PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Timo Niskanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Silence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silence is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Get Ur Freak On. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Niskanen
vs
Silence

170 cm
25
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

175 cm
26
165 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Timo Niskanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimmy Silence!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silence closes the distance and clinches.
Silence can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Silence's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Niskanen lands an elbow just above Silence 's eye.
Knees to the body from Niskanen.

Silence manages to break the clinch.

Silence gets a clinch.
Niskanen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silence is trying to break the clinch but Niskanen is controlling him.
Silence can't break the clinch.
Silence wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silence drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Niskanen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Niskanen tries to work over Silence's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Silence's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Niskanen.
Silence working hard to break the clinch.
Niskanen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silence backwards.
Niskanen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Niskanen taking a breather.
Niskanen looking to stall.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silence is trying to break the clinch but Niskanen has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niskanen is trying to stall.
Niskanen missing with knees to the body.
Silence is trying to break the clinch but Niskanen is controlling him.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Niskanen.
Silence is trying to force a seperation but Niskanen has the dominant position.
Niskanen has Silence pressed against the cage, preventing Silence from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silence has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Niskanen seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Silence can turn it around.
Nice elbow from Niskanen.
Niskanen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Niskanen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Niskanen tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silence blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Niskanen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Silence blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Niskanen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silence backwards.
Silence tries to break the clinch but Niskanen is controlling the position.
Niskanen looking to stall.
Niskanen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Niskanen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silence in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silence is trying to push Niskanen away but Niskanen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silence wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Niskanen has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silence is looking to break free of the clinch but Niskanen has double underhooks.
Niskanen trying to control the position but instead, Silence has worked for underhooks and has pushed Niskanen into the cage.
Niskanen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silence wants a takedown but no success here.
Niskanen is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Timo Niskanen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Silence.
Nice elbow from Niskanen.
Niskanen lands an elbow that stopped Silence in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Niskanen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silence takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silence jumps guard but Niskanen stands there with Silence around his waist. Silence gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timo Niskanen dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Silence swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Silence drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Silence throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silence is looking to work some ground and pound but Niskanen has wrist control.
Silence with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silence landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silence postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Silence gets to his feet - Niskanen follows without any prompting.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Silence lands a left and a right that send Niskanen crashing to the mat, dazed. Silence thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Niskanen is rocked!

It looks like Timo Niskanen has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silence is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Niskanen hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jimmy Silence!
Jimmy Silence really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Arcticus University: London logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.