PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kennu Kekkonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Kekkonen
vs
Silva

185 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

182 cm
19
179 lbs
1 - 0 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

:: Happy Pills ::

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kennu Kekkonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Jorge Silva!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kekkonen misses with a jab, cross combination.

Silva gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kekkonen to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kekkonen sitting in guard here, content to control.
Kekkonen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kekkonen works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Kekkonen controlling the action here.
Kekkonen has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Kekkonen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kekkonen controlling the action here.

Kekkonen is trying to work for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
Silva wants to control but Kekkonen is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kekkonen is controlling the pace.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kekkonen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Silva manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Kekkonen wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva lands a jab.
Silva throws a shot to the body.
Silva tries to clinch but Kekkonen moves out of range.
Kekkonen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kekkonen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Silva sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kekkonen has Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Silva is pressed up against the cage. Kekkonen has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kennu Kekkonen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kekkonen fails with the takedown.
Kekkonen is breathing heavily.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kekkonen circles away quickly and effectively.

Silva forces Kekkonen back against the cage and clinches.
A short left from Silva.
Kekkonen trying to land knees to the body.

Kekkonen manages to break the clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but Kekkonen moves away

and Kekkonen counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Silva!
Kekkonen unloading with bombs!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Kekkonen working for a submission but Silva is keeping him at bay.

Silva bucks up and throws Kekkonen to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!

Silva bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Silva connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kekkonen some visible discomfort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to stand but Kekkonen is controlling his head.
An elbow from Silva crashes against the mat.
Silva looks up at the clock and then as Kekkonen takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Silva smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Silva wants to stand but Kekkonen has him controlled and pulls him back into his guard.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Kekkonen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva is looking to stand up but Kekkonen won't let him.
Kekkonen is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Silva is controlling him.
Kekkonen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kekkonen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Silva gets to his feet - Kekkonen follows without any prompting.
Silva misses with a low kick.

Silva bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Kekkonen is looking to reverse the position.
Kekkonen regains half guard.
Silva tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Silva passes to side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kekkonen is working to avoid the ground and pound but Silva connects with a decent elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jorge Silva will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Kekkonen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kekkonen misses the body punch
and Silva counters with a three punch combo that has Kekkonen backing up. Kekkonen nods at Silva to acknowledge the strikes.

Kekkonen clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Kekkonen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Silva wants to break free but Kekkonen has control.
A shot in the inside from Kekkonen.

Kekkonen manages to break the clinch.
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Silva throws a series of punches but Kekkonen moves out of range.
Silva tries to clinch

and Kekkonen counters with a shoot takedown. Silva fights it but they end up in guard.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Kekkonen decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kekkonen stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Silva scores a takedown into full mount!
Kekkonen wants to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Kekkonen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kekkonen tries to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Silva throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Silva looking to control but Kekkonen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Silva is working for a guillotine from mount but Kekkonen frees his head quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control but Kekkonen is having none of it.
Silva prevents Kekkonen from getting the reversal.
Kekkonen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Silva throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kekkonen is bucking up trying to escape but Silva cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kekkonen manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Kekkonen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Kekkonen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kekkonen has a closed guard, preventing Silva from standing up.
Kekkonen looking for a sweep. Not yet Kekkonen, not yet.
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kekkonen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.

Kekkonen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kekkonen is trying to control the position but Silva postures up.
Silva landing with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Silva wants to stand but Kekkonen has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.

Kekkonen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kekkonen keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kennu Kekkonen dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Silva lands a jab-cross combination.

Silva closes the distance and pushes Kekkonen back into the cage.
Kekkonen prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Kekkonen keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short right from Silva.

Kekkonen breaks the clinch.
Silva blocks a head kick by Kekkonen.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kekkonen circles away quickly and effectively.
Kennu Kekkonen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kekkonen shoots in but no luck this time.
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Kekkonen.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kekkonen has time to react.

Kekkonen gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Silva to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva content to stall in guard here.
Silva won't allow Kekkonen to sweep him here.
Silva wants to get up but he can't break Kekkonen's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Kekkonen is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Kekkonen keeps him there for the moment.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kekkonen has him pressed against the cage.
Kekkonen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kennu Kekkonen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kekkonen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kekkonen jumps guard but Silva stands there with Kekkonen around his waist. Kekkonen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Kekkonen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Kekkonen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Danga de danga de dang - Silva scores with a four punch combination!
Kekkonen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Silva. Kekkonen shrugs it off though.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick

and Kekkonen counters with a takedown into side control.
Silva pushes Kekkonen away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Kekkonen gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Silva managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Kekkonen.
Silva is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Kekkonen looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Kekkonen is controlling him well.

Silva is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Kekkonen's leg. Oh but that's left an opportunity for Kekkonen! He's got an arm triangle... it looks tight! He's rotating and Silva has tapped! This one is allllll over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Kennu Kekkonen!