PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Fingers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wazz Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers comes to the cage accompanied by Im tired. U suck.. Bobby Fingers has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fingers
vs
Silva

186 cm
26
193 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

188 cm
30
201 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bobby Fingers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wazz Silva!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silva rushes Fingers and presses him up against the cage.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fingers has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fingers blocks it with crossed arms.
Fingers 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.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fingers changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Silva misses with a head kick.

Fingers shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Silva manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Fingers from controlling successfully.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Silva can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silva is looking to stand up but Fingers isn't so interested in that idea.
Fingers tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Fingers from controlling successfully.
Fingers throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fingers wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Silva wants to stand and escape but Fingers is having none of it.

Silva has his feet on Fingers's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Fingers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fingers looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fingers uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva lands a right hook to the body.
Silva leaves Fingers with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Fingers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fingers tries to score a power double leg takedown but Silva sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Fingers somewhat.
Fingers is breathing heavily.
Fingers takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Silva lands with a slapping head kick.

It looks like Bobby Fingers has been cut.
Silva lands a front kick.
Silva throws a head kick that Fingers semi-blocks.

Silva lands a big right hand that sends Fingers crashing to the mat! Silva stays standing though and waves Fingers back to his feet!

Fingers is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oh Fingers is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva throws a combination that misses

and Fingers counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Silva!
Fingers looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Fingers misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Fingers seems to have got his legs back now.
Fingers misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Silva sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Fingers performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Silva preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Silva is pressing down on Fingers's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Silva seems keen to control Fingers's posture.
Fingers in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva is pulling down on Fingers's head. It's preventing any offense from Fingers, at least for the moment.
Fingers stops Silva from standing up.
Silva keeping full guard, as Fingers tries to pass.
Fingers trying to move into half guard but instead Silva has managed to sweep!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva wanted to stand there but Fingers had control of the position.

Silva gets to his feet - Fingers follows without any prompting.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wazz Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Fingers's cut.
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 scores with a head kick. Fingers tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Fingers throws a left and a right that both miss

and Silva counters with a head kick that drops Fingers to the mat! Fingers scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva throws a head kick but Fingers moves out of range.
Fingers throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fingers wants to stay close but Silva steps back to make room for something. Fingers seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Silva and Fingers drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Wazz Silva!