PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Petteri Ojanen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aldo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ojanen
vs
Silva

180 cm
22
150 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

170 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Petteri Ojanen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aldo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Ojanen which made him look bad.
Silva throws a head kick but Ojanen moves out of range.

Ojanen has managed to clinch.
Ojanen prevents a takedown attempt there.

Ojanen has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Silva regains guard immediately.

Silva looking for a guillotine here but Ojanen defends easily.

Silva has an active guard here but Ojanen has managed to pass into half guard.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ojanen is working away from the top position though.
Ojanen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ojanen seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva pushes Ojanen off but Ojanen dives into side control.

Ojanen tries for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
Silva tries to improve position but can't.
Ojanen working the head and body with strikes.
A lull in the action here.

Ojanen is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Silva is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Silva is looking to reverse the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ojanen controlling from side mount.

Ojanen working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Silva sneaks back into half guard.
Ojanen blocks the strikes from Silva.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Silva with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Ojanen is trying to escape the mount.
Silva looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Silva putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Silva prevents Ojanen from getting the reversal.
Ojanen is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva unloads with some shots from mount but Ojanen bucks and avoids them well.
Silva tries to control but Ojanen wriggling away.
Ojanen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva looking to finish with strikes here!
Silva prevents Ojanen from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Petteri Ojanen dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ojanen moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Ojanen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ojanen lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Aldo Silva has been cut.

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

Ojanen is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Silva defends it well.
Ojanen is thwarting Silva's attempts to control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Silva looking for submissions off his back.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva works his way to full guard. Good work.

Silva pushes a forearm under Ojanen's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Ojanen is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Aldo Silva!