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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pertti Silsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pasko Nusciva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nusciva has chosen Lionel Richie - Hello as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Pasko Nusciva is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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203 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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199 lbs
8 - 11 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pertti Silsa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pasko Nusciva!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nusciva drops his hands momentarily and Silsa takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Silsa misses with an uppercut.
Silsa lands a lovely overhand right.
Silsa misses with a series of wild punches.
Nusciva closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Silsa quickly recovers to half guard.
Nusciva is stalling here. Silsa is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Nusciva seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Silsa has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Silsa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nusciva keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nusciva parries the strikes from Silsa easily there. Silsa is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Nusciva to escape.
Silsa throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Nusciva is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silsa is working for a submission of some sort.
Nusciva tries to roll over but Silsa keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nusciva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Nusciva kicks off Silsa and gets to his feet.
Nusciva tries to clinch up.
Good shot there by Silsa.
Silsa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nusciva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nusciva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silsa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nusciva throws a low kick but Silsa avoids it.
Nusciva throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Silsa tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Nusciva is in Silsa's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Silsa is on top in guard.
Silsa landing with the ground and pound.
Nusciva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silsa postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nusciva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silsa is one step ahead there.
Nusciva keeping moving, preventing Silsa from controlling successfully.
Silsa stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nusciva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Silsa postures up.
Nusciva wants to sweep here but Silsa controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nusciva striking off his back but it's not causing Silsa any problems.
Silsa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nusciva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silsa postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nusciva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silsa looking to sit in guard and control but Nusciva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Silsa working a defensive guard here.
Nusciva wants to control from the top but Silsa keeps moving.
Nusciva throws a big right hand that misses.
Silsa trying to keep a closed guard but Nusciva is proving a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silsa is pulling down on Nusciva's head to control his posture.
Nusciva wants to control from the top but Silsa keeps moving.
Silsa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A jab from Nusciva does it's job there.
Silsa lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Pertti Silsa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silsa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nusciva has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Silsa is trying to keep an underhook but Nusciva manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Nusciva is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Nusciva trying to mount his opponent but Silsa defends it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Pertti Silsa will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Nusciva misses with an uppercut.
Silsa gets a takedown into half guard.
Silsa wants to control but Nusciva is keeping him busy.
Silsa working over Nusciva with some ground and pound. Nusciva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nusciva looking for submissions off his back.
Silsa prevents Nusciva from improving his position.
Nusciva regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Silsa.
Silsa trying to control but Nusciva is working from the bottom.
Silsa throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nusciva doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Nusciva controls Silsa momentarily but Silsa frees himself.
Silsa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silsa preventing the sweep.
Nusciva scores with a nice shot.
Nusciva trying to control the position.
Nusciva keeping moving, preventing Silsa from controlling successfully.
Silsa chips away with some ground and pound.
Silsa tries to free his leg and advance position but Nusciva is retaining full guard.
Nusciva pulls Silsa in to control the position.
Silsa wants to pass the guard but Nusciva is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nusciva keeping moving, preventing Silsa from controlling successfully.
Nusciva looking for a sweep. Not yet Nusciva, not yet.
Silsa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Nusciva is pulling down on Silsa's head to control his posture.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Pasko Nusciva wasn't active enough on the ground.
Silsa closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Nusciva quickly recovers to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nusciva is trying to maintain the position but Silsa is very close to passing his half guard.
Nusciva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silsa.
Silsa winds up and cracks Nusciva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Nusciva tries to roll over but Silsa keeps him under control.
Silsa is trying to control. Nusciva wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nusciva wants to get back to his feet.
Silsa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nusciva is doing well to control the position and prevent Silsa from advancing to side control.
Silsa looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Pertti Silsa overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nusciva trying to control but Silsa postures up.
Silsa working over Nusciva with some ground and pound. Nusciva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nusciva actively working from the bottom here.
Nusciva trying to control but Silsa postures up.
Nusciva is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silsa is working for a submission of some sort.
Silsa working Nusciva over with strikes.
Nusciva wants to control but Silsa is keeping busy and won't allow it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nusciva is looking to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silsa throws a strike but Nusciva avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Silsa wants to control from the top but Nusciva keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pertti Silsa dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silsa checks a leg kick.
Silsa jabs at Nusciva's body.
Nusciva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Silsa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silsa scores with a push kick.
Nusciva misses with a low kick.
Silsa misses the shot to the body.
Silsa throws a nice head kick!
Nusciva connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silsa tries to land a front kick but Nusciva steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Silsa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Silsa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nusciva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nusciva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nusciva doesn't manage to clinch there - Silsa circles away.
Pertti Silsa is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silsa throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Nusciva tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Silsa is in Nusciva's guard.
Nusciva is trying to hold Silsa in close to prevent damage but Silsa has managed to pass into half guard.
Nusciva tries to roll over but Silsa keeps him under control.
Nusciva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nusciva trying to control from the bottom.
Silsa working the head and body with strikes.
Nice strikes from Silsa there.
Silsa is looking for a kimura here.
Nusciva has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Silsa is working away from the top position though.
Silsa looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silsa wants to take a breather but Nusciva is having none of it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nusciva regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nusciva working a defensive guard here.
Silsa wants to control from the top but Nusciva keeps moving.
Nusciva controls Silsa momentarily but Silsa frees himself.
Silsa scoring with some ground and pound.
Silsa postures up in Nusciva's guard and throws a big left but Nusciva blocks it.
Pasko Nusciva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silsa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nusciva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silsa trying to control the position from guard on top but Nusciva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silsa landing some decent shots from guard.
Silsa trying to control the position from guard on top but Nusciva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nusciva had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Silsa defends it easily.
Silsa postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Silsa trying to control the position from guard on top but Nusciva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nusciva trying to control the position.
Silsa stopping the sweep attempt from Nusciva.
Nusciva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silsa trying to control but Nusciva is working from the bottom.
Silsa postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silsa chips away with some ground and pound.
Pertti Silsa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nusciva throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pertti Silsa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silsa has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pertti Silsa!
A very excited looking Pertti Silsa made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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