PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sampsa Siloposki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Tamad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tamad is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Joker. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Siloposki
vs
Tamad

190 cm
43
193 lbs
45 - 23 - 2

184 cm
32
200 lbs
20 - 12 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

GREEN!160

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 45 - 23 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sampsa Siloposki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Juan Tamad!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Siloposki.
Siloposki fails in his attempt to clinch.
Siloposki fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tamad connects with a leg kick. Siloposki looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tamad throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Siloposki lands a really nice looking cross but Tamad seems unphased.
Siloposki takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nice jab there from Siloposki.
Tamad walks into a straight right hand from Siloposki.
Siloposki takes one on the button.
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!
Tamad throws a jab but it's blocked by Siloposki.
Tamad is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Siloposki.
Tamad catches Siloposki with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tamad throws a leg kick which misses Siloposki's front leg but catches the back leg as Siloposki tries to avoid it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tamad lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Siloposki has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Siloposki and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Siloposki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tamad moves away.
Siloposki scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tamad in his tracks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Siloposki. Tamad does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tamad throws a hook but Siloposki avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siloposki throws a jab but it's blocked by Tamad.
Siloposki checks a low kick from Tamad.
Tamad fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Siloposki thows a body kick. Tamad tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Tamad throws a leg kick but Siloposki sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Siloposki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tamad manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tamad misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Siloposki throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tamad jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Siloposki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tamad.
Tamad 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.
Both fighters circling a little - Siloposki finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Tamad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Siloposki.
Siloposki tries to work over Tamad's front leg with a kick but Tamad checks it.
Siloposki lands a jab.
Siloposki misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siloposki tests Tamad's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Siloposki waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tamad.
Siloposki throws a low kick but Tamad moves out of range easily.
Siloposki ducks under a wild hook from Tamad.
Tamad ducks under a wild hook from Siloposki.
Siloposki connects with the punch.
Tamad moves into range and connects with a jab.
Siloposki lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Siloposki takes a swing at Tamad's ribcage but misses.
Tamad ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tamad connects with a leg kick. Siloposki looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tamad lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Siloposki misses with a two punch combination.
Siloposki attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamad looks to throw the jab but Siloposki is out of range.
Siloposki tries to clinch but Tamad moves out of range.
Siloposki tries to clinch but Tamad is having none of it.
Tamad waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Siloposki.
Tamad checks a leg kick.
Tamad throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Siloposki misses its intended target.
Siloposki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Siloposki. Tamad does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch combination from Tamad misses.
Siloposki moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Siloposki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Siloposki misses with a body shot.
Tamad tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Siloposki is able to avoid easily.
Tamad on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tamad.
Siloposki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Siloposki will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tamad throws a jab but it's blocked by Siloposki.
Tamad throws a quick inside leg kick.
Siloposki throws a combination that misses

and Tamad counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Siloposki wants to stand but Tamad is controlling the position.
Tamad postures up in Siloposki's guard and throws a big left but Siloposki blocks it.
Siloposki wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Siloposki is trying to keep Tamad in close.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tamad tries to free his leg and advance position but Siloposki is retaining full guard.
Siloposki pulls Tamad in close to prevent any damage.
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 Sampsa Siloposki will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Siloposki throws a body kick that misses

and Tamad counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Siloposki!
Sloppy strikes there by Tamad.
Siloposki stops Tamad from passing to mount.
Tamad is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Siloposki manages to get back to half guard.
Tamad is nestled in close to Siloposki, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Siloposki won't allow Tamad to pass to mount.
Siloposki gets back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Siloposki is pulling down on Tamad's head. It's preventing any offense from Tamad, at least for the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tamad accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamad won't allow Siloposki to sweep him here.
Tamad is fighting to break Siloposki's control of his arms but Siloposki is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Tamad working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tamad trying to control but Siloposki is working from the bottom.
Tamad with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tamad trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Siloposki is trying to keep Tamad in close.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Siloposki slips under a jab.

Tamad is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Siloposki's half guard.
Siloposki tries to get to full guard but Tamad has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamad throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Siloposki kicks off Tamad and gets to his feet.
Siloposki tries to land a front kick but Tamad steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tamad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Siloposki.
Siloposki tries a head kick but it misses.
Siloposki does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Siloposki will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Tamad looks to score with a jab to the body but Siloposki is just out of range.
Tamad throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Siloposki keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tamad connects with a leg kick. Siloposki looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Siloposki throws a jab but it's blocked by Tamad.
Siloposki looks to land a right hand but Tamad moved out of range.
Tamad scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siloposki thuds his shin into the meat of Tamad's side.
Tamad throws a looping overhand right but Siloposki ducks down to avoid it.
Siloposki scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Siloposki scores with a head kick.
Siloposki throws a lazy head kick

and Tamad counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Siloposki keeping full guard, as Tamad tries to pass.
Tamad with a nice head shot there.
Siloposki seems keen to control Tamad's posture.
Tamad won't allow Siloposki to get back to his feet.
Siloposki keeping full guard, as Tamad tries to pass.
Tamad throwing strikes but missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siloposki pulls Tamad in close to prevent any damage.
Siloposki trying to control the position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tamad.
Tamad uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Siloposki.
Tamad lands a glancing blow to the side of Siloposki's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tamad dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Siloposki. That did some damage!
Siloposki throws a jab but it's blocked by Tamad.
Siloposki swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Tamad counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Siloposki looking to control.
Tamad pushes down on Siloposki's leg and manages to get into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Tamad showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tamad throws a low kick but it's checked well by Siloposki.
Tamad slips a jab from Siloposki.
Siloposki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tamad.
Siloposki lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tamad misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tamad connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Siloposki momentarily.
Siloposki moves away from the strike by Tamad.
Siloposki avoids the head kick by Tamad.
A clash of legs there as Tamad blocks the low kick.
Siloposki is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Siloposki moves out of range as Tamad strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tamad slips under a jab.
Siloposki throws a head kick that misses.
Siloposki blocks a jab.
The fighters circling - Tamad throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tamad. Siloposki does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siloposki fakes the leg kick and cracks Tamad in the body.
Tamad blocks a head kick by Siloposki.
Tamad throws a leg kick but Siloposki checks it.
Sampsa Siloposki is winning the standup battle so far.
Tamad throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Siloposki tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tamad paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Siloposki cracks a nice hook into Tamad's ribs.
Siloposki throws a lazy right hand but Tamad sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Siloposki throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tamad stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Siloposki moves away from the strike by Tamad.
Siloposki misses with a left hand

and Tamad counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Tamad postures up.
Tamad won't allow Siloposki to sweep him here.
Tamad in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Siloposki has control of Tamad's left arm, preventing Tamad from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamad is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Siloposki wants to stand up but Tamad is controlling him.
Tamad wants to control from the top but Siloposki keeps moving.
Siloposki working a defensive guard here.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Tamad moves out of range of the body kick.
Siloposki throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tamad throws a shot from downtown. Siloposki moves away and avoids it.
Siloposki ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tamad dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Siloposki pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siloposki works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tamad throws an overhand right that lands on Siloposki's shoulder, as Siloposki tries to avoid the shot.
Siloposki moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Tamad gets the takedown into side control.
Siloposki parries the strikes from Tamad easily there. Tamad is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Siloposki to escape.
Siloposki is trying to get back to his feet.
Tamad controls the position.
Siloposki is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Tamad is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Siloposki working to try and regain half guard.
Tamad with good strikes from the mount here!
Tamad has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Siloposki's face.
Tamad thowing shots but they're missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tamad landing strikes, looking to finish!
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!
Tamad working the ground and pound effectively.
Tamad throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Siloposki because Tamad loaded up on that one.
Tamad with good strikes from the mount here!
Tamad lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Siloposki is trying to escape the mount.
Siloposki wants to control but Tamad is having none of it.
Juan Tamad has got the better of the ground game so far.
Siloposki avoids a series of strikes thrown by Tamad.
Siloposki tries to reverse the position but Tamad maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Tamad really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Tamad on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Siloposki. Siloposki obviously looking to wear him down.
Tamad lands with a nice body punch.
Tamad has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Siloposki.
The fight stays on the outside here - Siloposki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tamad.
Tamad tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Siloposki is able to avoid easily.
Tamad moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Siloposki tries to clinch there but Tamad circles away.
Tamad swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tamad misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Siloposki.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Siloposki lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Tamad comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Siloposki checks a leg kick.
Nice body punch from Siloposki.
Siloposki tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Siloposki lets loose with a powerful body kick. Tamad will feel that in the morning.
Nice uppercut lands for Siloposki. That snapped Tamad's head back.
Siloposki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Siloposki throws an off balance right hand

and Tamad counters with a nice double leg into side control. Siloposki won't be happy with that.
Tamad fails to land a wild elbow strike.
You can see the frustration on Siloposki's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Tamad throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Siloposki is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tamad working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Siloposki is looking to regain half guard here but Tamad keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamad tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Siloposki dodges the ground and pound from Tamad.
Tamad scores with punches from side control.
Siloposki is looking to reverse the position.
The ground and pound from Tamad seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Siloposki trying to control but Tamad flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Siloposki is in bad spot here.
Siloposki wants to get back to his feet.
Tamad has Siloposki flattened out and is raining down punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siloposki tries to escape the position.
Tamad is looking to control Siloposki but Siloposki is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Siloposki takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Siloposki trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Tamad punishes Siloposki with strikes from the back mount.
Tamad has the hooks in. Siloposki is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Siloposki avoids the strikes from Tamad.
Well, with Tamad on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Siloposki is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Tamad throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Siloposki!
Siloposki tries to break free.
Siloposki trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Siloposki turns into Tamad and is now in his guard.
Sampsa Siloposki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Siloposki looking to pass the guard.
Siloposki trying to control but Tamad is working from the bottom.
Siloposki controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Juan Tamad is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Tamad has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Siloposki trying to control the position from guard on top but Tamad is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Tamad comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Tamad 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 37:40
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 37:40
Judge James Glass scores the fight 37:40

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Tamad!
Juan Tamad seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.