PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Omar Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jakob Silfversberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Little's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Snoop Dogg - Murder was the Case. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Little
vs
Silfversberg

185 cm
33
178 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

178 cm
33
179 lbs
16 - 13 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Omar Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jakob Silfversberg!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Little scores with a kick to the midsection.
Little ducks under a wild hook from Silfversberg.

Little decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Silfversberg gets full guard.

Silfversberg has his foot on Little's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Little works his way back into a safe position though.
Little throwing strikes from guard but Silfversberg blocks nicely.
Little trying to control the position from guard on top but Silfversberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Little throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silfversberg works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silfversberg is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Little has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Silfversberg manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Little manages to get himself to full guard.

Little looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silfversberg is one step ahead there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silfversberg in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silfversberg engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Silfversberg stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Little swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Little keeping moving, preventing Silfversberg from controlling successfully.
Silfversberg loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Little is looking for a triangle but Silfversberg pushes his legs off easily.
Little preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Little tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silfversberg trying to control the position from guard on top but Little is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silfversberg in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Little is looking for a triangle but Silfversberg pushes his legs off easily.
Silfversberg controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Silfversberg wants to control from the top but Little keeps moving.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Little misses with an attempted mid kick.

Little scores with a takedown into Silfversberg's guard.
Silfversberg trying to keep a closed guard but Little is proving a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Silfversberg is on top in guard.

Little looking to control.
Silfversberg showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Silfversberg stopping the sweep attempt from Little.
Silfversberg looking to sit in guard and control but Little gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Little wants to control from the top but Silfversberg keeps moving.
Silfversberg looking for a sweep. Not yet Silfversberg, not yet.
Little trying to control the position from guard on top but Silfversberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Little is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Silfversberg is looking to sweep but instead, Little has passed into half guard.
Little trying to control the action but Silfversberg is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silfversberg gets back to full guard.
Silfversberg is adopting a defensive guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Little trying to control but Silfversberg is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Omar Little 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.

Little avoids the body shot from Silfversberg.
We've been informed that Silfversberg has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Little swats away the attempt to clinch by Silfversberg.
As Silfversberg backs away, Little returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

Little manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Silfversberg on his heels. He'll look to pass Silfversberg's guard now, I'm sure.

Silfversberg is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Little frees his head nicely. Oh but Silfversberg has switched to an armbar! Little is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Jakob Silfversberg!
After the fight, Jakob Silfversberg was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.