PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Mercury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Canderlei Silava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mercury might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Queen - Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy. Canderlei Silava will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Mercury
vs
Silava

188 cm
22
209 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
213 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Determined

Hell's Balls Fightwear
Takomo

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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eddie Mercury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Canderlei Silava!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mercury keeps the fight on the outside.
Mercury keeps the fight on the outside.
Silava tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mercury swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mercury shoots in but Silava avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Mercury will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Mercury fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Mercury. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mercury keeps the fight on the outside.
Silava tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mercury looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Silava wants to clinch up but Mercury keeps it at a distance.

Mercury shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Mercury was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
A nice elbow there by Mercury.
Mercury landing strikes from the mount and Silava is in trouble!
Mercury landing shots from mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Silava can do anything to dispel that myth.
Silava is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Mercury is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Mercury landing shots from mount.
Mercury with the ground and pound from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silava tries to buck Mercury off but he can't manage it.
Mercury breaks from Silava's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Silava's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Mercury punishing his opponent with strikes.
Silava is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Silava looks gassed!
Mercury landing strikes, looking to finish!
Mercury looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Mercury working Silava over with strikes here.
Silava's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Mercury raining down shots from the mount!

Mercury quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Mercury but it's paid off an Silava is forced to tap! Nice work by Mercury.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Eddie Mercury!