PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Hines (ranked 7141 p4p, 5559 weight class) and Hector Silvia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hines
vs
Silvia

183 cm
25
170
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
25
182
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyler Hines!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hector Silvia!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvia has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
We've been hearing reports that Hines has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Hines avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hines slips under a jab.
Hines works over Silvia's head and body with a nice combination.
Hines tries a head kick but it misses.
Silvia throws out a counter right but Hines avoids it with no problem.
Hines misses with the combination.
Hines misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silvia throws a hook to the side of Hines's head but Hines sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hines is looking for a counter combo.
Hines will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silvia misses with a body shot.
Silvia throws a hook but Hines avoids it easily.
A big right from Silvia misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silvia misses with a body shot.
Silvia misses with a hook.
Hines showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silvia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hines throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silvia.
Silvia is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hines.
Silvia takes a swing at Hines's ribcage but misses.
Silvia looks to score with a jab to the body but Hines is just out of range.
Silvia misses with a looping right.
Hines misses with a two punch combination.
Silvia throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hines counters with a series of strikes. Silvia will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hines fails to land with a series of punches.
Hines fails to land with a series of punches.
Silvia looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hines throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silvia throws a lazy right hand but Hines sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silvia misses with an uppercut. Hines saw that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hines fails to land with a series of punches.
Silvia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hines ducks under a wild hook from Silvia.
Silvia dodges the punch combination from Hines.
Silvia throws a body punch but Hines moves out of range.
Silvia throws a hook but Hines blocks it.
Silvia misses the jab.
Silvia throws out a loose jab but Hines uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hines scores with a hook.
Silvia swings widly with a right hand
and Hines counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hines misses with a wild combination.
Hines looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hines is breathing heavily.
Hines throws a right hand that Silvia ducks under and follows up with a left that Silvia also avoids with ease.
Hines misses with a double jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvia misses with a looping left.
It looked like Hines was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Hines ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A slow jab from Silvia misses its intended target.
As Silvia looks to move away, Hines throws a big counter combo but Silvia just gets out of the way.
Some wild striking there from Silvia.
Silvia misses with an uppercut. Hines saw that one coming.
Silvia dodges the punch combination from Hines.
Silvia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hines.
Hector Silvia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silvia has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hines uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silvia.
Hines keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silvia misses with a few strikes there.
Silvia misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It looked like Hines was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvia missing with a left hand there. Hines was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hines keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silvia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silvia now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hines blocks a jab.
As Silvia looks to move away, Hines throws a big counter combo but Silvia just gets out of the way.
Hines is working the combinations to good effect here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hines throws a nice head kick!
Silvia throws a poor cross that misses
and Hines counters with a left and a right that stings Silvia.
Silvia throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Hines was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Silvia misses with a two punch combination.
We've been informed that Silvia has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Hines goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hines fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silvia on the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silvia showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hines.
Hines throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silvia on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tyler Hines dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Silvia looks to land a right hand but Hines moved out of range.
Silvia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silvia scores with a nice strike.
Hines throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silvia throws a jab but it's blocked by Hines.
Hines lands a two punch combo.
Hines moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Silvia throws a hook but Hines blocks it.
Hines throws a series of punches but Silvia avoids them all with ease.
Hines uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silvia.
Silvia misses with a looping right.
Hines staying out of range there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silvia takes one to the chin there.
A nice combination there by Hines.
Hines misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvia connects with a right hand. Hines shakes it off.
Tyler Hines is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silvia takes a swing at Hines's ribcage but misses.
Hines ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silvia slips a jab and a cross from Hines.
Hines throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silvia misses the jab.
Hines moves out of range as Silvia strikes.
Silvia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hines sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silvia loads up on a big right hand but Hines slips the punch.
Hines misses with a double jab.
Hines misses with the combination.
Hines is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silvia can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hines misses with a two punch combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Silvia misses the target.
Silvia misses with a hook. Hines ducked under it nicely.
Silvia misses with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Silvia.
Silvia misses with a few strikes there.
A jab from Silvia misses.
Hines throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hines bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silvia's head.
Hines throws a combination. Silvia tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Silvia throws a big shot that misses.
Hines staying out of range there.
Silvia uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hines has time to react.
Silvia misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hines misses with a few strikes there.
Hines swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hines throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silvia.
Silvia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hines was well out of range. Poor timing from Silvia.
Hines uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silvia.
Silvia misses the jab.
Tyler Hines is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Silvia.
Hines throws a series of punches but Silvia moves out of range.
Hines looks to land a combination but Silvia avoids it well.
Silvia throws out a counter right but Hines avoids it with no problem.
Silvia throws a right hand that Hines ducks under and follows up with a left that Hines also avoids with ease.
Hines lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hines.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvia throws the left hand but Hines avoids the punch easily.
Hines went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Hines misses with a two punch combination.
Silvia misses the shot to the body.
Silvia throws a jab but it's blocked by Hines.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hines has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silvia finds it's way round the side to connect with Hines's head.
Silvia misses with an uppercut.
Silvia throws a looping overhand right but Hines ducks down to avoid it.
Hines slips a jab and a cross from Silvia.
Silvia throws a hook but Hines blocks it.
Silvia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silvia throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silvia throws a body punch but Hines moves out of range.
Hines throws a big counter combination but Silvia scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Hines keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silvia.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tyler Hines will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Hines fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silvia throws a jab when Hines was well out of range.
Silvia throws a hook but Hines avoids it easily.
Silvia swings widly with a right hand
and Hines counters with a left and a right that stings Silvia.
Hines staying out of range there.
Hines throws a head kick that half lands.
A combination from Hines does no damage.
Silvia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hines manages to avoid it.
Silvia misses with an uppercut.
Hines throws a big counter combination but Silvia scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Silvia might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Hines has got the better of the exchanges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silvia showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hines.
Silvia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hines circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hines plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hines slips a jab and a cross from Silvia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Silvia.
Silvia slips a jab and a cross from Hines.
Hines avoids the body shot from Silvia.
Silvia fails to land with a series of punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hines. That's going to slow Silvia down.
Silvia throws a lazy right hand but Hines sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silvia might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Silvia misses with a wild body shot.
Silvia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hines lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Hines uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silvia.
Silvia slips a jab and a cross from Hines.
Silvia is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hines with a body shot.
Hines will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hector Silvia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvia misses with a series of wild punches.
The fighters circling - Silvia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hines throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Silvia in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Hines misses with a few strikes there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silvia throws out a loose jab but Hines uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hines is looking for a counter combo.
Silvia throws out a loose jab but Hines uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hines throws a right and a left that Silvia avoids nicely.
Hines fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silvia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silvia misses with the combination.
Hines steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silvia.
Hines went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hines throws a head kick but Silvia moves out of range.
Silvia throws a hook but Hines avoids it easily.
Silvia throws a hook but Hines blocks it.
Silvia swings for the body but Hines moves out of range.
Silvia tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silvia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hines was well out of range. Poor timing from Silvia.
Hines lands a jab-cross combination.
Silvia has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Silvia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hines.
Hines throws a series of punches but Silvia moves out of range.
Hines defending well as Silvia loads up on a big left hand.
Hines slips under a jab.
The fighters circling - Silvia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hines moves away.
Hines went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Silvia throws a hook to the side of Hines's head but Hines sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silvia misses with a two punch combination.
A big right from Silvia misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Hines scores with a four punch combination!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hines moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Silvia loads up on a big right hand but Hines slips the punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Silvia misses the target.
Hines throws a right and a left that Silvia avoids nicely.
Hines staying out of range there.
Silvia misses with a hook.
Hines fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tyler Hines is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silvia misses with a looping right.
Hines went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyler Hines showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hines has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyler Hines!