PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Silverhielm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rani Yahya (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pierre Silverhielm has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silverhielm
vs
Yahya

165 cm
19
135 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

168 cm
23
142 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pierre Silverhielm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rani Yahya!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yahya swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A jab from Yahya misses.
Silverhielm stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Silverhielm wants it to stay on the feet.
Yahya will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Silverhielm throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silverhielm connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silverhielm jabs at Yahya's body.
Silverhielm tries to move into range but Yahya moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Silverhielm rushes Yahya and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silverhielm takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silverhielm.
Yahya looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silverhielm lands a nice elbow.
Silverhielm utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Silverhielm creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Yahya's defenses.
Silverhielm leaning his opponent against the cage.
Silverhielm using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Yahya takes a shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silverhielm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silverhielm with a knee to the head.
Silverhielm lands a nice uppercut.

Yahya is rocked!
Yahya is pressed against the cage. Silverhielm pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Yahya! Two more big strikes from Silverhielm and Yahya crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Pierre Silverhielm!