PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Noam Nystrom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomas Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tomas Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Nystrom
vs
Silva

173 cm
19
150 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

177 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Victory! Sports Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Noam Nystrom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tomas Silva!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Nystrom closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nystrom using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nystrom just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Tomas Silva has been cut.
Nystrom tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nystrom missing with knees to the body.
Nystrom tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nystrom tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva working aggressively here.
Silva trying to stall but Nystrom improves his position.
Nystrom throws an elbow that misses.
Silva looking to stall.
Nystrom looks to throw an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nystrom blocks an uppercut.
Nystrom looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Nystrom tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nystrom pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nystrom unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva tries a body shot but Nystrom blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nystrom lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nystrom creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Nystrom gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nystrom lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Nystrom connects with a knee to the head.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Nystrom pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nystrom.
Silva is trying to push Nystrom away but Nystrom has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nystrom throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nystrom's elbow.
Nystrom comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nystrom looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nystrom is defending well for now.
Nice body punch from Silva - that landed with a thud.
Nystrom tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nystrom pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nystrom with a knee to the head.
Nystrom with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nystrom controlling the action here for a moment.
Nystrom pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Nystrom after a bit of a struggle.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nystrom tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Nystrom.
Nystrom connects with a knee to the head.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Nystrom is blocking nicely.
Nystrom lands a nice elbow.
Silva looks winded!
Nystrom landing knees to the head.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Nystrom's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nystrom lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Nystrom.
Nystrom misses with an elbow strike.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nystrom's elbow.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Nystrom.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nystrom.
Nystrom avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nystrom.
Nystrom lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nystrom blocks a body shot from Silva.
Nystrom tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nystrom connects with a knee to the head.
Nystrom throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nystrom blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nystrom creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Nystrom using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nystrom misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Nystrom with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nystrom lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nystrom looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Nystrom misses with a knee to the head.
Nystrom blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nystrom avoids it.
Nystrom with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nystrom blocks a body shot from Silva.
Nystrom gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nystrom on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nystrom lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nystrom avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nystrom using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nystrom misses with a knee to the head.
Nystrom trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noam Nystrom dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tomas Silva's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Silva shoots in for a takedown but Nystrom shows good takedown defense.

Nystrom closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Noam Nystrom has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
A bit of stalling here from Nystrom.
Nystrom misses with a knee to the head.
Nystrom pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nystrom misses with a knee strike.
Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nystrom blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Nystrom.
Nystrom misses with an elbow over the top.
Nystrom throws an elbow that misses.
Nystrom landing knees to the head.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Nystrom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Nystrom misses with a knee to the head.
Nystrom lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nystrom blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nystrom's brow.
Nystrom keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva misses with some punches.
Nystrom avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Nystrom is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nystrom obliges.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Nystrom has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Nystrom tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nystrom lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nystrom throws an elbow but misses.
Nystrom scores a nice knee to the body.
Come on Nystrom - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nystrom looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nystrom blocks an uppercut.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Nystrom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nystrom tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nystrom misses with a knee strike.
Nystrom throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nystrom just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nystrom managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Nystrom unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva letting Nystrom take a breather here.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Nystrom misses with a knee strike.
Silva jumps guard but Nystrom turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Noam Nystrom has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tomas Silva.
Nystrom misses with a knee to the head.
Silva misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nystrom stalling the fight.
Nystrom avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Nystrom throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Nystrom.
A bit of stalling here from Nystrom.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Nystrom landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nystrom using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Nystrom.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nystrom looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Nystrom.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva lands a right hand.
Nystrom lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nystrom tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Nystrom prevents a takedown attempt there.
Nystrom lands a nice elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva working aggressively here.
Nystrom lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nystrom with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nystrom lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva wants a takedown.
Nystrom with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nystrom tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nystrom leaning against his opponent.
Nystrom creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Nystrom pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Nystrom, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nystrom.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noam Nystrom dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tomas Silva's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Nystrom clinches up against the cage.

Silva manages to break the clinch.

Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nystrom connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Nystrom creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nystrom creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva avoiding damage as Nystrom throws knees to the body.
Nystrom pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Nystrom tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Nystrom throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nystrom creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nystrom misses with an elbow over the top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva jumps guard but Nystrom turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Nystrom is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Nystrom.
Nice elbow from Nystrom.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nystrom has him pressed against the cage.
Nystrom is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva avoiding damage as Nystrom throws knees to the body.
Nystrom lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Silva is trying to pull guard but Nystrom turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nystrom just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Nystrom scores with a knee to the head.
Nystrom with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Silva breaks from the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Nystrom, against the cage.
Nystrom misses with a knee strike.
Silva is trying to drag Nystrom to the mat but Nystrom just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Noam Nystrom has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tomas Silva.
Nystrom with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nystrom pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Nystrom has double underhooks.
Silva tries a body shot but Nystrom blocks it.
Nystrom on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nystrom throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nystrom pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nystrom tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nystrom missing with knees to the body.
Nystrom tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Nystrom avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Nystrom just leaning against Silva, taking a breather.
Nystrom throws an elbow that misses.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Nystrom blocks an uppercut.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Nystrom, against the cage.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Silva tries to score a body lock takedown but Nystrom shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva fails to pull guard.
Nystrom using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nystrom lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nystrom tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.

Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Nystrom has managed to clinch.
Nystrom with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nystrom pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nystrom pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Nystrom comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nystrom throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nystrom just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Nystrom keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva is looking to take this one to the mat.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nystrom tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nystrom using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nystrom misses with a knee strike.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Nystrom improves position.
Nystrom misses with a knee strike.
Tomas Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva fails to pull guard.
Nystrom throws an elbow that misses.
Nystrom blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nystrom misses with an elbow over the top.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nystrom comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nystrom.
Nystrom looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Noam Nystrom showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nystrom, 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Noam Nystrom!
A pretty intense looking Noam Nystrom took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.