PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tongchai Tor Silachai (ranked 1032 p4p, 17 weight class) and Isayev Artemovich (ranked 1917 p4p, 26 weight class). Isayev Artemovich is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Tor Silachai
vs
Artemovich

196 cm
26
255 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

180 cm
25
245 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tongchai Tor Silachai!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Isayev Artemovich!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Winston Alpacca and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tor Silachai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Artemovich throws a right hand that misses
and Tor Silachai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Isayev Artemovich has been cut.

Tor Silachai drives through and clinches with Artemovich against the cage.
Artemovich wants to get back to striking at distance but Tor Silachai won't allow it.
Tor Silachai has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Artemovich fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tor Silachai lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tor Silachai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tor Silachai pushes Artemovich back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Artemovich is looking to break free of the clinch but Tor Silachai has double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Artemovich.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tor Silachai lands a left hand that snaps the head of Artemovich backwards.
Artemovich blocks a body shot from Tor Silachai.
Artemovich tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Tor Silachai smiles and moves away.

Artemovich shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Artemovich showed some decent athleticism there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Artemovich is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Tor Silachai defends it well.

Artemovich wants to work for an arm triangle but Tor Silachai is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Artemovich is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Artemovich has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Temp Spar Gym. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Tor Silachai tries to get to full guard but Artemovich has control of the leg.
Tor Silachai on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tor Silachai tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Artemovich seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tor Silachai does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Tor Silachai manages to get to full guard.

Artemovich drops back looking for a leg! Tor Silachai is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Tor Silachai manages to kick Artemovich off! Artemovich jumps back into Tor Silachai's guard.
Tor Silachai knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Artemovich on the ground.
Artemovich wants to control from the top but Tor Silachai keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Artemovich stopping the sweep attempt from Tor Silachai.
Tor Silachai can't keep his opponent in guard - Artemovich advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Artemovich is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Tor Silachai doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Artemovich.
Tor Silachai is trying to control but Artemovich passes into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tor Silachai is looking for a sweep.
Artemovich just content to control the position.
Tor Silachai can't do much from the bottom here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Artemovich has hold of Tor Silachai's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Tor Silachai tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Artemovich cranks the arm and Tor Silachai screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Tor Silachai, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Isayev Artemovich!
Isayev Artemovich is the new super heavyweight champion!
After the fight, Isayev Artemovich was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Tongchai Tor Silachai was interviewed post fight and said 'You are just lucky today!'.