PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jay Merel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seppo Silvennoinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Merel
vs
Silvennoinen

189 cm
24
211 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

188 cm
24
212 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jay Merel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Seppo Silvennoinen!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvennoinen staying out of range there.
Silvennoinen feints the counter takedown.
Merel missing with a left hand there. Silvennoinen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Decent striking displayed by Silvennoinen there.
Merel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silvennoinen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Merel works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Merel throws a poor cross that misses
and Silvennoinen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Merel scores with a nice right hand.
Silvennoinen throws out a loose jab but Merel uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Merel looks to score with a jab to the body but Silvennoinen is just out of range.
Silvennoinen throws a low kick, looking for Merel's leg but Merel calmly moves out of range.
Merel was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A swing and a miss from Merel.
Silvennoinen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Merel sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Merel scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Seppo Silvennoinen has been cut.
Merel has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Miletich Xtreme Fighting Systems in the buildup to the fight.
Silvennoinen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Merel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A telegraphed right hand from Merel misses the target.
Merel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silvennoinen.
Silvennoinen steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Merel.
Silvennoinen slips under a jab.
Silvennoinen throws a head kick but Merel moves out of range.
Merel scores with a jab. Silvennoinen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Silvennoinen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Silvennoinen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Merel sprawls well. Merel wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silvennoinen gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Merel moves away from the strike by Silvennoinen.
Merel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silvennoinen.
A little feinted left hand from Merel on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Merel lands a nice hook to Silvennoinen's body. Silvennoinen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Merel throws a body punch but Silvennoinen moves out of range.
A nice side step and Silvennoinen releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Silvennoinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Merel.
Jay Merel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silvennoinen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Merel.
Silvennoinen lands a jab to Merel's midsection.
Silvennoinen throws a body shot but no joy.
Merel throwing a counter right hand but Silvennoinen manages to avoid it.
Silvennoinen throws a poor cross that misses
and Merel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silvennoinen is looking to slow Merel down with leg kicks.
Merel misses with a body shot
and Silvennoinen counters with a one-two to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Merel cracks Silvennoinen with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silvennoinen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A jab from Silvennoinen misses.
Good exchange - Silvennoinen coming out on top.
Merel misses with a looping left.
Merel misses with an uppercut
and Silvennoinen counters with a nice uppercut.
Merel swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Merel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice defenses there by Silvennoinen.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silvennoinen! But no joy.
Merel with a nice cross.
Silvennoinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Merel looks to throw the jab but Silvennoinen is out of range.
Silvennoinen tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Silvennoinen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Merel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silvennoinen.
Merel thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little jabbing left from Silvennoinen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Merel throws a lazy uppercut
and Silvennoinen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Merel finds it's way through Silvennoinen's defenses.
Silvennoinen fails with a takedown attempt.
Merel misses with an uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Merel. Silvennoinen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silvennoinen looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Silvennoinen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Merel.
Merel slips a jab and a cross from Silvennoinen.
Silvennoinen slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Merel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Seppo Silvennoinen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Silvennoinen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Merel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silvennoinen.
Merel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silvennoinen.
Merel is looking to counter punch.
Silvennoinen misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Silvennoinen.
A countering left hand to the body from Silvennoinen misses.
Merel misses with a left hand
and Silvennoinen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Merel lands a body shot.
Silvennoinen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Merel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silvennoinen throws out the jab.
Merel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silvennoinen moves away.
Merel throws a hook but Silvennoinen avoids it easily.
Silvennoinen misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Merel misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Merel avoids the head kick by Silvennoinen.
Silvennoinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Merel misses with a body shot.
Merel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Merel lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Merel lands with a right hand.
A shot to the liver by Silvennoinen. Beautiful body shot.
Silvennoinen just misses with a punch to the body.
Silvennoinen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Merel.
Silvennoinen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Merel.
Merel throwing a counter right hand but Silvennoinen manages to avoid it.
Silvennoinen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Merel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Merel scores with a nice strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Merel misses with a wild body shot.
Silvennoinen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Merel looks to land a right hand but Silvennoinen moved out of range.
Merel misses with a combination
and Silvennoinen counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silvennoinen tries for a takedown but Merel sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silvennoinen connects with the punch.
Merel throws a body punch but Silvennoinen moves out of range.
Silvennoinen throws a solid leg kick but Merel takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silvennoinen.
Silvennoinen throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Merel moves into the clinch.
Merel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silvennoinen backwards.
Merel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silvennoinen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Merel scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvennoinen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The referee calls for Silvennoinen to work.
Merel tries to work over Silvennoinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Merel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silvennoinen prevents a body shot from Merel.
Silvennoinen blocking some punches.

Silvennoinen manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Silvennoinen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Silvennoinen is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Merel defends well.

Silvennoinen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Silvennoinen has an active guard here but Merel has managed to pass into half guard.
Silvennoinen trying to control here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silvennoinen is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jay Merel will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Seppo Silvennoinen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Merel scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silvennoinen in his tracks.
Silvennoinen tries to move into range but Merel moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silvennoinen misses with an uppercut. Merel saw that one coming.
A big left from Merel misses.
Merel misses with a hook.
Merel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silvennoinen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Merel lands a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silvennoinen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It looked like Merel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Silvennoinen cracks Merel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Silvennoinen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Merel.
Merel looks to score with a jab to the body but Silvennoinen is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Silvennoinen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvennoinen throws a leg kick
and Merel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Merel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silvennoinen.
Merel misses with a shot to the body
letting Silvennoinen counter with a right hand.
Silvennoinen lands a jab to Merel's midsection.
Silvennoinen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Merel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silvennoinen slips a jab from Merel.
It seemed like Silvennoinen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Silvennoinen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Merel.
Merel lands with a nice body punch.
Merel throws a body punch but Silvennoinen moves out of range.
Merel lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Merel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seppo Silvennoinen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silvennoinen misses with a straight left.
Merel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Merel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silvennoinen can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silvennoinen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Merel manages to avoid it.
Merel swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Merel swings away with a body shot that misses
and Silvennoinen counters with a nice uppercut.
Merel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silvennoinen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silvennoinen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silvennoinen appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Silvennoinen tries to work over Merel's front leg with a kick but Merel checks it.
Merel with a hook.
Silvennoinen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Merel as he jumps to the side.
A left lands for Merel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Merel.
Merel throws an overhand right that lands on Silvennoinen's shoulder, as Silvennoinen tries to avoid the shot.
Merel throws a shot to the body.
Silvennoinen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Merel scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Silvennoinen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Silvennoinen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Silvennoinen is rocked!
Silvennoinen throws a poor cross that misses
and Merel counters with a crisp right that sends Silvennoinen to the canvas! Merel follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jay Merel!
Jay Merel was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.