PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sten Persson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Silva
vs
Persson

190 cm
22
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
20
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 Hilo, Bob Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sten Persson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Persson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Persson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Silva!
Persson controlling his opponent.
Persson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Persson controlling his opponent.
Persson lands a nice shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Persson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Persson landing punches.
Persson landing shots from mount.

Silva is rocked!

Persson looking to secure an arm triangle but Silva defends it well.
Persson looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Persson landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!
Persson cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Persson scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
Persson lands with some strikes.
Oh Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

It looks like Bob Silva has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Persson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Persson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Persson lands a heavy elbow.
Persson with the ground and pound from mount.
Persson content just to control the position here.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
I looks like Persson 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Persson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Persson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Persson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Persson with good strikes from the mount here!
Persson controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sten Persson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bob Silva's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Persson throws a wild body kick that Silva sees coming a mile off.

Persson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Silva tries to kick Persson off but Persson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Persson trying to pass the guard but Silva defending well.
Persson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Persson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Persson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Persson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Persson trying to pass the guard but Silva defending well.
Persson passes to full mount!
Sten Persson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Persson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Persson controlling the pace for now.
Persson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Persson looking to secure an arm triangle but Silva defends it well.
Persson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Persson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Persson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Persson landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Persson looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sten Persson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bob Silva's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

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

Despite being in the dominant position, Sten Persson just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Persson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Persson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Persson.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva has hold of Persson's hands but Persson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Persson lands a nice short elbow.
Persson perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Persson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Persson content to control rather than advance.
Silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Persson scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Persson tries to pass to full mount but Silva defends it.
Persson performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Persson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Persson in particular looking to stall.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.

Persson decides to return to a standing position.

Persson has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Silva prevents Persson from breaking the clinch.

Persson pulls Silva into guard.
Persson will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Silva preventing the sweep.
Persson controlling the position.
Bob Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Persson wants to sweep but no luck.

Persson scrambles and gets back to his feet.

Persson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Persson controls the position.
Persson wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sten Persson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Persson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 25:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 25:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sten Persson!