PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vitor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DeAndre Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Slam kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Tyson

190 cm
19
175 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

172 cm
22
168 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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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 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vitor Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, DeAndre Tyson!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a hook.
Tyson ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Tyson pushes him off.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva tries to clinch there but Tyson circles away.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
Silva shoots in but Tyson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vitor Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tyson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Tyson moves away and avoids it.

Tyson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.

Tyson thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva wants to stand up but Tyson is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Tyson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Tyson pushing down on Silva's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Tyson lands strikes from half guard.
Silva is trying to escape back to his feet but Tyson uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Tyson controlling the position.
Silva is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tyson tries for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
Tyson staying calm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to buck Tyson off.
Tyson moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Let's hope that Tyson has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by DeAndre Tyson.

Tyson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Tyson showed some decent athleticism there.
Silva throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Tyson stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva works his way to full guard. Good work.

Silva looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tyson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Tyson is controlling him.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Silva keeping full guard, as Tyson tries to pass.

Silva looking for a guillotine here but Tyson defends easily.
Tyson stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
Silva is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Tyson.

Tyson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Silva is trying to stand.

Tyson wants to work for an arm triangle but Silva is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Tyson prevents Silva from standing back up.
Tyson has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Tyson content just to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DeAndre Tyson dominated that 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.

Silva misses with a takedown

and Tyson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Silva won't be happy with that.

Tyson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Silva is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Silva sneaks out the side door and pushes Tyson away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Silva misses with a hook.
Silva with a poor takedown

and Tyson counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Tyson is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.Silva tries to roll over but Tyson keeps him under control.
Silva is trying to control but Tyson passes into side control!
Tyson just content to control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Tyson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tyson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyson landing a few strikes.
Tyson staying calm.
Silva is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Tyson has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Tyson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Silva being controlled for a moment.
Silva sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to control but Tyson is keeping busy.
Silva tries to kick Tyson off but Tyson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Tyson is thwarting Silva's attempts to control the position.
Silva looks like he's trying to stand up.
Tyson perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Silva taking some punishment here, with Tyson in his half guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Silva throws a right hand that misses

and Tyson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now.
Tyson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Silva wants to stand but Tyson is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson stays in close to Silva's body and controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Tyson drops back looking for a leg! Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Silva manages to kick Tyson off! Tyson jumps back into Silva's guard.
Tyson cracks Silva with a solid left hand.
Tyson is stalling in the full guard.
Tyson slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Silva is looking to regain half guard here but Tyson keeps moving and retains side control.

Tyson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Silva is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva gets back to half guard.
Tyson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Silva is trying to stand.
DeAndre Tyson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tyson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Tyson in particular looking to stall.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva is in trouble now - Tyson has advanced to mount!
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
Silva wants to hold on but Tyson pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DeAndre Tyson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tyson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva misses with a takedown

and Tyson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Tyson postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Silva to stand up.
Silva shoots and misses

and Tyson counters with a takedown into side control.
Tyson passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Silva!
Tyson looking to finish Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silva!
Tyson landing strikes, looking to finish!

Tyson is working for a guillotine from mount but Silva frees his head quite easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Tyson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Tyson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva tries to buck Tyson off but he can't manage it.
Silva regains half guard.
Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Tyson has control of the leg.
Tyson is nestled in close to Silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Tyson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Silva missing with punches from the bottom.
Silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Tyson tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Silva keeping full guard, as Tyson tries to pass.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Silva clinches but Tyson breaks the clinch

and Tyson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Silva has momentary wrist control but Tyson slips an elbow through the middle.
Silva will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Tyson prevents Silva from getting back to his feet.
Tyson wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Tyson stops Silva from standing up.
Tyson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Tyson advances to half guard.
Tyson not doing much here.
Silva is trying to stand.
Tyson content to control rather than advance.
Silva looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tyson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.

Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Tyson.
Tyson not doing much here.

Silva looking for submissions off his back.
Nice strikes from Tyson there.
Tyson works his way into side control.
Silva wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Vitor Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva manages to work his way to half guard, despite Tyson's best efforts.

Tyson seems to be looking for submissions.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Silva pushes Tyson off looking to stand but Tyson dives back in and keeps control.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Tyson moves nicely into side control.

Tyson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but Tyson drags him back down.
Silva is trying to control Tyson's posture but Tyson avoids it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Tyson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tyson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tyson avoids the strikes from the bottom by Silva.

And that's the end of the fight!
DeAndre Tyson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tyson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 24:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 24:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... DeAndre Tyson!