PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mk Ultra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Silvera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ultra comes to the cage accompanied by Big Bad - Satriani. The crowd seem to be enjoying Silvera's choice of entrance music: Wedlock. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ultra
vs
Silvera

181 cm
37
178 lbs
36 - 16 - 1

185 cm
32
193 lbs
25 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158
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Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mk Ultra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Joey Silvera!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvera avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ultra bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silvera's head.
Ultra connects with a nice looking jab.
Silvera lands with a cross.
Silvera looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Silvera doesn't manage to clinch there - Ultra circles away.
Nice defenses there by Ultra.
Ultra with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silvera avoids the body shot from Ultra.
Silvera checks a leg kick.
Ultra scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silvera in his tracks.
Ultra throws a shot from downtown. Silvera moves away and avoids it.
Ultra on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silvera misses with a series of wild punches.
Ultra pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silvera listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ultra slips a jab from Silvera.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvera feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ultra's calf.
Ultra tries to close the distance and clinch but Silvera swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice defenses there by Ultra.
Ultra lands with an overhand left.
Silvera blocks a head kick by Ultra.

Silvera fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ultra, pushing him back against the cage.
Ultra prevents a body shot from Silvera.
A right handed body shot lands from Ultra.
I was talking to Ultra's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Ultra's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ultra is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silvera tries to clinch up.
Silvera blocks a head kick by Ultra.
Ultra throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silvera scores with a jab. Ultra acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ultra doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Silvera connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silvera has closed the distance and engaged Ultra in a clinch.
A short right from Silvera on the inside.
Nice body punch from Silvera.
Silvera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silvera lands a hook that snaps the head of Ultra backwards.

Ultra breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ultra fails to land with a series of punches.
Ultra loads up on a big right hand but Silvera slips the punch.
Ultra swings for the body but Silvera moves out of range.
Silvera throws a body punch but Ultra moves out of range.
Ultra lands a body shot.
Silvera connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ultra's hands.
Silvera uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ultra has time to react.
A telegraphed right hand from Ultra misses the target.
Mk Ultra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silvera checks a leg kick.
Silvera misses with a body shot.
Ultra clobbers Silvera with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silvera throws an off balance right hand
letting Ultra counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ultra throws out a loose jab but Silvera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silvera avoids the head kick by Ultra.
Ultra throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ultra misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silvera.
Ultra rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silvera moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ultra moves out of range of the strikes.
Silvera has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ultra.
Silvera with a nice cross.
Ultra walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silvera checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Silvera is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ultra had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ultra throws a low kick but it's checked well by Silvera.
Silvera scores with a jab to the body.
Ultra tries to move into range but Silvera moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silvera waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ultra.
Silvera slips under a jab from Ultra.
Silvera checks a leg kick.
Silvera looks to land a right hand but Ultra moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ultra fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silvera has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silvera moves out of range of the leg kick from Ultra.
Ultra ducks under a wild hook from Silvera.
Good standup being displayed there by Ultra as he connects with a hook.
Ultra throws a head kick but Silvera moves out of range.
Silvera tries to close the distance and clinch but Ultra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silvera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ultra.
Silvera tries to clinch up.
Ultra pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silvera scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ultra lands with a nice body punch.

Silvera darts in and clinches Ultra up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ultra blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silvera creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Still in the clinch, Silvera scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silvera tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silvera makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
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 Mk Ultra will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ultra fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silvera checks it well.
Ultra misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mk Ultra is winning the standup battle so far.
Ultra buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ultra looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Ultra throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silvera takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ultra throws a leg kick but Silvera moved away.
Silvera on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Silvera gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silvera lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ultra backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silvera lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ultra lands a shoulder strike.
Silvera creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ultra's defenses.
Ultra can't find room to land a body shot as Silvera controls the action.
Silvera lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silvera lands a nice uppercut.
Ultra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silvera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silvera tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ultra stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Silvera misses with some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ultra as Silvera tries to tie him up.
Ultra makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ultra works on Silvera's body with a couple of short punches.
Silvera has a couple of punches blocked by Ultra.
Ultra misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ultra struggles to land a body shot inside as Silvera controls his hands.
Silvera misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silvera stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ultra blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ultra tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ultra doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Ultra scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silvera scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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!
Silvera lands with a left to the head.
Ultra lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ultra lands a right hand.
Silvera looking to stall.
Ultra misses with a punch to the body.
Silvera lands with a short shot to the head.
Silvera tries to throw a body punch but Ultra avoids it by throwing Silvera back against the cage.
Silvera lands a shoulder strike.
Ultra lands with a right to the head.
Ultra misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ultra as Silvera tries to tie him up.
Ultra misses with a body punch.
Silvera lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ultra.
Silvera is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ultra is keeping busy.
Silvera prevents a body shot from Ultra.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvera connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ultra's face.
Ultra is trying to maintain a safe position but Silvera gets an underhook and turns Ultra into the cage.
Ultra working aggressively here.
Ultra wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silvera has him pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Ultra - that landed with a thud.
Silvera scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silvera lands a damaging elbow.
Joey Silvera seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ultra on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ultra lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silvera backwards.
Silvera creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silvera lands a damaging elbow.
Silvera fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silvera misses with a punch on the inside.
Ultra misses with some punches.
Silvera content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Silvera keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ultra's efforts to push away.
Silvera misses with the head strike.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Silvera in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvera tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ultra avoids it.
Silvera gets through Ultra's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silvera lands with a light punch inside.
Silvera unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silvera lands an elbow inside.
Ultra misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ultra has a couple of punches blocked by Silvera.
Silvera goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silvera looking to stall.
A short left from Silvera.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silvera effectively controlling the action here.
Silvera blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ultra throws a punch but it's blocked by Silvera.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Joey Silvera will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Silvera scores with a jab to the head.
Silvera tries to close the distance and clinch but Ultra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silvera uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ultra.
Silvera shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ultra eats them both and turns towards Silvera to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Silvera fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ultra misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silvera doesn't manage to clinch there - Ultra circles away.
Ultra throws a leg kick but Silvera moved away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silvera, right into the meat.
Ultra scores with a decent looking hook.
Ultra dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silvera tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ultra manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silvera swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ultra tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silvera was well out of range. Poor timing from Ultra.
Ultra lands a really nice looking cross but Silvera seems unphased.
Ultra connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ultra plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Ultra does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ultra lands a jab to Silvera's midsection.
Ultra thows a body shot but no joy.
Silvera looks to score with a jab to the body but Ultra is just out of range.
Ultra throws a body punch but Silvera moves out of range.
Silvera is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silvera takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silvera blocks a leg kick.
Ultra jabs Silvera to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ultra with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silvera uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ultra.
Silvera gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silvera moves out of range of the body kick from Ultra.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Silvera.
Silvera misses with an uppercut. Ultra saw that one coming.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silvera.
Ultra throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch lands to the side of Ultra 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silvera waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ultra.
Silvera avoids the body shot from Ultra.
Ultra connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Silvera fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ultra checks it well.
Silvera blocks a jab.
Silvera avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ultra clobbers Silvera with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silvera connects with a body shot.
Ultra throws an overhand right that lands on Silvera's shoulder, as Silvera tries to avoid the shot.
Ultra misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silvera.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ultra throws a nice looking combination but Silvera bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ultra takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ultra stuns Silvera with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silvera darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ultra takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Ultra jabs at Silvera's body.
Silvera misses with a double jab.
Silvera tries to clinch but Ultra is having none of it.
Ultra keeps the fight on the outside.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ultra. That's going to slow Silvera down.
Ultra tries to close the distance and clinch but Silvera swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silvera scores with a jab to the body.
Ultra tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ultra throws a sloppy head kick and Silvera moves out of range easily.
Silvera scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ultra in his tracks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Ultra misses with a left hand
and Silvera counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ultra looks to score with a jab to the body but Silvera is just out of range.
Ultra throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silvera sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Silvera blocks the leg kick.
Silvera lands a jab to the nose.
Silvera takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Silvera wants to clinch up but Ultra keeps it at a distance.
Ultra feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silvera's calf.
Silvera wants to clinch up but Ultra keeps it at a distance.
Ultra swings for the body but Silvera moves out of range.
Ultra throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silvera scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Silvera, as that shot connected.

Ultra is rocked!
Ultra throws a nice looking combination but Silvera bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ultra throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Mk Ultra did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silvera scores with a sloppy right hand. Ultra should have avoided that one.
Silvera tries to close the distance and clinch but Ultra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ultra looks to land a combination but Silvera avoids it well.
Ultra throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silvera doesn't manage to clinch there - Ultra circles away.

Silvera moves into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Silvera lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ultra tries to work over Silvera's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice elbow from Silvera.
Silvera lands with a right to the head.
Oh Ultra is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ultra tries a body shot but Silvera blocks it.
Ultra misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ultra digs a right hand into Silvera's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silvera's gas tank.
Ultra seems to have got his legs back now.
Ultra working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silvera.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ultra misses with a punch on the inside.
Ultra fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silvera lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silvera lands a shoulder strike.
Ultra misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Silvera.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silvera.
Silvera pushes Ultra back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Silvera is struggling to control the position.
Ultra scores with a shoulder strike.
Silvera swings wildly with an uppercut but Ultra uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silvera prevents a body shot from Ultra.
Ultra wants to get back to striking at distance but Silvera won't allow it.
Silvera working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silvera creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ultra's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silvera.
Ultra misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silvera is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ultra is keeping busy.
Ultra wants to get back to striking at distance but Silvera won't allow it.
Silvera swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ultra takes a shot to the head.
Ultra blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Silvera fails to land.
Silvera blocking some punches.
Ultra can't find room to land a body shot as Silvera controls the action.
Silvera misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ultra looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ultra pushes Silvera back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silvera makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Silvera lands a big left hand right to the temple and Ultra goes down!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Silvera is trying to control. Ultra wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ultra moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Ultra wants to sweep but no luck.
Ultra wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Silvera manages to pass to side control.

Silvera stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Ultra to get to his feet.
Ultra finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Ultra looks to land a left hand but Silvera moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ultra fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silvera manages to avoid it.
Silvera misses the shot to the body.
Silvera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ultra.

Silvera closes the distance and clinches.
Ultra tries to work over Silvera's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silvera stalling in the clinch.
Ultra is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Silvera's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ultra stalling the fight.
Ultra lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silvera.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ultra tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ultra tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silvera's elbow.
Silvera prevents a body shot from Ultra.
Ultra is trying to maintain a safe position but Silvera gets an underhook and turns Ultra into the cage.
Ultra misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Silvera dominated that fourth round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Ultra misses the shot to the body.

Silvera drives through and clinches with Ultra against the cage.
Silvera softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ultra tries to throw a body punch but Silvera avoids it by throwing Ultra back against the cage.
Silvera misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ultra.
Nice body punch from Silvera.
Ultra taking a breather.
Silvera lands an elbow that stopped Ultra in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Mk Ultra has been cut.
Nice body punch from Silvera - that landed with a thud.
Ultra misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ultra tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silvera's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silvera.
Silvera lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ultra backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ultra tries to throw a body punch but Silvera avoids it by throwing Ultra back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Silvera - that landed with a thud.
A right hand to the body from Silvera.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silvera lands a big uppercut and Ultra is down! He's in big trouble - Silvera follows him to the mat!
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Silvera not doing much here.
Ultra trying to get back to full guard but Silvera takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silvera takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ultra is squirming around, avoiding Silvera's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvera prevents Ultra from getting the reversal.
Silvera tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Ultra can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvera can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ultra is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvera controlling the position easily from mount.
Silvera trying to control but Ultra is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ultra is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Silvera comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silvera has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 46:49
Judge James Glass scores the fight 47:49
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Silvera!
In his post fight interview, Joey Silvera gave a big smile as he said 'In nomine dei nostri satanas luciferi excelsi!'.