PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Silvia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaakko Juusto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tim Silvia had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Silvia
vs
Juusto

208 cm
18
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
18
255 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Organic Peak Performance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tim Silvia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jaakko Juusto!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Juusto scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Silvia is looking to control Juusto's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Silvia avoid being mounted?
Juusto takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
I looks like Juusto might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Silvia is trying to stand back up but Juusto is controlling him
Juusto tries to pass the half guard into mount. Silvia knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Silvia wants to get back to his feet.
Juusto lands with a punch from half guard.
Silvia looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juusto seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Juusto sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silvia defending well though.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Juusto pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Juusto moves out of range of the body kick.
Silvia misses with a wild combination.
Juusto shoots in but Silvia avoids the takedown attempt easily.

Juusto looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvia wants to get back to his feet.
Silvia is breathing heavily.
Juusto trying to control the action but Silvia is working from the bottom.

Silvia kicks off Juusto and gets to his feet.

Juusto drives through and clinches with Silvia against the ropes.
Juusto pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Juusto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Come on Juusto - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Juusto gets underhooks to prevent Silvia's takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Juusto manages to break the clinch.
Silvia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silvia darts in trying to clinch

and Juusto counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Juusto in particular looking to stall.
Juusto thows a huge punch but Silvia dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Juusto seems content to control.
Silvia is trying to stand up here but Juusto is controlling him well.
Juusto is pressing down on Silvia's thigh, looking to free his foot. Silvia is holding on for now.
Silvia has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Juusto is working away from the top position though.
Silvia is looking to escape.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silvia throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silvia keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaakko Juusto dominated that round.
That's time! Silvia's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A combination from Silvia does no damage.
Juusto shoots for a takedown but Silvia saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Silvia tries to bum rush Juusto with a series of wild strikes but Juusto uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silvia throws a head kick that misses

so Juusto counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Juusto controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Juusto avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Juusto is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Juusto stands up and waves to Silvia to follow him.
Silvia throws a series of punches but Juusto moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juusto fails with the takedown.
Silvia lands with a shot to the body.

Juusto gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Silvia trying to control but Juusto is working from the bottom.

Juusto throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Juusto working for a triangle but Silvia defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Juusto pushes Silvia off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silvia looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silvia takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Juusto pulls Silvia into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juusto trying to keep a closed guard but Silvia is proving a slippery customer.
Juusto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Juusto doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Juusto pushes Silvia off and scrambles back to his feet.
Juusto with a poor takedown

and Silvia counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Tim Silvia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaakko Juusto.
Juusto looking to control.

Silvia drops back looking for a leg! Juusto is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Juusto manages to kick Silvia off! Silvia jumps back into Juusto's guard.

Silvia gets to his feet. Juusto looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Jaakko Juusto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Juusto moves out of range as Silvia throws a body kick.
Juusto is looking to clinch but Silvia is avoiding it.
Silvia misses with a jab, cross combination.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Silvia.
Silvia wants to stand but Juusto is controlling his arm.
Juusto is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silvia creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jaakko Juusto will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Juusto doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Silvia counters with a two punch combo.

Juusto shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Juusto was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Silvia in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Silvia wants to hold on but Juusto pushes him away.
Silvia is desperately trying to improve his position but Juusto has a good base and remains in mount.
Juusto landing strikes from the mount.
Silvia sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Juusto prevents Silvia from standing back up.

Juusto decides to stand and escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Juusto throws a head kick that Silvia semi-blocks.
Juusto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silvia throws a lazy head kick

and Juusto holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Juusto manages to break the clinch.
Juusto fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Silvia is looking to clinch but Juusto is avoiding it.
Juusto misses with a takedown attempt
and Silvia counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tim Silvia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jaakko Juusto.

Silvia shoots in and bounces Juusto off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Silvia has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Juusto doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Juusto manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Silvia manages to get himself to full guard.

Juusto gets to his feet - Silvia follows without any prompting.
Silvia wants to clinch up but Juusto keeps it at a distance.

Juusto moves into the clinch.

Juusto manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Silvia is looking to stand up but Juusto won't let him.
Silvia wants to stand and escape but instead Juusto has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Juusto gets to his feet - Silvia follows without any prompting.
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!

Silvia closes the distance and clinches.

Silvia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Juusto tries to clinch but Silvia is having none of it.
Juusto lands with a slapping head kick.
Juusto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Juusto darts in trying to clinch

and Silvia counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Silvia lands a nice short elbow.
Silvia stalling away here and it's allowed Juusto to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Silvia trying to control the position from guard on top but Juusto is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Juusto working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silvia.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvia slips nicely into half guard.
Juusto is looking to control Silvia's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Juusto avoid being mounted?
Silvia wants to stand but Juusto has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Juusto is looking to control Silvia's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Juusto avoid being mounted?

Silvia is trying to work for a kimura but Juusto is defending well.
Tim Silvia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Juusto gets full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jaakko Juusto.
I've got Juusto 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jaakko Juusto!