PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hideya Kaayi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrien Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kaayi
vs
Silva

182 cm
36
193 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

185 cm
35
188 lbs
21 - 18 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hideya Kaayi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adrien Silva!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kaayi clinches.
Kaayi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva jumps guard but Kaayi stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Silva has clasped his hands together around Kaayi's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Kaayi can't do much from the bottom here.
Kaayi is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kaayi tries to bench press Silva off him but Silva keeps the position.
Kaayi is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Kaayi keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Kaayi is looking to improve his position.
Silva winds up and cracks Kaayi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Silva wants to control but Kaayi is keeping him busy.
Kaayi trying to control but Silva postures up.
Silva working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the pace.
Silva thows a huge punch but Kaayi dodges it nicely.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kaayi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Silva is looking for a kimura but Kaayi is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Silva to get the leverage.
Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Nice strikes from Silva there.
Kaayi trying to hold on to Silva's head to control him but Silva postures up.
Kaayi keeping hold of Silva's head, controlling as best he can.
Kaayi wants to get back to full guard.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kaayi defending well though.
Kaayi blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kaayi trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaayi blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
Kaayi moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Kaayi wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Kaayi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kaayi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Silva manages to get himself to full guard.

Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kaayi is one step ahead there.

Silva is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Kaayi defends well.
Silva looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaayi trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Kaayi content to stall in guard here.

Silva working for a triangle but Kaayi defends it easily.
Silva wants to sweep here but Kaayi controlling him for the moment.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Kaayi from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kaayi is one step ahead there.
Kaayi is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Kaayi is looking to escape.
Kaayi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Silva is keen to just control but Kaayi is a slippery customer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kaayi controlling the position for now.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kaayi manages to get to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adrien Silva dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Silva throws a body punch but Kaayi moves out of range.
Kaayi works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Kaayi comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kaayi punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.

Kaayi moves into range and clinches up with Silva.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kaayi.
A shot in the inside from Kaayi.

Kaayi breaks from the clinch.

Kaayi closes the distance and clinches.
Silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kaayi walks away with a smile on his face. Silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Adrien Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Kaayi! Silva is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hideya Kaayi!
Hideya Kaayi made sure to mention his sponsor, Kore Fight Nutrition [TG] in his post fight interview.
In defeat, Adrien Silva stepped up to the mic, saying 'I have failed...'.