PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Daud Yordan (ranked 1674 p4p, 2408 weight class) and Greggory Silalahi (ranked 101 p4p, 142 weight class). Greggory Silalahi has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Daud Yordan's chin.

Yordan
vs
Silalahi

169 cm
20
136
5 - 1 - 0

170 cm
20
146
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Champion Apparel
Shadow Realm NYC

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight 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 Las Vegas, Daud Yordan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Greggory Silalahi!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, John Roberts and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good exchange - Silalahi coming out on top.
Yordan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yordan lands a head shot.
Silalahi misses with an uppercut.
Yordan misses with a body kick.
Silalahi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Silalahi connects with a jab.

Yordan is rocked!
Yordan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Oh Yordan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Yordan misses with a left hand
and Silalahi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Good leg kick by Yordan.
Silalahi blocks a jab.
Yordan seems to have got his legs back now.
Silalahi throws a lazy uppercut
and Silalahi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silalahi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Yordan to counter with a crisp jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Silalahi misses the target.
Yordan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Yordan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silalahi looks to throw the jab but Yordan is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yordan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Yordan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Yordan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silalahi, pushing him back against the cage.

Yordan manages to break the clinch.
Silalahi misses with an uppercut.
Silalahi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Yordan throws an overhand right that lands on Silalahi's shoulder, as Silalahi tries to avoid the shot.
The fighters circling - Silalahi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yordan tries to move into range but Silalahi moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silalahi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silalahi ducks under a wild hook from Yordan.
Yordan scores with a sloppy right hand. Silalahi should have avoided that one.
Yordan blocks a jab.
Silalahi staying out of range there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silalahi lands a body shot.
Silalahi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silalahi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yordan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yordan misses with a hook. Silalahi ducked under it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Silalahi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Yordan. That's going to slow Silalahi down.
Silalahi is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Yordan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Silalahi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silalahi misses with a looping right.
Silalahi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Yordan counters with a straight right hand.
Silalahi throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Yordan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Silalahi throws out a loose jab but Yordan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silalahi misses with an uppercut
and Yordan counters with a nice uppercut.
Silalahi stuns Yordan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice shot lands for Silalahi.
Yordan throws a body shot but no joy.
Silalahi throws a jab but it's blocked by Yordan.
Yordan avoids the body shot from Silalahi.
Good work by Silalahi as he checks the leg kick.
Silalahi swings away with a body shot that misses
and Yordan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yordan connects with a right hand. Silalahi shakes it off.
Silalahi throws a lazy right hand but Yordan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yordan throws a lazy right hand but Silalahi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silalahi looks to land a right hand but Yordan moved out of range.
It looked like Yordan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Silalahi scores with the left hand. Yordan knows he should have avoided that one.
Silalahi scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Yordan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Yordan misses with a lunging right hand
and Silalahi counters with a nice uppercut.
Silalahi cracks Yordan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Yordan takes one to the side of the head.
Silalahi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yordan is looking to counter punch.
Silalahi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yordan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Yordan forces Silalahi back against the cage and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silalahi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yordan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silalahi.
Silalahi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Yordan.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Yordan, as that shot connected.
Yordan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silalahi's sensitive parts.
Yordan tests Silalahi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silalahi misses with an uppercut.
Yordan quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Silalahi scores with a jab to the head.
Yordan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Yordan misses with a left hand
and Silalahi scores with a counter punch that sends Yordan to the canvas! Silalahi smells blood - he's punishing Yordan with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Yordan has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Greggory Silalahi!
Greggory Silalahi is the new bantamweight champion!
A relieved looking Greggory Silalahi thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.