PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keemo Jakkar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Goldberg Theme. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Silva
vs
Jakkar

201 cm
29
321 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

192 cm
24
321 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lyoto Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Keemo Jakkar!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jakkar wants to clinch
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva counters with a thumping low kick.
Silva lands a nice looking body shot.
Jakkar moves to clinch but Silva breaks away
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jakkar throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a right hand.
Jakkar looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Jakkar's head.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jakkar unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jakkar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Jakkar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva avoiding damage as Jakkar throws knees to the body.
Jakkar missing with knees to the body.
Jakkar looks gassed!
A bit of stalling here from Silva.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jakkar backwards.
Jakkar wants a takedown.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jakkar blocks it with crossed arms.
Jakkar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short right from Silva.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jakkar backwards.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Jakkar blocks with his arms.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Jakkar.
Jakkar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jakkar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Silva cracks Jakkar with a nice body shot.
Silva is pushing Jakkar up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jakkar misses with a knee strike.
Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jakkar blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jakkar backwards.
Jakkar looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Silva manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jakkar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Jakkar's takedown attempt.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva tries to stall but Jakkar uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jakkar.
Lyoto Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keemo Jakkar.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva stalling in the clinch.
A short right from Silva.
Jakkar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Jakkar looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva lands a body shot.
Silva lands a body shot.
Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jakkar throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lyoto Silva.
Jakkar throws a lazy head kick
and Silva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jakkar takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Silva lands with an uppercut that bounces Jakkar off the cage and back into rage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva thuds his right hand into Jakkar's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jakkar takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva scores with a nice strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jakkar's face.
Jakkar misses with a knee to the head.
Jakkar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Jakkar.
Jakkar tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Jakkar being controlled against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyoto 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.

A jab from Silva does it's job there.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva taking a breather.
Jakkar trying to land knees to the body.
Silva is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Silva stalling in the clinch.
Jakkar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jakkar jumps guard but Silva stands there with Jakkar around his waist. Jakkar gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Jakkar missing with knees to the body.
Jakkar goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jakkar tries to clinch up
and Silva counters with a left to the body.
Jakkar is breathing heavily.
Silva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jakkar doesn't seem bothered though.

Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva is struggling to control the position.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jakkar's face.
Jakkar changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Lyoto Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keemo Jakkar.
Jakkar looks to clinch
and Silva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silva tries to clinch up but Jakkar circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva connects with a looping right hand.

Jakkar gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jakkar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
A bit of stalling here from Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jakkar backwards.
Jakkar letting Silva take a breather here.
Jakkar tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Jakkar drops back down to his feet.
Silva avoiding damage as Jakkar throws knees to the body.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jakkar backwards.
Jakkar 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.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jakkar up against the cage.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Jakkar.
Silva pushes Jakkar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jakkar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jakkar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jakkar takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Keemo Jakkar has been cut.
Jakkar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jakkar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jakkar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jakkar letting Silva take a breather here.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silva.
Silva lands a body shot.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jakkar can do to turn this around?
Jakkar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jakkar backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jakkar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lyoto Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Jakkar blocks it.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Jakkar looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jakkar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jakkar being controlled against the cage.
Jakkar takes a shot to the head.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva digs a right hand underneath Jakkar's ribcage. Jakkar let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Jakkar blocks with his arms.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jakkar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short left from Silva.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jakkar tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Jakkar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jakkar looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva pushes Jakkar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyoto Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Keemo Jakkar's cut.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Silva clinches.
Jakkar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Jakkar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jakkar.
Jakkar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silva.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Silva to work.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Jakkar.
Silva avoiding damage as Jakkar throws knees to the body.
Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jakkar up against the cage.
Silva gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jakkar using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jakkar blocks it with crossed arms.
A right handed body shot lands from Silva.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jakkar tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Lyoto Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Jakkar misses with a kick to the body
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jakkar on the side of the head.
Keemo Jakkar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jakkar manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jakkar takes one on the button.
A low kick from Jakkar misses

and Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jakkar takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jakkar tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Jakkar looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jakkar up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Jakkar trying to land knees to the body.
Jakkar missing with knees to the body.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Jakkar's ribcage.
Jakkar tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Silva.
Jakkar misses with a knee to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Jakkar has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Lyoto Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keemo Jakkar.
Jakkar is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silva.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Silva - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jakkar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva avoiding damage.
Jakkar tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Silva taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lyoto Silva.
Silva lands a jab to Jakkar's midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Jakkar looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Jakkar tries for a takedown. No joy.
Silva is looking to control Jakkar's arms but Jakkar gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silva has his back to the cage.
Silva landing knees to the head.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Jakkar's head.
Silva has Jakkar pushed against the cage.
Jakkar tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Jakkar changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Jakkar with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lyoto Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:24

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