PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Per Jeremiassen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alec Silifant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alec Silifant has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jeremiassen
vs
Silifant

190 cm
18
185 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

188 cm
21
169 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Per Jeremiassen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alec Silifant!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silifant scores with a shot to the body.
Silifant digs a good body shot into Jeremiassen's ribs.
Jeremiassen tries to clinch but Silifant is having none of it.

Jeremiassen moves into the clinch successfully.
Jeremiassen managing to block the knees to the body from Silifant.
Jeremiassen tries to pull guard but Silifant won't allow it.
Jeremiassen misses with a knee to the head.
Jeremiassen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silifant walks away with a smile on his face. Jeremiassen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jeremiassen is looking to clinch.
Nice jab there from Silifant.
Jeremiassen checks a leg kick.
Jeremiassen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silifant.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jeremiassen rushes Silifant and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jeremiassen fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Per Jeremiassen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jeremiassen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jeremiassen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silifant walks away with a smile on his face. Jeremiassen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jeremiassen tries to clinch
and Silifant makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silifant is looking to slow Jeremiassen down with leg kicks.
Silifant connects with a body shot.
Silifant scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silifant lands a nice hook to Jeremiassen's body. Jeremiassen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silifant connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silifant scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jeremiassen moves in looking to clinch but Silifant pushes him off.
Silifant scores with a leg kick.
Silifant moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jeremiassen closes the distance but Silifant moves to the side
and Silifant counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silifant throws a leg kick which misses Jeremiassen's front leg but catches the back leg as Jeremiassen tries to avoid it.

Silifant tries to keep at a distance but Jeremiassen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jeremiassen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silifant walks away with a smile on his face. Jeremiassen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silifant lands a nice shot to the body.
Jeremiassen looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.

Jeremiassen clinches with his opponent.
Jeremiassen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jeremiassen is trying to pull guard but Silifant turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Jeremiassen tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silifant smiles and moves away.
Jeremiassen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silifant scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jeremiassen doesn't seem bothered though.
Silifant ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Jeremiassen clinches with his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jeremiassen jumps guard but Silifant stands there with Jeremiassen around his waist. Jeremiassen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jeremiassen avoiding damage as Silifant throws knees to the body.
Jeremiassen fails to pull guard.
Silifant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jeremiassen tries to pull guard but Silifant won't allow it.
Jeremiassen tries to pull guard but Silifant holds him up against the cage and eventually Jeremiassen drops back down to his feet.
Jeremiassen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jeremiassen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alec Silifant dominated that round.
That's time! Jeremiassen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jeremiassen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jeremiassen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jeremiassen fails to pull guard.
Silifant misses with some punches.
Jeremiassen is trying to pull guard but Silifant has him pressed against the cage.
Jeremiassen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jeremiassen throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jeremiassen missing with knees to the body.
Jeremiassen tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silifant smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Per Jeremiassen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silifant throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silifant lands a slapping body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jeremiassen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silifant cracks Jeremiassen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Jeremiassen moves into range and clinches up with Silifant.
Silifant throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jeremiassen blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silifant.
Jeremiassen blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silifant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jeremiassen tries to pull guard but Silifant holds him up against the cage and eventually Jeremiassen drops back down to his feet.
Jeremiassen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silifant just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jeremiassen pushes off an throws an elbow but Silifant leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silifant is looking to break free of the clinch but Jeremiassen has double underhooks.
Jeremiassen fails to pull guard.
Jeremiassen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silifant walks away with a smile on his face. Jeremiassen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jeremiassen dodges the punch combination from Silifant.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silifant lands with a nice body punch.

Jeremiassen rushes Silifant and presses him up against the cage.
Jeremiassen jumps guard but Silifant stands there with Jeremiassen around his waist. Jeremiassen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silifant wants to break free but Jeremiassen has control.
Jeremiassen is trying to pull guard but Silifant has him pressed against the cage.
Jeremiassen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silifant just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jeremiassen stalling in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silifant has a couple of punches blocked by Jeremiassen.
Jeremiassen tries to pull guard but Silifant forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Jeremiassen jumps into guard, dragging Silifant to the mat.
Silifant controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Jeremiassen has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silifant not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silifant won't allow Jeremiassen to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alec Silifant showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Jeremiassen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jeremiassen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jeremiassen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silifant scores with a body shot.
Silifant lands a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silifant throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silifant digs a good hook to Jeremiassen's body.
Silifant with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silifant scores with a body shot.
Jeremiassen tries to clinch there but Silifant circles away.
Silifant is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jeremiassen rather than just go for the knockout.
Jeremiassen tries to clinch up.
Jeremiassen tries to clinch up.
Silifant looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jeremiassen darts in trying to clinch
and Silifant counters with a stiff right hand.
Silifant punishes Jeremiassen's body with a nice straight punch.
Jeremiassen looks to clinch
and Silifant counters with a straight right hand.
Silifant scores with a hook to the body. Jeremiassen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jeremiassen tries to close the distance and clinch but Silifant swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silifant digs a good hook to Jeremiassen's body.

Silifant gets tackled into the cage by Jeremiassen. Jeremiassen maintains the clinch.

Silifant's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silifant cracks a nice hook into Jeremiassen's ribs.
Jeremiassen tries to clinch up
and Silifant counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Per Jeremiassen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silifant fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Jeremiassen on the side of the head.
Silifant lands with a nice body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silifant ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silifant thuds a left hand into Jeremiassen's body.
Jeremiassen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silifant counters with a stiff right hand.
Silifant dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silifant dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silifant lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jeremiassen at a distance.
Silifant scores with a hook to the body. Jeremiassen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jeremiassen closes the distance looking to clinch
and Silifant counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Jeremiassen closes the distance and pushes Silifant back into the cage.
Jeremiassen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silifant has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jeremiassen avoiding damage as Silifant throws knees to the body.
Silifant is looking to break free of the clinch but Jeremiassen has double underhooks.
Silifant is looking to break free of the clinch but Jeremiassen has double underhooks.
Jeremiassen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jeremiassen tries to pull guard but Silifant forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jeremiassen misses with a punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alec Silifant comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silifant winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 26:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 26:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alec Silifant!