucked up is stalling in the full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Eyelove Fucked up wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Fucked up stuns Silava with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silava scores with a push kick.
Fucked up checks a low kick from Silava.
Fucked up tries to close the distance and clinch but Silava swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fucked up throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Silava holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Fucked up on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fucked up misses with an elbow strike.
Fucked up tries to break the clinch but Silava is controlling the position.

Fucked up breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fucked up stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silava.
Antti Silava is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fucked up shoots in looking for a takedown but Silava manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Fucked up's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Silava misses with a head kick.
A combination from Fucked up does no damage.
Silava throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silava is looking to land body kicks.
Fucked up has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silava.
Silava bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Fucked up 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.
Fucked up will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Silava lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fucked up staying out of range there.
Silava lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fucked up's sensitive parts.
Fucked up on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Fucked up moves into the clinch.
Fucked up is trying to force a seperation but Silava has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Fucked up's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silava lands a good knee to the midsection. Fucked up won't want to take too many of those.
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!
Silava landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silava is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fucked up is defending well for now.
Fucked up is trying to force a seperation but Silava has the dominant position.
Fucked up takes an elbow to the temple.
Fucked up misses with some punches.
Fucked up tries to break the clinch but Silava is controlling the position.
Fucked up wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silava gets underhooks to prevent Fucked up's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eyelove Fucked up. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silava lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silava managing to block the knees to the body from Fucked up.
Fucked up takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fucked up is breathing heavily.
Silava looking to slow down the pace here.
Nice elbow from Silava.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antti Silava dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Silava lands a nice hook to Fucked up's body. Fucked up takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silava is looking to slow Fucked up down with leg kicks.
Fucked up takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Antti Silava seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silava moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fucked up shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Silava as he jumps to the side.
Fucked up throws a low kick, looking for Silava's leg but Silava calmly moves out of range.
Eyelove Fucked up is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silava throws a head kick that half lands.
Silava tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fucked up manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silava tries to close the distance and clinch but Fucked up swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silava.

Fucked up shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Silava manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silava is trying to keep Fucked up in close.
Fucked up in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fucked up slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Silava throws a head kick that misses.
Silava scoring well with a low kick there.
Fucked up is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fucked up tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silava manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fucked up slips under a jab from Silava.
Fucked up misses with a combination

and Silava moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silava lands an elbow inside that Fucked up shrugs off.
Silava tries to land knees in the clinch but Fucked up avoids the damage to the body.
Fucked up avoiding damage as Silava throws knees to the body.
Fucked up lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Antti Silava has been cut.
Fucked up changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silava fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Fucked up has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Silava.
Silava lands with a kick to the ribs.
Fucked up dips to his left and cracks Silava with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fucked up has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silava.
Fucked up takes one to the chin there.
Silava getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fucked up slips a jab from Silava.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silava swings for the body but Fucked up moves out of range.
Silava looks to score with a jab to the body but Fucked up is just out of range.
Silava lands a lovely overhand right.
Silava lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silava scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

Fucked up gets the takedown into side control.
Fucked up slows the pace down.
Fucked up has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Eyelove Fucked up just wasn't active enough.
Silava moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
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!
Silava wants to clinch

and Fucked up counters by clinching up.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silava obliges.

Fucked up escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Fucked up throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Silava was covering up waiting for the punch and Fucked up finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Silava is trying to control the position but Fucked up postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fucked up is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Silava is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Antti Silava will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Antti Silava's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Silava misses the shot to the body.
Silava misses with a leg kick.
Silava pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Silava lands with a slapping head kick.
Silava throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silava misses with a low kick.
Silava wants to clinch.
Silava jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silava fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silava loads up on a big right hand but Fucked up slips the punch.
Fucked up throws a jab when Silava was well out of range.
Fucked up looks to throw a body kick

and Silava moves into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silava.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fucked up trying to land knees to the body.
Fucked up is trying to maintain a safe position but Silava gets an underhook and turns Fucked up into the cage.
Fucked up working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silava prevents Fucked up from breaking the clinch.
Silava tries to stall but Fucked up uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silava pressing his opponent against the cage.
Fucked up tries to break the clinch but Silava is controlling the position.
Fucked up takes a knee to the side of the body.
A knee to the head by Silava.
Fucked up tries to throw a body punch but Silava avoids it by throwing Fucked up back against the cage.
Silava is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fucked up is defending well for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silava as Fucked up tries to tie him up.
Silava lands an elbow inside.
Silava lands a damaging elbow.
Fucked up trying to land knees to the body.
Silava lands a knee to the head.
Fucked up pushes off an throws an elbow but Silava leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silava has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Fucked up - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Silava, and another! Fucked up is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Antti Silava!
Antti Silava decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.