PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matias Salminen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sandor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Salminen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Down With the Sickness. Sandor Silva has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Salminen
vs
Silva

201 cm
24
300 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
245 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matias Salminen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sandor Silva!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Salminen to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Salminen won't allow Silva to get back to his feet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Salminen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Salminen 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.
Salminen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Salminen landing some decent shots from guard.
Silva looks winded!
Salminen works over Silva with some ground and pound from guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salminen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Salminen stops Silva from standing up.
Salminen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Salminen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Salminen stands up over Silva, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Salminen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Salminen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Salminen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Salminen content to stall in guard here.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Salminen content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Our spies down at at Body Pain_12elite_599$+VM inform us that Silva has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Salminen stands up over Silva, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Silva is rocked!
Salminen content to stall in guard here.
Silva is still in real trouble! Can Salminen finish him?
Salminen arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Silva's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Matias Salminen!
Matias Salminen thanked the fans post fight for their support.