PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ramsey Rodman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marco Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rodman
vs
Silva

182 cm
23
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ramsey Rodman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marco Silva!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva swings widly with a right hand

so Rodman counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rodman is one step ahead there.
Rodman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rodman 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.
Rodman content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Rodman stays in close to Silva's body and controls the position.
Rodman lands a couple of elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodman stays in close to Silva's body and controls the position.
Rodman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Silva wants to sweep here but Rodman controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodman chips away with some ground and pound.
Rodman is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rodman not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rodman's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Silva being controlled here, momentarily.
Rodman scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rodman lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rodman working some strikes from top position.
Rodman makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rodman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rodman advances position into side control!
Rodman working the body and head with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodman lands an elbow.
Rodman working the ground and pound from side control.
Rodman advances nicely into full mount.
Rodman content just to control the position here.
Rodman with good strikes from the mount here!

Silva is rocked!
Rodman lands a big elbow - Silva is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Silva is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ramsey Rodman!