PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mati King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mirko Silva had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 146.3lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Mirko Silva is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Silva
vs
King

170 cm
20
155 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

183 cm
18
141 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mirko Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mati King!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
King is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
King tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.

Silva has closed the distance and engaged King in a clinch.
King tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the ropes.
Silva is working for takedown but King is calmly controlling the position for now.

King breaks from the clinch.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
King misses with a low kick.

Silva closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. King did well to prevent Silva getting side control.
Silva tries to pass the half guard into mount. King knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Silva thows a huge punch but King dodges it nicely.
Silva is just content to waste time from the top position. King takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
King wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but King has wrist control.
Silva wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mirko Silva wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Silva shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches King napping and manages to drive through into side control!
You can see the frustration on King's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
King is looking for a sweep.
Silva trying to control the action but King is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King prevents Silva from improving position.
Silva misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but King keeps working.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
King is looking to reverse the position.
Silva remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mirko Silva wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Silva throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. King tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Silva is in King's guard.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but King is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Silva is stalling in the full guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Mirko Silva just wasn't active enough.
Silva tries to bum rush King with a series of wild strikes but King uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva moves out of range of the leg kick from King.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but King shows good takedown defense.
An inside leg kick lands from King.
King leaves Silva 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 Mirko Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
King turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
King wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
A leg kick checked by Silva.
Silva tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but King swivels and escapes.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as King sprawls well. King wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
King lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

King takes the fight into the clinch.
King is looking for a takedown.
King drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
King wants to clinch.

King clinches up against the ropes.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
King wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
King can't break the clinch.
King is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Silva pulls him back up using the underhooks.
King jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silva walks away with a smile on his face. King gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
King throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
King walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
King tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.

Silva decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
King trying to control here.
Silva trying to control the pace.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Silva wants to control but King is keeping him busy.

Mirko Silva has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Silva gets a clinch.

King pulls guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Silva sitting in guard here, content to control.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but King is retaining full guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but King has wrist control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mirko Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

King swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva looks for a takedown but King sprawls well.

Silva darts in and clinches King up against the ropes.
King 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 keeps the fight in the clinch, despite King's efforts to push away.

Silva gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, King regains guard.
King keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Mirko Silva.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
King tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
King moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
King finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
King tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva feints a jab promting King to slip. Silva then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. King slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
King darts in trying to clinch
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
King attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from King lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Silva has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silva and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
King tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
Mati King seems to be getting the better of the standup.
King fails in his attempt to clinch.
King tries a low kick but Silva avoids it.
King tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Silva looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as King is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Silva with the ground and pound from mount.
Mirko Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silva punching from mount but King doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Silva with the ground and pound from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Silva postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. King looks a forlorn figure.
King is squirming around, avoiding Silva's attempts to control the action.
Silva tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Silva working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Silva with a couple of short strikes.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
King keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Silva in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Silva thowing shots but they're missing.
Silva throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for King because Silva loaded up on that one.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to control the pace but King is squirming around nicely.
Silva throws some wild stikes that King manages to avoid easily.
Silva sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
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.
Silva trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Silva dominating with strikes here.
King is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Silva content just to control the position here.
Silva looking to control but King is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to ground and pound but King is blocking nicely.
Silva putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

King is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva looking to control and managing it successfully.
Silva cracks King with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mirko Silva!