PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royler Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Royler Silva struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Royler Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tyson
vs
Silva

178 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

182 cm
19
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Royler Silva!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, David Schapiro and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyson throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tyson defends it nicely.
Jab, jab by Tyson - just one landing.

It looks like Royler Silva has been cut.
A jab from Tyson misses.
Tyson lands with a nice body punch.
Tyson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silva. Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silva looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyson scores with a jab to the body.

Tyson lands a big uppercut and Silva crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Silva looks OK. Tyson waves Silva back to his feet!
Tyson closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Silva out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mike Tyson!