PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wazz Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evandro Rolifild (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rolifild's choice of entrance music: Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Silva
vs
Rolifild

188 cm
24
201 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

180 cm
24
191 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wazz Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Evandro Rolifild!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva wants to clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Rolifild looks gassed!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Rolifild blocks with his arms.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Rolifild blocks it.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Rolifild tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Rolifild takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rolifild's face.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rolifild blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rolifild is defending well for now.
Rolifild has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Rolifild avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rolifild is defending well for now.
Rolifild cracks Silva with a nice body shot.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rolifild.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Rolifild is blocking nicely.
Rolifild wants a takedown.
Wazz Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Evandro Rolifild.
Rolifild can't get the takedown.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rolifild lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rolifild tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Rolifild's takedown attempt.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rolifild's face.
Rolifild struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rolifild has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rolifild takes a shot to the head.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Rolifild lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rolifild goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Rolifild won't want to take too many of those.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rolifild blocks it with crossed arms.
Rolifild lands a shoulder strike.
Rolifild has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Rolifild tries to score a body lock takedown but Silva shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Rolifild can't get the takedown.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Rolifild blocks a body shot from Silva.
Rolifild avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Rolifild stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Rolifild has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Silva is trying to keep an underhook but Rolifild manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Rolifild prevents Silva from standing back up.
Rolifild works his foot free and advances to mount.
Silva tries to buck Rolifild off but he can't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rolifild thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Silva blocking the ground and pound.
Silva is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Silva holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Rolifild tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Silva wants to hold on but Rolifild pushes him away.
Silva is trying to stand up.
Silva is bucking up trying to escape but Rolifild cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva wants to control but Rolifild is having none of it.
Silva is in all sorts of trouble here.

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 blocking the ground and pound.
Silva tries to hold on but Rolifild postures up.
Silva tries to buck Rolifild off but he can't manage it.
Rolifild with the ground and pound from mount.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Rolifild lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Rolifild has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Rolifild scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wazz Silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Silva is looking to score with low kicks.
Silva tries to clinch up but Rolifild circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Rolifild moves his leg out of the way.
Silva throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Silva is looking to clinch but Rolifild is avoiding it.
Silva thows a body kick. Rolifild tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Rolifild blocks it.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short left from Silva.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rolifild.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Rolifild on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rolifild in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rolifild changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Wazz Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Evandro Rolifild.
Rolifild fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rolifild is able to avoid easily.
Rolifild avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rolifild swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Rolifild circles away.
Rolifild chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Rolifild circles away.
Rolifild chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Rolifild down.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Rolifild was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rolifild chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva throws a body kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rolifild shoots in looking for a takedown but Silva manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Rolifild's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva throws a body kick that misses.
Wazz Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Rolifild fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rolifild swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.

Rolifild shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Rolifild was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
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.
Rolifild sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Rolifild gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Silva manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Silva kicks Rolifild off and gets back to his feet.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Rolifild swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva tries to clinch but Rolifild moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rolifild. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rolifild manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rolifild.
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rolifild is out of range and Silva settles back down.
Silva shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wazz Silva dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva tries to land a front kick but Rolifild steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rolifild.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rolifild.
Rolifild swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Silva has Rolifild up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rolifild blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rolifild is trying to drag Silva to the mat but Silva just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Rolifild has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Rolifild backwards.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rolifild's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Rolifild is blocking nicely.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rolifild has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Wazz Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Evandro Rolifild.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rolifild is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rolifild throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rolifild goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Silva tries to clinch there but Rolifild circles away.
Silva avoids the body shot from Rolifild.
Silva tries to clinch there but Rolifild circles away.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva is looking to slow Rolifild down with leg kicks.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Evandro Rolifild has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rolifild swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rolifild, as that shot connected.
Rolifild throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva wants to clinch.
Rolifild sizes up Silva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Silva swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rolifild.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rolifild.
Wazz Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Silva has managed to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rolifild is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rolifild's face.
Silva lands a knee to the head.

Rolifild pulls guard.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Rolifild.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Rolifild wriggles free and stands up.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rolifild connects with a crisp jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Rolifild pushes him off.
Silva fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rolifild looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wazz Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rolifild takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rolifild blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rolifild scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Silva tries to sprawl but Rolifild drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Rolifild throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Rolifild throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Wazz Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wazz Silva!