PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucian Silvestre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hennan Hoyce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Silvestre
vs
Hoyce

182 cm
25
265 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

195 cm
24
290 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lucian Silvestre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Hennan Hoyce!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvestre misses the shot to the body.
Silvestre lands with a hook. Hoyce tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hoyce misses with a looping left.
Silvestre looks to land a left hand but Hoyce moved out of range nicely.
Silvestre waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hoyce.
Silvestre loads up on a big right hand but Hoyce slips the punch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silvestre wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hoyce is stalling here.

Silvestre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hoyce misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silvestre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silvestre slips a jab from Hoyce.
Hoyce explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Silvestre seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Hoyce's jab looks to have found its range, popping Silvestre under the eye.
Hoyce throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hoyce scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvestre throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lucian Silvestre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Silvestre misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Silvestre misses the target.
Silvestre throws a hook to the side of Hoyce's head but Hoyce sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hoyce keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silvestre.
Silvestre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hoyce moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hoyce turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silvestre takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hoyce fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Silvestre blocks a jab.
Hoyce displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silvestre throws out the jab.
Hoyce lands with an uppercut that bounces Silvestre off the cage and back into range.
Hoyce throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hoyce throws a head kick that misses.
Hoyce lands the left hand.

Silvestre is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silvestre misses with a looping left.
Oh Silvestre is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silvestre throws a shot from downtown. Hoyce moves away and avoids it.
Silvestre seems to have got his legs back now.
Hoyce takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoyce swings for the body but Silvestre moves out of range.
Silvestre throws a good cross that connects.
Silvestre scores with a hook.
Silvestre throws a lazy right hand but Hoyce sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Silvestre moves into range and clinches up with Hoyce.
Silvestre scores with a nice hook to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hoyce - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Silvestre is trying to break the clinch but Hoyce is controlling him.
Silvestre is trying to force a seperation but Hoyce has the dominant position.
Silvestre wants to break free but Hoyce has control.
Good body shot from Hoyce.
Hoyce lands a shot to the body.

Silvestre manages to break the clinch.
Hoyce connects with a jab.
Silvestre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hoyce circles away quickly and effectively.
Silvestre scores with a nice strike.
Silvestre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hoyce.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoyce takes a swing at Silvestre's ribcage but misses.
Silvestre swings for the body but Hoyce moves out of range.
Silvestre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hoyce manages to avoid it.
Silvestre throws a lazy uppercut
and Hoyce counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hoyce fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hoyce looks to land a combination but Silvestre avoids it well.

Silvestre tries to keep at a distance but Hoyce has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hoyce doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silvestre.
Hoyce tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hoyce tries to work over Silvestre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hoyce tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silvestre's elbow.
Hoyce blocks an uppercut.
Hoyce lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hoyce swings wildly with an uppercut but Silvestre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silvestre looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Hoyce fails to land.
Silvestre blocks a body shot from Hoyce.
Hoyce lands a nice shot to the body.
Silvestre is looking to break free of the clinch but Hoyce has double underhooks.
Hoyce tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silvestre misses with a punch on the inside.
Hoyce lands with a short shot to the head.
Hoyce is struggling to control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silvestre swings wildly with an uppercut but Hoyce uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Hoyce.
Nice body punch from Hoyce.
Silvestre is breathing heavily.
Hoyce working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hoyce misses with a hook to the ribs.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hoyce is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hennan Hoyce dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hoyce fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silvestre manages to avoid it.
Hoyce circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Silvestre drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Hoyce follows Silvestre to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hennan Hoyce!
During a confident post fight interview, Hennan Hoyce thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.