PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Cesar Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaakko Yrttiseppa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yrttiseppa comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Finnish tango - Kohtalon tango kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Cesar Silva
vs
Yrttiseppa

219 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
291 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paulo Cesar Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jaakko Yrttiseppa!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yrttiseppa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Silva.

Silva shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Yrttiseppa regains full guard. Nicely done.
Yrttiseppa 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.
Yrttiseppa manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Yrttiseppa controlling from the full mount.
Yrttiseppa breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yrttiseppa thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Yrttiseppa's attempts to control the action.
Silva wants to hold on but Yrttiseppa pushes him away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Yrttiseppa with good strikes from the mount here!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Yrttiseppa looking to control and managing it successfully.

Yrttiseppa working for a submission but Silva is keeping him at bay.
Silva tries to hold on but Yrttiseppa postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yrttiseppa dominating with strikes here.
Yrttiseppa with the ground and pound from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva tries to hold on but Yrttiseppa postures up.
Yrttiseppa can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silva is looking to escape.
Yrttiseppa landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silva is breathing heavily.
Yrttiseppa controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yrttiseppa lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?
Yrttiseppa lands with some strikes.
Yrttiseppa tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Yrttiseppa working the ground and pound effectively.
Yrttiseppa trying to control but Silva is having none of it.
Yrttiseppa sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yrttiseppa wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Yrttiseppa controlling from mount.
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yrttiseppa with a couple of short strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yrttiseppa unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jaakko Yrttiseppa dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Yrttiseppa jabs at Silva's body.
A cross from Yrttiseppa lands.
Nice body punch from Yrttiseppa.

Silva gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Yrttiseppa to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Yrttiseppa sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Yrttiseppa passes into half guard.
Yrttiseppa works his way into full mount!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Yrttiseppa lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Silva tries to get out of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Yrttiseppa with a couple of short strikes.
Yrttiseppa trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Yrttiseppa working the ground and pound effectively.
Yrttiseppa putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Yrttiseppa lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
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!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Yrttiseppa cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yrttiseppa controlling the pace for now.
Yrttiseppa lands a heavy elbow.
Silva takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Yrttiseppa's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaakko Yrttiseppa!