PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antti Silava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ellert Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Silava
vs
Roberts

188 cm
31
184 lbs
8 - 11 - 0

180 cm
24
180 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antti Silava!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Ellert Roberts!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Roberts misses with a double jab.
Silava slips a jab and a cross from Roberts.
Roberts throws a low kick but it's checked well by Silava.
Roberts tries to clinch up but Silava circles away and keeps his distance.
Roberts swinging wildly here.
Roberts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Roberts.
Roberts tries to score a power double leg takedown but Silava sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Roberts somewhat.
Roberts has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Roberts takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

Roberts moves into the clinch successfully.
Silava looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silava throws an elbow but misses.
Silava with a knee to the head.

It looks like Ellert Roberts has been cut.

Roberts breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Roberts is looking to clinch but Silava is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts throws a series of punches but Silava moves out of range.
Silava buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Roberts misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silava swings for the body but Roberts moves out of range.
Roberts shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silava defends it nicely.
We've been told by Silava's head coaches at Bad Pluto! that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Antti Silava has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ellert Roberts.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silava paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice shot lands for Silava.
Silava connects with an inside leg kick.
Silava ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silava cracks Roberts with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Roberts takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silava scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Roberts throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silava pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Roberts misses with the combination.
Roberts takes one on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberts misses with the combination.
Silava moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Roberts drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Silava lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silava lands a lovely overhand right.

Roberts moves into range and clinches up with Silava.
Silava prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silava connects with a nasty looking knee right to Roberts's face.
Roberts takes an elbow to the temple.
Silava crunches a lovely knee into Roberts's ribcage.
Roberts tries to break free but Silava pushes him back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Roberts pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roberts walks into a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sloppy strikes from Roberts. Those never looked like landing.
Roberts fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silava throws a leg kick which misses Roberts's front leg but catches the back leg as Roberts tries to avoid it.
Roberts looks winded!
Silava lands with a good body shot.
Roberts throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silava delivers a nice body kick.
Silava ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roberts moves away.
Antti Silava is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silava lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Roberts throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Roberts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silava circles away quickly and effectively.
Silava thumps Roberts with a low kick.
Roberts with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silava to score with a decent uppercut.
Silava throws a front kick that sends Roberts stumbling back into the cage.
Silava fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Roberts on the side of the head.
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!
Roberts takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Roberts drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silava darts in and clinches Roberts up against the cage.
Silava lands an elbow inside.
Roberts wants to break free but Silava has control.
Silava putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Roberts in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silava unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silava stops a takedown attempt from Roberts.
Silava lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silava with a knee to the head.
Silava is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Roberts takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silava creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Roberts's defenses.

Roberts's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Roberts misses with a takedown attempt - Silava sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Silava is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silava throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd cheers as Silava lands an impressive looking overhand right. Roberts doesn't seem phased though.
Roberts on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silava. Silava obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antti Silava dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ellert Roberts's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Silava buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch but Silava swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roberts walks forward, straight into a front kick from Silava.
Roberts uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silava.
Good leg kick by Silava there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ellert Roberts is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roberts scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Silava lands a nice looking kick to the body. Roberts takes a step back to recover.
Silava displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roberts throws out the jab.
Silava looks to land a left hand but Roberts moved out of range nicely.
Silava avoids a punch combination nicely.
Roberts's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silava misses the shot to the body.
Roberts scores with a leg kick.
Silava thuds his right hand into Roberts's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Silava scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Roberts takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silava keeps the fight on the outside.
Roberts fails to land with a series of punches.
Silava swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silava uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Roberts.
Roberts shoots in but no luck this time.
Roberts on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Antti Silava is winning the standup battle so far.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silava.
Silava throws a quick inside leg kick.
Roberts is breathing heavily.
Silava ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Silava closes the distance and clinches.
Roberts has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Roberts is looking for a takedown.
Roberts takes an elbow to the temple.
Roberts takes an elbow to the forehead.
Antti Silava has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silava lands a good knee to the midsection. Roberts won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberts takes an elbow to the temple.
Silava comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silava.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silava lands an elbow inside that Roberts shrugs off.
Silava gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silava looking to slow down the pace here.
Silava has Roberts pushed against the cage.
Roberts looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Roberts is trying desperately to land a takedown but Silava is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Roberts.
Roberts wants to break free but Silava has control.

Roberts pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Silava got a little sloppy there for a moment and Roberts has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Silava has managed to get both his arms back between Roberts's legs - danger averted.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts being controlled here, momentarily.

Roberts had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Silava defends it easily.
Silava's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Antti Silava wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Roberts defending well as Silava loads up on a big left hand.
Silava avoids a punch combination nicely.
Roberts has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silava finds it's way round the side to connect with Roberts's head.
Roberts fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silava checks it well.
Silava connects with a body shot that sends Roberts's belly button to the back.
Roberts throws a series of punches but Silava avoids them all with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silava moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Silava jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Roberts has closed the distance and engaged Silava in a clinch.
Roberts looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antti Silava dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ellert Roberts's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Silava scores with a jab to the head.
Roberts misses with a two punch combination.
Roberts walks into a straight right hand from Silava.
Silava cracks Roberts with a good jab.
Silava lands a nice leg kick that just misses Roberts's sensitive parts.
Silava misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roberts.
A slapping body kick lands there for Silava.
Roberts takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silava avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silava circles away from the clinch attempt.

Roberts moves into the clinch.
Roberts using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silava has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Roberts takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silava blocks an elbow strike from Roberts.
Silava stalling in the clinch but Roberts improves position.
Roberts tries to circle away but Silava has him pinned against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silava.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silava lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silava working the clinch nicely. Roberts is working for position but Silava cracks him with a big knee to the head! Roberts crumples up against the cage and Silava lands two more shots before the ref can save Roberts! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Antti Silava!
A relieved looking Antti Silava thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.