PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Silver (ranked 432 p4p, 47 weight class) and Jaako Turkinen (ranked 279 p4p, 27 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silver
vs
Turkinen

154 cm
39
147 lbs
38 - 23 - 1

178 cm
34
146 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

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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 38 - 23 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nathan Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jaako Turkinen!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Turkinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silver was well out of range. Poor timing from Turkinen.
Turkinen slips a straight right by Silver.
Turkinen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silver looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Turkinen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silver.
Turkinen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Silver takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silver throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turkinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silver avoids the body shot from Turkinen.
A big left from Turkinen misses.
Turkinen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silver.
Turkinen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Turkinen connects with a jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Turkinen as he connects with a hook.
Silver misses with a body shot.
Turkinen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
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!
Silver pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Turkinen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Silver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Turkinen manages to avoid it.
Silver uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Turkinen.
Turkinen lands the left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turkinen lunges at Silver with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Silver's hand.
Turkinen throws a body punch but Silver moves out of range.
Silver moves away from the strike by Turkinen.
Turkinen misses with a wild body shot.
Silver scores with a shot to the body.
Turkinen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silver has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cats Killers Academy Mma in the buildup to the fight.
Turkinen loads up on a big right hand but Silver slips the punch.
Turkinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Silver.
Silver lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Turkinen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silver.
Turkinen throws a shot from downtown. Silver moves away and avoids it.
Nice body punch from Turkinen.
A combination from Turkinen does no damage.
Silver lands the left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Turkinen misses with a body shot.
Silver connects with a right hand. Turkinen shakes it off.
Turkinen lands with a good body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A swing and a miss from Turkinen.
Silver displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Turkinen throws out the jab.
Silver ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Turkinen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Silver thows a left - swing and a miss!
Turkinen sizes up Silver with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Turkinen throws a looping overhand right but Silver ducks down to avoid it.
Silver throws a jab when Turkinen was well out of range.
Silver misses with a hook
and Turkinen counters with a stiff right hand.
Silver throws a hook but Turkinen avoids it easily.
Turkinen staying out of range there.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Turkinen! But no joy.
Silver misses with an uppercut. Turkinen saw that one coming.
Turkinen throws a jab when Silver was well out of range.
Silver looks to land a right hand but Turkinen moved out of range.
Turkinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Silver throwing a counter right hand but Turkinen manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turkinen works Silver's body with a nice hook.
Silver is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Turkinen swats away the attempt to clinch by Silver.
Turkinen misses the jab.
Silver is looking to counter punch.
Turkinen blocks a jab.
Turkinen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Silver counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Turkinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silver was well out of range. Poor timing from Turkinen.
Turkinen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silver stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silver takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silver throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silver blocks a jab.
As Turkinen backs away, Silver returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A combination from Turkinen does no damage.
A little feinted left hand from Silver on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Silver is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Turkinen connects with a crisp jab.
Silver swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silver throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Turkinen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Turkinen. Silver does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Silver thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silver gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A combination from Silver does no damage.
Silver is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turkinen.
Turkinen throws a jab but it's blocked by Silver.
Silver just misses with a punch to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Turkinen misses.
Silver just misses with a punch to the body.
Turkinen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Turkinen. Silver does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the body from Turkinen misses
and Silver connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silver jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silver slips under a jab.
Silver was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.
Turkinen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Turkinen lands with a cross.
Nice sprawl there from Silver as Turkinen shoots in.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaako Turkinen dominated that round.
That's time! Silver's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Turkinen misses with a straight left.
Turkinen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silver looks to land a left hand but Turkinen moved out of range nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Silver. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Silver.

Turkinen is rocked!

It looks like Jaako Turkinen has been cut.
Turkinen looks to land a left hand but Silver moved out of range nicely.
Turkinen is still on wobbly legs! Can Silver finish him?
Silver takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Turkinen seems to have recovered his senses.
Turkinen looks to land a left hand but Silver moved out of range nicely.
Turkinen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Turkinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silver uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Turkinen.
Turkinen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Good exchange - Turkinen coming out on top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turkinen digs a good hook to Silver's body.
Turkinen misses the shot to the body.
Turkinen blocks a leg kick.
Turkinen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Silver counters with a thumping low kick.
Jaako Turkinen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turkinen swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Silver to counter with a crisp jab.
Silver pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Silver does no damage.
Silver looks to land a combination but Turkinen avoids it well.
Turkinen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Turkinen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Turkinen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice defenses there by Silver.
Silver misses with a body shot.
Silver misses with a lunging right hand
and Turkinen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Turkinen throws out a loose jab but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nathan Silver is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silver bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Silver on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Silver throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turkinen misses with a wild body shot.
Silver waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turkinen.
Turkinen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Silver might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Turkinen swings for the body but Silver moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turkinen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silver moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silver throws a looping overhand right but Turkinen ducks down to avoid it.
Turkinen misses with a wild combination.
Silver misses with a straight left.
Silver throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silver misses with an uppercut.
Jaako Turkinen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silver bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Turkinen looks to land a right hand but Silver moved out of range.
Turkinen throws a lazy right hand but Silver sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Turkinen loads up on a big right hand but Silver slips the punch.
A swing and a miss from Silver.
Silver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turkinen throws a body shot but no joy.
Turkinen lands with a hook. Silver tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silver cracks Turkinen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Turkinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silver.
Silver connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Silver connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A slow jab from Silver misses its intended target.
Silver ducks under a wild hook from Turkinen.
Silver moves out of range of the strikes.
Silver misses with a hook.
Silver jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silver scores with a hook to the body. Turkinen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silver slips under a jab from Turkinen.
Silver throws out a loose jab but Turkinen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silver moves out of range as Turkinen strikes.
Turkinen defending well as Silver loads up on a big left hand.
It seemed like Turkinen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Turkinen ducks under a wild hook from Silver.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turkinen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Turkinen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Turkinen connects with a right hand. Silver shakes it off.
Turkinen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silver was well out of range. Poor timing from Turkinen.
Silver bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silver looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Turkinen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silver connects with a jab.
The fighters circling - Turkinen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A swing and a miss from Silver.
Silver keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Turkinen.
Turkinen lands a lovely overhand right.
Turkinen loads up on a big right hand but Silver slips the punch.
Turkinen moves away from the strike by Silver.
Turkinen throws a hook to the side of Silver's head but Silver sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silver throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Turkinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silver is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jaako Turkinen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jaako Turkinen's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A low kick from Silver misses
and Turkinen counters with a straight right hand.
Silver is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Turkinen.
Turkinen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up but Turkinen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silver throws a lazy right hand but Turkinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Turkinen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Turkinen misses.
Silver looks to land a right hand but Turkinen moved out of range.
Turkinen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Silver throws a predictable looking body shot
and Turkinen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Turkinen cracks Silver with a good jab.
Turkinen lands the left hand.
Silver keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Turkinen throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turkinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Silver wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Silver throws a jab when Turkinen was well out of range.
Turkinen blocks a head kick by Silver.
It seemed like Turkinen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Silver connects with a leg kick. Turkinen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Silver swings widly with a right hand
and Silver takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Turkinen.
Turkinen blocks a jab.
Turkinen misses with a looping right.
Turkinen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A slow jab from Silver misses its intended target.
Turkinen avoids the body shot from Silver.
Turkinen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Turkinen looks to score with a jab to the body but Silver is just out of range.
Turkinen just misses with a punch to the body.

Silver fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Turkinen, pushing him back against the cage.
Silver lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Turkinen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silver misses with a body punch.
Turkinen tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Turkinen.
Silver is stalling here.
Turkinen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silver backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turkinen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silver controlling the action here for a moment.
A nice left hand lands by Silver.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turkinen scores with a shot to the side of Silver's head.
Still in the clinch, Silver scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silver swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Turkinen misses with the head strike.
Turkinen misses with a hook from the clinch.

Turkinen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Turkinen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Turkinen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Turkinen thuds a left hand into Silver's body.
Nathan Silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silver tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Turkinen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turkinen throws a looping overhand right but Silver ducks down to avoid it.
Silver lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Turkinen circles away quickly and effectively.
Turkinen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Silver closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Turkinen drives through with a takedown into guard.

Silver scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Turkinen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Turkinen slips under a jab.
Turkinen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Silver misses with a series of wild punches.
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!
Silver walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Turkinen moves forwards but Silver connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Silver waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Turkinen.
Turkinen wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turkinen misses with a hook to the body
and Silver counters with a stiff right hand.
Silver takes one to the side of the head.
Silver fails with an attempt to clinch.
Turkinen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silver.
Turkinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silver jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silver drops his hands momentarily and Turkinen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Turkinen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silver on the side of the head.
Silver scores with a jab. Turkinen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Silver looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Silver tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Turkinen was well out of range. Poor timing from Silver.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silver tries to clinch but Turkinen is having none of it.
Turkinen scores with a sloppy right hand. Silver should have avoided that one.
Nice cross by Turkinen.
Jaako Turkinen is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silver just misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jaako Turkinen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Turkinen 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaako Turkinen!
Jaako Turkinen really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that FORCEE logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.