PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Silverhielm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dmonray Malapitan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silverhielm comes to the ring accompanied by Theme Tune to Islam. Malapitan has chosen My Time is Now as his entrance music. Pierre Silverhielm has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silverhielm
vs
Malapitan

165 cm
37
135 lbs
30 - 17 - 0

180 cm
39
140 lbs
26 - 20 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Pierre Silverhielm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dmonray Malapitan!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

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

and Malapitan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Malapitan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silverhielm defending well though.
Silverhielm wants to get back to his feet.
Malapitan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Malapitan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silverhielm keeps working.
Silverhielm is trying to stand.
Silverhielm keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Silverhielm is trying to stand back up but Malapitan is controlling him
Malapitan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silverhielm is trying to stand back up but Malapitan is controlling him
Malapitan is looking to take a break and control but Silverhielm is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Malapitan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malapitan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silverhielm defending well though.
Silverhielm wants to control but Malapitan is keeping busy.
Malapitan content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Silverhielm is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Malapitan tries to pass the half guard into mount. Silverhielm knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Silverhielm might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Malapitan is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Silverhielm defends it well.
Silverhielm manages to get to full guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Malapitan with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Malapitan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Malapitan wants to control from the top but Silverhielm keeps moving.
Silverhielm is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Malapitan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Silverhielm is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Malapitan is controlling him.
Malapitan trying to control the position from guard on top but Silverhielm is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silverhielm has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Silverhielm tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Malapitan stops Silverhielm from standing up.
Malapitan lands a couple of digs.
Malapitan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silverhielm wants to stand but Malapitan is controlling the position.
Silverhielm preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Malapitan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silverhielm is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Malapitan is controlling him.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silverhielm. Malapitan does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Silverhielm does it's job there.
Malapitan avoids the head kick by Silverhielm.
Silverhielm cracks the inside of Malapitan's front leg.
Silverhielm is looking to land body kicks.
Silverhielm bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Malapitan's head.
Malapitan avoids the head kick by Silverhielm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malapitan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Silverhielm connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Malapitan scrambles back to his feet.
Malapitan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Silverhielm sprawls well. Silverhielm wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Malapitan gets slowly back to his feet.
Malapitan darts in looking for a takedown but Silverhielm gets double underhooks and turns Malapitan into the ropes.
Silverhielm moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silverhielm throws a right and a left that both miss.
Malapitan dives in and grabs Silverhielm's left leg, looking for a takedown. Silverhielm pushes down on Malapitan's head and hops out.
Pierre Silverhielm has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dmonray Malapitan.
Silverhielm ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Malapitan moves away.
Malapitan is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Silverhielm with a body shot.
Malapitan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silverhielm is fending him off so far but Malapitan persists. Nope, Silverhielm circles away and we're back to standing.
Silverhielm leaves Malapitan with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Silverhielm getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Silverhielm 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.
Malapitan throws a head kick but Silverhielm moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malapitan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Silverhielm's waist but Silverhielm gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Malapitan off to one side.
Malapitan shoots in looking for a takedown. Silverhielm tries to sprawl out of it but Malapitan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Silverhielm manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Malapitan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Malapitan there as he acknowledges the shot.

Malapitan is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Malapitan feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Silverhielm is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Malapitan trying to control the position from guard on top but Silverhielm is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Malapitan working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Malapitan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Malapitan landing with the ground and pound.
Malapitan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
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 Pierre Silverhielm will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silverhielm throws a body shot but no joy.

Malapitan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Malapitan prevents Silverhielm from getting back to his feet.
Malapitan looking to pass the guard.

Silverhielm is scooting his butt against the ropes and has managed to get back to his feet. Malapitan presses him back against the ropes, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Silverhielm gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silverhielm throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Malapitans head.
Nice elbow from Silverhielm.

It looks like Dmonray Malapitan has been cut.
Malapitan wants a takedown but no success here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silverhielm.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silverhielm throws an elbow that misses.
Malapitan is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Silverhielm gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Silverhielm taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silverhielm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Silverhielm just misses with a elbow thrown towards Malapitan's brow.
Silverhielm looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silverhielm lands a damaging elbow.
Silverhielm creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silverhielm throws an elbow but it misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Malapitan avoids a wild elbow strike from Silverhielm.
Silverhielm creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Malapitan's defenses.
Silverhielm lands a nice elbow.
Silverhielm pushes off an throws an elbow but Malapitan leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silverhielm.
Malapitan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silverhielm gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Pierre Silverhielm has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dmonray Malapitan.
Silverhielm lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That has opened up Dmonray Malapitan's cut even more.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silverhielm is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Malapitan is keeping busy.
Silverhielm creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silverhielm throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silverhielm misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Malapitan.
Silverhielm tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Silverhielm breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silverhielm throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Malapitan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silverhielm tries to avoid it but Malapitan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silverhielm to the ground. Silverhielm escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Malapitan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silverhielm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malapitan has a takedown stuffed.

Malapitan gets a double leg takedown into Silverhielm's guard.
Silverhielm keeping moving, preventing Malapitan from controlling successfully.
Silverhielm is looking to stand up but Malapitan isn't so interested in that idea.
Silverhielm is pulling down on Malapitan's head to control his posture.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Malapitan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Silverhielm keeping moving, preventing Malapitan from controlling successfully.
Silverhielm is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Malapitan can do to turn this around?
Malapitan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Malapitan trying to control but Silverhielm is working from the bottom.
Silverhielm preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Malapitan stays in close to Silverhielm's body and controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malapitan throwing strikes from guard but Silverhielm blocks nicely.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Silverhielm waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Malapitan.
Malapitan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Silverhielm avoids the head kick by Malapitan.
Silverhielm misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malapitan.
Silverhielm with a hook.
Whack! Silverhielm lands a heavy head kick that drops Malapitan. The ref tackles Silverhielm to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Malapitan was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Pierre Silverhielm!
Pierre Silverhielm took some time post fight to say the following; '9/11 was the start of the next Jihad. Don't let it be completed people. Every year which passes more and more Muslims become more and more radical... It's time to fight back.'.