PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Curry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sampsa Siloposki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Curry
vs
Siloposki

186 cm
35
194 lbs
38 - 17 - 0

190 cm
42
193 lbs
43 - 22 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

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Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 38 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arthur Curry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 43 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sampsa Siloposki!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Siloposki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Curry throws out the jab.
Curry attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Curry keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Curry has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Barracks - LOD in the buildup to the fight.
Siloposki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Curry moves away.

Siloposki drives through and clinches with Curry against the cage.

Siloposki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Siloposki blocks the body kick.
Siloposki throws a sloppy head kick and Curry moves out of range easily.
A shot to the liver by Siloposki. Beautiful body shot.
Siloposki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Siloposki lands a jab.
Curry checks a leg kick.
Crunch! Siloposki slams his shin into Curry's torso.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Curry tries to bum rush Siloposki with a series of wild strikes but Siloposki uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Curry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Curry throws a shot from downtown. Siloposki moves away and avoids it.
Siloposki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Siloposki doesn't manage to clinch there - Curry circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Curry!
Curry connects with a single shot there.
Curry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Siloposki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Siloposki dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Curry. That did some damage!
Curry misses with a hook
and Siloposki counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A big right from Curry misses.
Siloposki avoids the head kick by Curry.
Siloposki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Siloposki throws a head kick that misses.
A big right from Curry misses.
Siloposki scores with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Siloposki just misses with a punch to the body.
Curry takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Siloposki lets loose with a powerful body kick. Curry will feel that in the morning.
Curry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siloposki misses with a hook.
Curry tries to land a leg kick but Siloposki saw it coming and moves away.
Siloposki throws a low kick, looking for Curry's leg but Curry calmly moves out of range.
Curry uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Siloposki takes a swing at Curry's ribcage but misses.
We've been informed that Siloposki has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Siloposki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Curry.
A bone on bone clash there as Curry blocks the leg kick.
Siloposki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Curry misses with a low kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Siloposki - that will leave a mark!
Curry misses with an uppercut
letting Siloposki counter with a right hand.
Siloposki connects with a leg kick. Curry looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Siloposki misses with the combination.
Siloposki checks a leg kick.
Curry thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curry throws a hook but Siloposki avoids it easily.
Curry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Curry misses with an uppercut.
Curry 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.
Curry closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Siloposki misses with a straight right.
Curry 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.
Curry throws a right and a left that both miss.
Siloposki with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Curry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Curry has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Curry there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Siloposki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Curry throws a jab but it's blocked by Siloposki.
Siloposki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Siloposki dips to his left and cracks Curry with an uppercut!
Curry checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siloposki looks to score with a jab to the body but Curry is just out of range.
Curry connects with a crisp jab.
Siloposki moves away from the strike by Curry.
Curry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Curry swinging wildly here.
Siloposki throws a jab but it's blocked by Curry.
Curry takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Curry takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Siloposki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Siloposki on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Siloposki looks to clinch
letting Curry counter with a right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Curry misses the target.
Siloposki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Curry.
Siloposki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Curry.
Siloposki stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sampsa Siloposki 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.

A shot to the liver by Siloposki. Beautiful body shot.
Curry misses with a left hand
and Siloposki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Curry throws a big shot that misses.
Good work by Siloposki as he checks the leg kick.

Siloposki rushes Curry and presses him up against the cage.
Curry has a couple of punches blocked by Siloposki.
Curry misses with some punches.
Siloposki lands a hook to the side of the head.

Siloposki manages to break the clinch.
Siloposki ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Siloposki lands a nice looking body shot.
A head kick by Curry misses
and Siloposki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Curry connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Siloposki momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Siloposki takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Curry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Curry misses the target.
Siloposki misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Curry slips a jab from Siloposki.
Siloposki connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Curry momentarily.
Siloposki looks to throw the jab but Curry is out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Siloposki.
Curry works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

It looks like Sampsa Siloposki has been cut.
Siloposki moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Curry thuds his right hand into Siloposki's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Curry changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curry blocks a head kick by Siloposki.
Siloposki looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Siloposki lands an overhand right.
A solid leg kick lands there for Siloposki.
Curry misses with a hook. Siloposki ducked under it nicely.
Siloposki tests Curry's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Curry takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Curry, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Siloposki lands a really nice looking cross but Curry seems unphased.
A clash of legs there as Curry blocks the low kick.
Siloposki tests Curry's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Curry rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Siloposki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Siloposki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Curry wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Curry misses with an uppercut
and Siloposki counters with a good, hard body kick but Curry shrugs it off.
Siloposki misses with a low kick as Curry jumps back.
Curry misses with a straight right.
Curry takes a swing at Siloposki's ribcage but misses.
Curry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Siloposki moves away.
Curry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Siloposki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Curry.
Siloposki waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Curry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curry throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Siloposki scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sampsa Siloposki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice defenses there by Siloposki.
Curry ducks right into an uppercut from Siloposki.
Siloposki throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Good work by Siloposki as he checks the leg kick.
Curry throws a jab but it's blocked by Siloposki.
Curry throws a hook but Siloposki avoids it easily.
Curry misses the jab.
Siloposki throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Curry's head.
Siloposki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Curry thows a body shot but no joy.
Siloposki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Curry.
Siloposki sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Siloposki misses with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curry throws a series of punches but Siloposki moves out of range.
Curry avoids the body shot from Siloposki.
Curry looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Siloposki ducks under a wild hook from Curry.
Curry throws a right hand that misses
and Siloposki counters with a nice low kick that buckles Curry's knee momentarily.
Siloposki punishes Curry's body with a nice straight punch.
Curry scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Curry takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Curry throws a left and a right that both miss
and Siloposki counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Curry is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Curry swats away the attempt to clinch by Siloposki.
Curry takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Siloposki's jab looks to have found its range, popping Curry under the eye.
Siloposki throws a lazy right hand but Curry sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jab from Curry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sampsa Siloposki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sampsa Siloposki's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Siloposki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Siloposki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Curry manages to avoid it.
Siloposki misses with a kick to the body.
Curry checks a leg kick nicely.
Curry's jab looks to have found its range, popping Siloposki under the eye.
Siloposki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Curry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Siloposki.
Siloposki moves into range and connects with a jab.
Curry throws a leg kick
and Siloposki counters with a thumping low kick.
Curry on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Curry blocks a leg kick.
Curry moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Curry throws a shot from downtown. Siloposki moves away and avoids it.
Curry moves out of range as Siloposki strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Curry. Siloposki does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Siloposki.
Siloposki throws a looping overhand right but Curry ducks down to avoid it.
Curry lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Siloposki circles away quickly and effectively.
Curry is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Curry connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Siloposki thuds a left hand into Curry's body.
Curry moves out of range of the leg kick from Siloposki.
Siloposki throws a nice inside leg kick.
Siloposki takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Curry throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Siloposki blocks the body kick.
Good leg kick by Siloposki there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Siloposki misses with a body shot.
Curry takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Curry feints and then cracks Siloposki's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Siloposki down.
Curry scores with a punch to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Curry throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Siloposki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Curry misses.
Siloposki takes a jab right on the kisser.
Siloposki pivots, looking for a leg kick but Curry is out of range and Siloposki settles back down.
Curry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Siloposki.
Siloposki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Curry.
Curry walks into a stiff left hand from Siloposki.
Siloposki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Siloposki rushes Curry and presses him up against the cage.
Curry takes a knee to the side of the body.

Siloposki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Siloposki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Curry sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Siloposki lands the left hand.
Siloposki ducks under a wild hook from Curry.
Curry tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curry misses with an uppercut. Siloposki saw that one coming.
A left lands for Siloposki.
Siloposki lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Siloposki lands a jab.
Siloposki tries to clinch but Curry moves out of range.
Siloposki thows a body kick. Curry tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Curry loads up on a big right hand but Siloposki slips the punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Curry misses the target.
Siloposki misses with a low kick.
Siloposki misses with an attempted mid kick.
Siloposki throws a series of punches but Curry avoids them all with ease.
Siloposki lands a slapping body shot.
Siloposki throws a series of punches but Curry moves out of range.
Curry scores with a crisp jab that stopped Siloposki in his tracks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siloposki throws a low kick but it's checked well by Curry.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Siloposki.

Siloposki pushes Curry up against the cage in a clinch.
Curry blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Siloposki working aggressively here.
Siloposki lands with a right to the head.
Curry is trying to break the clinch but Siloposki has him pressed against the cage.
Curry lands a body shot in the clinch.
Siloposki takes a shot to the head.
Curry blocks an elbow strike.
Curry tries a body shot but Siloposki blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Curry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Curry presses Siloposki against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Curry.
A nice right hand lands inside from Curry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sampsa Siloposki really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sampsa Siloposki's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Curry wants to slow Siloposki down by chopping away at his legs.
Siloposki lands a nice looking kick to the body. Curry takes a step back to recover.
Curry takes a swing at Siloposki's ribcage but misses.
Siloposki tries a head kick but it misses.
Siloposki moves out of range as Curry throws a body kick.
Siloposki works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Siloposki throws a head kick that misses
and Curry counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Curry throws a low kick, looking for Siloposki's leg but Siloposki calmly moves out of range.
Siloposki lands with an uppercut that bounces Curry off the cage and back into range.
Curry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Siloposki.
Curry throws a right hand that misses
letting Siloposki counter with a right hand.
Curry bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Donk. Curry catches Siloposki right on the button with a cross.
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!
Curry throws a body punch but Siloposki moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siloposki throws a body kick that misses.
Curry scores with a jab to the body.
Siloposki has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Siloposki misses with a low kick.
Curry will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Siloposki throws a head kick that misses.
Curry swats away the attempt to clinch by Siloposki.
Curry scores with a push kick.
Siloposki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Curry throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Siloposki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Siloposki takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Curry scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd cheers as Siloposki lands an impressive looking overhand right. Curry doesn't seem phased though.
Curry stuns Siloposki with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Siloposki wants to clinch.
Arthur Curry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sampsa Siloposki is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curry blocks a head kick by Siloposki.
Curry misses with a low kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Siloposki tries to work over Curry's front leg with a kick but Curry checks it.
Siloposki misses with a body shot.
Curry throws a hook to the side of Siloposki's head but Siloposki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Curry thows a body shot but no joy.
Curry tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Siloposki was well out of range. Poor timing from Curry.
An inside leg kick from Curry misses.
Siloposki ducks under a wild hook from Curry.
Siloposki moves out of range as Curry strikes.
Siloposki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Siloposki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Curry, pushing him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siloposki will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Curry up against the cage.
Curry misses with a punch to the body.
Curry goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Curry throws a punch but it's blocked by Siloposki.
Curry gets through Siloposki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Curry fails to land.
Curry tries a body shot but Siloposki blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Siloposki as the two fighters clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curry misses with a hook from the clinch.
Curry tries a body shot but Siloposki blocks it.
Curry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Curry misses with a punch to the body.
Curry tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Siloposki's elbow.
Curry tries to work over Siloposki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Curry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Siloposki lands with a light punch inside.
Curry tries to throw a body punch but Siloposki avoids it by throwing Curry back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short body shot lands from Siloposki as the two fighters clinch.
Curry misses with some punches.
Curry tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arthur Curry showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Siloposki has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 37:39
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 37:39
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 37:39

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sampsa Siloposki!
Sampsa Siloposki thanked the fans post fight for their support.