PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Valentino Silfversvanz (ranked 3849 p4p, 390 weight class) and Temirlan Ashimov (ranked 3379 p4p, 357 weight class). Ashimov has chosen System Of A Down - Chop Suey! as his entrance music. Temirlan Ashimov has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Valentino Silfversvanz's chin.

Silfversvanz
vs
Ashimov

178 cm
29
160 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

180 cm
26
168 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Valentino Silfversvanz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Temirlan Ashimov!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ashimov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silfversvanz's hands.
Silfversvanz tries to clinch but Ashimov is having none of it.

Silfversvanz moves into the clinch.
Ashimov can't get the takedown.
Silfversvanz swings wildly with an uppercut but Ashimov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silfversvanz misses with a punch to the body.
Ashimov goes for a takedown attempt but Silfversvanz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Silfversvanz tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ashimov connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silfversvanz misses with a looping right.
A countering left hand to the body from Ashimov misses.
Silfversvanz tries to clinch but Ashimov moves away
and Ashimov counters with a right hand to the body.

Silfversvanz closes the distance and clinches.
Silfversvanz scores with a shoulder strike.
Ashimov is looking for a takedown.
Valentino Silfversvanz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Temirlan Ashimov.
A short right from Silfversvanz.
Ashimov tries to work over Silfversvanz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ashimov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silfversvanz prevents the takedown attempt.

Ashimov wants the takedown. Silfversvanz is fighting it off but Ashimov persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Silfversvanz's guard against the cage.
Ashimov won't allow Silfversvanz to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashimov is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Ashimov working some strikes from top position.
Ashimov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ashimov makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ashimov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Ashimov thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Ashimov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silfversvanz throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Ashimov escapes and throws Silfversvanz's legs to the side, diving into side control!

Ashimov is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Silfversvanz has escaped the position, nice work there.
Silfversvanz is looking for a sweep.
Ashimov is working Silfversvanz over with some ground and pound from side control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A lull in the action here.
Silfversvanz is looking to get back to his feet here but Ashimov is keeping cool and he's managed to take Silfversvanz's back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ashimov is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Ashimov gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Ashimov gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Ashimov apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Ashimov bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ashimov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ashimov doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ashimov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silfversvanz.
Silfversvanz doesn't manage to clinch there - Ashimov circles away.
Ashimov catches Silfversvanz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Silfversvanz tries to clinch but Ashimov moves out of range.
Silfversvanz tries to clinch
letting Ashimov counter with a right hand.

Silfversvanz pushes Ashimov up against the cage in a clinch.
Ashimov wants to get back to striking at distance but Silfversvanz won't allow it.
Silfversvanz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ashimov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silfversvanz works on Ashimov's body with a couple of short punches.
Silfversvanz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ashimov wants to take the fight to the mat but Silfversvanz manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Ashimov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ashimov is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ashimov is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Silfversvanz is defending well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silfversvanz lands a right hand.
Silfversvanz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ashimov backwards.
Silfversvanz stalling the fight.
Ashimov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ashimov is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silfversvanz gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Silfversvanz presses Ashimov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Silfversvanz can't find room to land a body shot as Ashimov controls the action.
Ashimov wants a takedown but no success here.
Silfversvanz has a couple of punches blocked by Ashimov.
Silfversvanz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silfversvanz lands a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Temirlan Ashimov will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Silfversvanz moves in looking to clinch but Ashimov pushes him off.
Silfversvanz doesn't manage to clinch there - Ashimov circles away.
Ashimov throws a lazy right hand but Silfversvanz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silfversvanz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Silfversvanz is looking to clinch.
Silfversvanz takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Silfversvanz closes the distance and clinches.
Ashimov takes a shot to the head.
Silfversvanz tries to work over Ashimov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silfversvanz throws a head punch that misses.
Ashimov is looking for a takedown.
Silfversvanz is pressed up against the cage. Ashimov has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silfversvanz down to the mat. Silfversvanz avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ashimov misses with a left hand
and Silfversvanz counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silfversvanz tries to clinch up.
Silfversvanz is looking to clinch but Ashimov is avoiding it.
It seemed like Ashimov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ashimov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silfversvanz tries to clinch but Ashimov is having none of it.
Ashimov swats away the attempt to clinch by Silfversvanz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashimov takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ashimov scores with a jab to the body.
Silfversvanz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It seemed like Ashimov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ashimov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ashimov comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Valentino Silfversvanz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silfversvanz doesn't manage to clinch there - Ashimov circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ashimov! But no joy.
Silfversvanz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silfversvanz wants to clinch.
Ashimov now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Silfversvanz tries to clinch but Ashimov moves away
and Ashimov counters with a stiff right hand.
Ashimov swats away the attempt to clinch by Silfversvanz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ashimov misses with a hook to the body
and Silfversvanz counters with a stiff right hand.
Silfversvanz misses with a head kick.

Silfversvanz moves into the clinch.
Ashimov drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silfversvanz gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Valentino Silfversvanz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Temirlan Ashimov.
Ashimov drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silfversvanz pulls his leg out and moves away.
A jab from Ashimov misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Ashimov. That snapped Silfversvanz's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circle momentarily. Ashimov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Silfversvanz instigates a clinch.
Ashimov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silfversvanz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silfversvanz misses with a body punch.
Ashimov tries to score a body lock takedown but Silfversvanz shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Silfversvanz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Valentino Silfversvanz has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silfversvanz is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Silfversvanz gets through Ashimov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ashimov drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silfversvanz gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ashimov is breathing heavily.
Silfversvanz lands a nice uppercut.
Silfversvanz tries to throw a body punch but Ashimov avoids it by throwing Silfversvanz back against the cage.
Ashimov is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ashimov wants a takedown.
Silfversvanz scores with a hook to the body.
Silfversvanz is stalling here.
Silfversvanz lands a body punch.
Silfversvanz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silfversvanz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silfversvanz scores with a hook to the body.
Silfversvanz has a couple of punches blocked by Ashimov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silfversvanz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ashimov backwards.
Ashimov is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Silfversvanz pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Silfversvanz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ashimov looking for a takedown.
Ashimov throws a punch but it's blocked by Silfversvanz.
Ashimov lands with a right to the head.
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!
Silfversvanz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ashimov has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silfversvanz avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Silfversvanz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ashimov prevents a body shot from Silfversvanz.
Silfversvanz scores with a shot to the side of Ashimov's head.
Ashimov has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silfversvanz is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Silfversvanz misses with a punch to the body.
Silfversvanz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silfversvanz.
Silfversvanz digs a right hand underneath Ashimov's ribcage. Ashimov let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A shot in the inside from Silfversvanz.

Ashimov is rocked!
Silfversvanz scores with a shot to the side of Ashimov's head.
Ashimov is still on wobbly legs! Can Silfversvanz finish him?
Silfversvanz lands with a light punch inside.
Silfversvanz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Valentino Silfversvanz dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Silfversvanz wants to clinch.

Silfversvanz has Ashimov up against the cage in a clinch.
Silfversvanz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silfversvanz prevents the takedown attempt.
Ashimov has Silfversvanz pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silfversvanz manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Silfversvanz lands a big right hand that drops Ashimov! The killer instinct kicks in and Silfversvanz finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Silfversvanz!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Valentino Silfversvanz!
An intense looking Valentino Silfversvanz took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'This was my Destiny! But If he want's to run it again we can! Sweden Italy we did it baby! Wooooooo!!'.