PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Nylon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nylon
vs
Silva

189 cm
22
189 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nick Nylon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alex Silva!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Silva wants to control from the top but Nylon keeps moving.
Nylon trying to control the position.
Silva being controlled here momentarily.
Nylon wants to stand and escape but Silva is having none of it.
Nylon has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Nylon controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.
Silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nylon keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nylon keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A head kick misses from Nylon.
Jab, jab by Silva - just one landing.
Silva's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Silva duly obliges.

Nylon shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Nylon showed some decent athleticism there.
Nylon sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Silva is looking to improve his position.
Silva trying to control here.
Nylon controlling the action here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Silva wants to improve his position but Nylon is controlling well.
Nylon is taking a breather. Silva says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Nylon is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nylon stalling.
Nylon is thwarting Silva's attempts to control the position.
Nylon trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to roll over but Nylon keeps him under control.
Nylon is controlling the pace.
Nylon uses his free foot to push down on Silva's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Silva.
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Nylon with good strikes from the mount here!
Nylon avoids the attempt from Silva to control.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Nylon putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Nylon breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Nylon postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
Nylon working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Nylon lands a big elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nylon cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Nylon controlling the pace for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Nylon dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Nylon drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Nylon decides to stand back up.
Nylon shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nick Nylon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva closes the distance and clinches up with Nylon, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes Nylon against the cage but Nylon circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Alex Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nylon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Nylon's leg but Nylon calmly moves out of range.
Silva misses with the combination.

Nylon takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva is breathing heavily.

Nylon pulls Silva into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Nylon uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Nylon gets a clinch.
Nylon drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.

Silva gets caught flat footed, as Nylon shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Nylon gets to his feet. Silva looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Nylon shoots in and bounces Silva off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Nylon looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Nick Nylon overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nylon postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Silva can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Nylon controls the pace.
Nylon is in close to Silva's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Nylon stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nylon throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Nylon closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Silva to the mat! Silva manages to get full guard.
Silva being controlled here, momentarily.
Nylon stops Silva from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva has his foot on Nylon's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Nylon works his way back into a safe position though.
Silva wants to sweep here but Nylon controlling him for the moment.
Nylon has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Silva working a defensive guard here.
Nylon lands a couple of digs.
Nylon is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Nylon fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silva sprawls well initially but Nylon persists and gets the takedown into half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nylon wants to stand up but Silva is controlling the position.
Nylon wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Silva tries to roll over but Nylon keeps him under control.

Nylon is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ground and pound from Nylon.
Silva trying to hold on to Nylon's head to control him but Nylon postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva tries to roll over but Nylon keeps him under control.
Nylon with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Nylon dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Nylon drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Silva is striking off his back. Nylon thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Silva won't allow Nylon to pass to mount.

Nylon decides to return to a standing position.

Nylon drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Silva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Nylon with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Nylon trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nylon controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Nylon is in close to Silva's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nylon lands a couple of digs.
Nylon passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Silva tries to escape but Nylon is in control.
Nylon lands an elbow.
Nylon working the ground and pound from side control.
Nylon controlling the position from side mount.

Nylon looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Silva is looking for a sweep.
Silva struggling a bit here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nylon tries to clinch up.
Nick Nylon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Nylon fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silva sprawls well initially but Nylon persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Silva throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Nylon keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Nylon working the head and body with strikes.
Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Nylon controlling from the full mount.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Nylon looking to control and managing it successfully.
BOOM! Nylon connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Nylon sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Nylon prevents Silva from getting the reversal.

That's four 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.
Nylon landing shots from mount.

Nylon has hold of Silva's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Silva manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Nylon cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Alex Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nylon looking to control and managing it successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Nylon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nylon, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Nylon!