PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andy Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Silvera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Thunderstruck by AC/DC. Silvera is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Wedlock. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Joey Silvera enters the cage!

Silva
vs
Silvera

188 cm
29
186 lbs
24 - 8 - 2

185 cm
26
193 lbs
14 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 8 - 2, fighting out of London, Andy Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Joey Silvera!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silvera is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silvera tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good shot there by Silvera.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Silvera is just out of range.
Silvera keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Silvera gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva tries to pull guard but Silvera won't allow it.
Silvera being controlled against the cage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silvera scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Silva stalling in the clinch.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is stalling here.
Silva is looking to take this one to the mat.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Silvera stalling.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as Silvera tries to tie him up.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Silvera backwards.
Silvera prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva taking a breather.
Silvera misses with a knee to the head.
Silvera manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silvera misses with the head strike.
Silvera using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva is working for takedown but Silvera is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva being controlled against the cage.
Silvera is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silvera has his back to the cage.
Silvera misses with an elbow over the top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silvera taking a breather.
Silvera lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvera lands a body shot in the clinch.
Silvera avoiding damage.
Silva keeps control of Silvera as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silvera lands with a left to the head.
Silvera is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Joey Silvera.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Silvera looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Silvera tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Silvera moved away.
A punch combination from Silvera misses.
Silva throws a push kick but Silvera slaps the foot to one side.
Silva lands a high kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big left from Silvera misses.
Silvera moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva throws a low kick but Silvera moves out of range easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvera is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva moves away from the strike by Silvera.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silvera closes the distance looking to clinch
and Silva counters with a thumping low kick.

Silvera clinches up against the cage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silvera will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Silva up against the cage.

Silvera pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silvera tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva swings widly with a right hand
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva thumps Silvera with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Joey Silvera will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Silvera bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silvera.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Silvera tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silvera stuffs the takedown.
Silvera looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A big left from Silva misses.

Silvera clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Silvera stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva scores with a nice head shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silvera moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silvera takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Silvera was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvera fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silvera circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Silvera.
Silva throws a nice head kick!
Silvera moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silvera tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva wants to slow Silvera down by chopping away at his legs.
Silvera jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silvera defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Silvera wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva cracks Silvera with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Silvera wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva throws a leg kick but Silvera moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Silva lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Silvera has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silvera and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silvera's calf.
Silva throws a head kick that half lands.
Silva throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Silvera throws out a powerful jab.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silvera tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva lands with a shot to the body.
Good shot there by Silva.
Silvera is looking to clinch.

Silvera gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Silvera gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Silvera lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.

It looks like Andy Silva has been cut.
Silvera misses with a hook from the clinch.

Silvera manages to break the clinch.
Silvera throws the kick towards the body but Silva avoids it.
Silvera scores with a push kick.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.

Silvera gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva trying to control the position but instead, Silvera has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silva into the cage.
Silva can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva tries a body shot but Silvera blocks it.
Silvera misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvera is struggling to control the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva tries a knee to the head but Silvera blocks it.
Silva taking a breather.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as Silvera tries to tie him up.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silvera avoids it.
Silvera is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Silvera controls the action.

Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Silva.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Joey Silvera is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva throws a push kick but Silvera slaps the foot to one side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Andy Silva'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. This is the final round!

Nice defenses there by Silvera.
Silvera lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Silva swings for the body but Silvera moves out of range.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Silvera.
Silvera with a hook.
Silvera fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silvera bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Silvera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Silvera connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silva scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silvera moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.
Silvera tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva throws a head kick that half lands.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Silva throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvera tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silvera feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Silvera avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silvera is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Nice sprawl there from Silvera as Silva shoots in.
Silvera connects with a single shot there.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Silvera lands with a cross.

Silva is rocked!
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
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!
A decent looking cross lands there for Silvera.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silvera moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Nice takedown defense from Silvera. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
Silvera is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silvera connects with a stiff jab that staggers Silva - oh and he follows up with a huge uppercut that knocks him out cold! Man, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Joey Silvera!
Post fight, Joey Silvera stared into the camera and said 'In nomine dei nostri satanas luciferi excelsi!'.