PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikel Pierce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Silent Night (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Henry Silent Night has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mikel Pierce's chin.

Pierce
vs
Silent Night

216 cm
24
279 lbs
2 - 6 - 0

190 cm
25
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mikel Pierce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Henry Silent Night!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierce throws a body shot but no joy.
A little jabbing left from Silent Night on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pierce swings for the body but Silent Night moves out of range.
Silent Night looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Pierce drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Silent Night pushes Pierce away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Pierce gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pierce postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pierce is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Silent Night has escaped the position, nice work there.
Silent Night pushes Pierce away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Pierce gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Silent Night bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Pierce fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silent Night looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pierce misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Pierce.
Pierce looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silent Night is fending him off so far but Pierce persists. Nope, Silent Night circles away and we're back to standing.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silent Night is pressed up against the cage. Pierce has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silent Night down to the mat. Silent Night avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Pierce fails in his attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Silent Night on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pierce dives in for a single leg takedown but Silent Night sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikel Pierce. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pierce lands with a slapping head kick.
Pierce wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Mikel Pierce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierce turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pierce misses with a body shot.
A nice side step and Silent Night releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Pierce tries to clinch but Silent Night is having none of it.
Silent Night looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Silent Night takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pierce misses with a wild combination.
Pierce is looking to wear down Silent Night with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

Pierce clinches with his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silent Night jumps guard and drags Pierce to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Silent Night wants to get back to his feet but Pierce is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pierce trying to control the position from guard on top but Silent Night is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silent Night is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pierce wants to control from the top but Silent Night keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikel Pierce dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silent Night takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pierce throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pierce tries to clinch but Silent Night moves out of range.
Pierce misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silent Night avoids the head kick by Pierce.
Pierce throws a leg kick which misses Silent Night's front leg but catches the back leg as Silent Night tries to avoid it.
Pierce throws a head kick that half lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierce tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Silent Night counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Mikel Pierce has been cut.
Pierce doesn't manage to clinch there - Silent Night circles away.
Pierce swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silent Night! But no joy.
Pierce misses with a wild body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silent Night! But no joy.
Pierce tries to close the distance and clinch but Silent Night swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Pierce looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Silent Night!
Silent Night is trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silent Night wants to get back to his feet but Pierce is dominant here and he's now got Silent Night's back!
Pierce misses with an elbow to the head.
Pierce throwing sloppy strikes.
Silent Night trying to get back to his feet but Pierce is in full control for now.
Pierce throwing sloppy strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierce misses with an elbow to the head.
Pierce misses with a punch to the head.
Pierce misses with an elbow to the head.
Silent Night wants to get back to his feet.
Silent Night avoids the strikes from Pierce.
Silent Night is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Pierce misses with punches from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Will Pierce go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Silent Night is trying to get back to his feet but Pierce has full control of the position and if anything, Silent Night has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Pierce will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Silent Night avoids the strikes from Pierce.
Pierce is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silent Night can do to turn this around?
Pierce somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Pierce punches the canvas rather than the man.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Pierce is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Silent Night is defending well though. Pierce let's go of the attempt for now.
Silent Night wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikel Pierce dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mikel Pierce's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Pierce is looking to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Silent Night on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pierce fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silent Night.
Pierce fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silent Night looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pierce scores with a shot to the body.
Silent Night circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silent Night counters with a big right hand! Oh Pierce is in trouble here! Silent Night follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henry Silent Night!
Henry Silent Night seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.