PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juho Pennanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Pennanen
vs
Silva

184 cm
20
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
27
175 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Juho Pennanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Thiago Silva!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pennanen takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Pennanen takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.

Pennanen drops Silva with a beautiful combination! Silva stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Pennanen is looking for the KO!

Silva is rocked!

It looks like Thiago Silva has been cut.
A big left from Pennanen misses.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Pennanen finish him?
Silva slips a straight right by Pennanen.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pennanen tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pennanen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pennanen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Pennanen misses with a looping right.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pennanen.
Pennanen scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva throws a predictable looking body shot
and Pennanen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Pennanen is just out of range.

Pennanen gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pennanen pushes Silva back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva looks gassed!
Nice body punch from Pennanen.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Pennanen pushes Silva back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Pennanen scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short left from Pennanen.
Good body shot from Pennanen.

Pennanen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pennanen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pennanen cracks Silva with a hook to the temple - Silva is on wobbly legs here! Pennanen swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Silva falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Pennanen wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Juho Pennanen!