PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Santeri Sikaniska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silas Storm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sikaniska comes to the cage accompanied by 2 Brothers on the 4th floor - Fairytales. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sikaniska
vs
Storm

205 cm
41
413 lbs
25 - 26 - 0

191 cm
32
270 lbs
22 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 25 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Santeri Sikaniska!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Silas Storm!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sikaniska tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Storm shoots in looking for a takedown. Sikaniska tries to sprawl out of it but Storm keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sikaniska manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Storm chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Storm dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Storm lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sikaniska tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Sikaniska gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Storm to score an easy takedown into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Storm throws a big elbow that misses.
Sikaniska wants to stand and escape but Storm is having none of it.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Sikaniska manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Sikaniska scores with a nice short uppercut.

Storm escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silas Storm seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Storm shoots in and drives through. Sikaniska sprawls well.
Sikaniska doesn't manage to clinch there - Storm circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sikaniska slips a jab and a cross from Storm.
Sikaniska moves away from the strike by Storm.
Sikaniska rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Storm counters with a nice double leg into side control. Sikaniska won't be happy with that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sikaniska bucks up and tries to throw Storm off but instead Storm has got his back!
Storm gets his hooks in and is throwing strikes.
Sikaniska trying to get back to his feet but Storm is in full control for now.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Storm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Storm's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Sikaniska is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Storm trying to control.
Storm has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Storm cracks Sikaniska with a big right hand from the back mount! Sikaniska immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Storm takes this one by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Silas Storm!
After winning the bout, Silas Storm thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.