PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arsteen Berghen (ranked 2138 p4p, 322 weight class) and Erick Silva (ranked 5036 p4p, 618 weight class). Silva has chosen Kid Ink - F With U (Official Video) ft. Ty Dolla $ign as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Berghen
vs
Silva

179 cm
26
170 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

152 cm
25
186 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Experienced

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arsteen Berghen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Erick Silva!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Daniel Franklin and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Berghen shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Silva is trying to defend but Berghen finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Berghen is keen to just control but Silva is a slippery customer.
Silva tries to roll over but Berghen keeps him under control.
Ground and pound from Berghen.
Silva throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Berghen lands a nice short elbow.
Berghen wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Silva scores with a few weak punches.
Berghen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Silva is looking to improve his position.
Berghen content to control rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berghen prevents Silva from improving his position.
Berghen is trying to control the action in half guard but Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Silva throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berghen wants to pass the guard but Silva is defending well.
Berghen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Silva is not content to let Berghen control the position.
Berghen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Berghen with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Berghen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Silva wants to improve his position but Berghen is controlling well.
Berghen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Berghen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Berghen blocks the strikes from Silva.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Berghen trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.
Silva connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Berghen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Berghen scores with a couple of nice shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is staying active underneath Berghen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Silva is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Berghen looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Silva sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Silva is refusing to be controlled, as Berghen sits in half guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Berghen slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.
Berghen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Berghen stalling.
Berghen has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Silva lands with a few short shots to the body.
Silva looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Berghen is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Berghen controlling the pace for now.
Berghen looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Berghen prevents Silva from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Berghen tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
BOOM! Berghen connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Berghen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Berghen's attempts to control the action.
Berghen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berghen blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Berghen controlling the position easily from mount.
Berghen tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Berghen blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Berghen lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Berghen prevents Silva from getting the reversal.
Berghen lands a nice shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Berghen wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Berghen content just to control the position here.
Silva is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Berghen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arsteen Berghen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Berghen stuffs the takedown.
Berghen leaves Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Berghen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva fails with the takedown
and Berghen counters with a straight right hand.
Arsteen Berghen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Erick Silva.
Berghen displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silva.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.

Berghen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berghen is keen to just control but Silva is a slippery customer.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Berghen works his way into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Berghen is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Silva's shoulder. That is not cool.
Silva on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Silva striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Silva is working to avoid the ground and pound but Berghen connects with a decent elbow.
Silva misses with a strike from the bottom.
Berghen working the ground and pound from side control.
Silva striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Berghen trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard.
Berghen scoring with punches and elbows.
Berghen tries to move into full mount but can't pass Silva's legs.
Berghen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berghen is really struggling to control Silva but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Silva lands with an elbow strike from the bottom.
Berghen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Berghen avoids the strikes from the bottom by Silva.
Berghen scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Silva to see if he's OK.
Berghen takes a little break here. Silva wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Berghen is putting a hurting on Silva here, landing some big shots from side control.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard.
Silva taking a bit of punishment here - Berghen scoring with strikes.
Silva throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Berghen controls the position from side control.
Berghen is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Berghen takes a little break here. Silva wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard.
Berghen is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Berghen will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Silva misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Silva wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Berghen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.
Silva striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Berghen controls the position.
Silva on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Berghen advances to full mount.
Silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Berghen has a good base and remains in mount.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Berghen's attempts to control the action.
Berghen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Berghen is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Silva to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Silva shrugs it off.
Berghen looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arsteen Berghen dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Berghen sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Berghen half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Silva looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Berghen is fending him off so far but Silva persists. Nope, Berghen circles away and we're back to standing.

Silva is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Berghen's half guard.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Berghen looking for submissions off his back.
Silva looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Berghen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Silva drops an elbow to the side of Berghen's head.
Berghen keeping control of the position.
Berghen tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berghen is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Silva scores with a couple of nice shots.
Berghen is looking for a sweep. Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Berghen works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a big elbow that misses.
Silva is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Silva got a little sloppy there for a moment and Berghen has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Silva has managed to get both his arms back between Berghen's legs - danger averted.
Silva working some strikes from top position.
Berghen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silva scoring with punches to the head and body.

Berghen escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Silva gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Silva lands a couple of elbows.

Berghen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Silva doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Silva manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Silva connects with a couple of short punches.
Silva postures up and lands a big shot to Berghen's brow.

Berghen has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Berghen has momentary wrist control but Silva slips an elbow through the middle.
Silva postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

Berghen is rocked!
Berghen has momentary wrist control but Silva slips an elbow through the middle.
Oh Berghen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Berghen covers up, he's hurt! Silva keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Silva and the ref steps in to end the fight! Silva can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erick Silva!
Erick Silva thanked the fans post fight for their support.