PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Peter Silie (ranked 4518 p4p, 7352 weight class) and Monty Pyke (ranked 519 p4p, 640 weight class). Pyke is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Uptown Top Ranking. Monty Pyke has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silie
vs
Pyke

186 cm
19
192
1 - 4 - 0

185 cm
26
198
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Hates pizza

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peter Silie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Monty Pyke!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Silie fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Pyke sprawls well initially but Silie persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Silie stops Pyke from getting back to his feet.
Pyke is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Pyke has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Silie is trying to control. Pyke wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Pyke kicks off Silie and gets to his feet.
Pyke swings widly with a right hand
and Silie counters with a straight right hand.
Silie sizes up Pyke with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Pyke darts in and clinches Silie up against the cage.
Silie blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pyke tries a body shot but Silie blocks it.
Silie blocks an uppercut.

Pyke turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Silie is trying to get back to half guard.
Silie is working hard here to advance position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pyke lands a nice forearm strike.
Silie is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Pyke's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Silie is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Desert Fitness & Training -13 Elites/1 Sensational that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Pyke slows the pace down in half guard.
Silie is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Pyke scores with a couple of nice shots.
Pyke winds up and cracks Silie with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pyke scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Silie tries to get to full guard but Pyke has control of the leg.

Silie looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Pyke is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Silie wants to get back to full guard.
Pyke winds up and cracks Silie with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Silie trying to control here.
Pyke works his way into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silie keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pyke looking to control but Silie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silie tries to hold on but Pyke postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pyke can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silie is looking to escape.
Pyke takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Silie is in all sorts of trouble here.
Pyke landing shots from mount.
Pyke in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Pyke.
Silie is bucking up trying to escape but Pyke cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Pyke connects with a bit shot that sees Silie covering up! More strikes from Pyke and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Pyke is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Monty Pyke!
An out of breath and clearly excited Monty Pyke thanked © Trap House for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).