PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Semmy Kasteel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Silvera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kasteel comes to the cage accompanied by Celtic Music. Silvera has chosen Wedlock as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kasteel
vs
Silvera

188 cm
30
201 lbs
19 - 7 - 1

185 cm
32
193 lbs
23 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 19 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Semmy Kasteel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Joey Silvera!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Kasteel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kasteel definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Kasteel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kasteel circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kasteel counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silvera thinking.
Silvera throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kasteel ducks under a wild hook from Silvera.
Silvera throws a jab when Kasteel was well out of range.
That kick from Silvera tenderised Kasteel's leg. Kasteel is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kasteel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silvera.
Kasteel takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Silvera tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kasteel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvera lands a nice shot that snaps Kasteel's head back.
Joey Silvera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kasteel avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice body punch from Silvera.

Silvera pushes Kasteel up against the cage in a clinch.
A shot in the inside from Kasteel.
Kasteel has a couple of punches blocked by Silvera.
Kasteel misses with some punches.
Silvera pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kasteel stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Silvera lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kasteel backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kasteel misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kasteel.
Silvera lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kasteel.
Silvera tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kasteel avoids the elbow strike from Silvera, against the cage.
Silvera blocks an uppercut.
Silvera crunches a lovely knee into Kasteel's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvera presses Kasteel against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Silvera stalling in the clinch but Kasteel improves position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kasteel.
Kasteel gets through Silvera's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silvera using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kasteel is breathing heavily.
Kasteel looking to stall.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kasteel takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kasteel tries to land knees in the clinch but Silvera avoids the damage to the body.
Silvera lands an elbow inside.
Silvera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kasteel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Kasteel fails to land.
Silvera stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Silvera scores a nice knee to the body.
Silvera lands a body shot in the clinch.
Come on Silvera - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silvera.
Silvera lands an elbow just above Kasteel 's eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvera lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silvera lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silvera lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Silvera - that landed with a thud.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silvera creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silvera cracks Kasteel with a nice body shot.
Silvera lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silvera makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silvera lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Kasteel is rocked!
Kasteel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Oh Kasteel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silvera dips a shoulder and cracks Kasteel with a mighty uppercut! Kasteel falls back against the cage and Silvera unloads with a barrage of strikes! Kasteel is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Silvera screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joey Silvera!
Joey Silvera seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.