PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Romo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kake Nyrkki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Mad Cobra - Put Gunshot. Romo Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silva
vs
Nyrkki

185 cm
31
179 lbs
17 - 6 - 1

186 cm
35
185 lbs
22 - 17 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)
Perkele!

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 17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Romo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 17 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Kake Nyrkki!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses the shot to the body.
A cross from Nyrkki lands.

It looks like Romo Silva has been cut.
Jab by Nyrkki.
Nyrkki is looking to chop away at Silva's legs.
Nyrkki misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nyrkki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Kake Nyrkki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Nyrkki's hands.
Silva avoids the head kick by Nyrkki.
Nyrkki lands an overhand right.
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!
Nyrkki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nyrkki manages to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nyrkki.
Nyrkki takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nyrkki throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silva throws a series of strikes that have Nyrkki backpedaling.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Nyrkki slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nyrkki scores with a punch to the head.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nyrkki.
Nyrkki lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nyrkki connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silva. Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

Nyrkki changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Silva looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

Silva is rocked!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Nyrkki is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Silva's shoulder. That is not cool.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Silva being controlled for a moment.
Nyrkki wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Silva wants to control but Nyrkki postures up.
Silva tries to bench press Nyrkki off him but Nyrkki keeps the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki just content to control the position.
Silva is trying to control Nyrkki's posture but Nyrkki avoids it.
Nyrkki trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
Nyrkki content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Kake Nyrkki wasn't active enough on the ground.
Nyrkki looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva walks into a stiff left hand from Nyrkki.
Silva staying out of range there.
Jab, jab by Nyrkki - just one landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Silva scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Kake Nyrkki has been cut.
Nyrkki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Silva avoids the body shot from Nyrkki.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nyrkki.
Nyrkki tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva 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.
Nyrkki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva fails with the takedown.
Nyrkki lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nyrkki connects with a jab.
Nyrkki has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Silva with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nyrkki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
A jab from Nyrkki misses.
Nyrkki thuds his shin into the meat of Silva's side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nyrkki sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Nyrkki fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silva sprawls well initially but Nyrkki persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Nyrkki is thwarting Silva's attempts to control the position.

Silva actively working from the bottom here.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Nyrkki has control of the leg.
Nyrkki is trying to control. Silva wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nyrkki is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kake Nyrkki dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Silva feints a jab promting Nyrkki to slip. Silva then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Nyrkki slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nyrkki fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kake Nyrkki seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Nyrkki drives through with a takedown into Silva's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Nyrkki trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nyrkki looking to pass the guard.
Silva can't keep his opponent in guard - Nyrkki advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Nyrkki is keen to just control but Silva is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Silva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Nyrkki wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Nyrkki postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nyrkki stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
Nyrkki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nyrkki pushes down on Silva's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Silva has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Nyrkki is working away from the top position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Nyrkki seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nyrkki not doing much here.
Silva is pressing down on Nyrkki's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Silva has his foot on Nyrkki's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Nyrkki works his way back into a safe position though.
Nyrkki trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nyrkki controlling from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Kake Nyrkki wasn't active enough on the ground.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice uppercut there from Nyrkki.
Nyrkki throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Nyrkki works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Silva misses the jab.
Nyrkki listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silva takes a jab right on the kisser.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nyrkki finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
Nyrkki lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nyrkki.
Nyrkki gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.
Nyrkki swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nyrkki lands a jab to the head.
Silva scores with a three punch combo!
Silva throws an off balance right hand
and Nyrkki counters with a left to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nyrkki jabs Silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nyrkki throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Silva throws a series of punches but Nyrkki moves out of range.
Nyrkki tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Nyrkki lands a glancing blow to the side of Silva's head.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nyrkki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nyrkki fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nyrkki throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Nyrkki.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
and Nyrkki counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Silva! He's just covering up as Nyrkki starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kake Nyrkki!
After the big win, Kake Nyrkki made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.