PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jean Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Tyler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silver comes to the ring accompanied by Snow (Hey Oh). Tyler has chosen Wrestling Machine as his entrance music. Mike Tyler has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silver
vs
Tyler

167 cm
19
134 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
140 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Tyler!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tyler with a poor takedown
and Silver counters with a three punch combo that has Tyler backing up. Tyler nods at Silver to acknowledge the strikes.
Silver throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silver moves into range and connects with a jab.
Silver lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silver bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Some wild striking there from Silver.
Silver shoots in for a takedown but Tyler shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tyler has his takedown stuffed
and Silver connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tyler with a lazy takedown attempt
and Silver counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jean Silver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Tyler.
Tyler fails with the takedown
and Tyler takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silver with a jab.
Silver throws a shot to the body.
Tyler looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyler shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Silver counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tyler shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Silver counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silver throws a good cross that connects.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silver shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Silver lands a nice shot to the head.
Silver with the ground and pound from mount.
Silver working Tyler over with strikes here.
Tyler tries to reverse the position but Silver maintains control.
Silver cracks Tyler with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Silver with the ground and pound from mount.
Silver lands a big elbow.
Silver lands a heavy elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silver with a couple of short strikes.
Silver lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver breaks from Tyler's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Tyler is rocked!
Silver working Tyler over with strikes here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Silver punishing his opponent with strikes.
Tyler is still in real trouble! Can Silver finish him?
Silver wants to control the pace but Tyler is squirming around nicely.
Tyler seems to have recovered his senses.
Tyler in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Silver with good strikes from the mount here!
Silver lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Silver breaks from Tyler's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Tyler taking shots to the head.
Silver fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyler is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Silver looking to finish Tyler with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tyler!
Tyler taking shots to the head.
Silver dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Silver.
Silver scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Silver is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Silver with the ground and pound from mount.
Silver landing shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Silver lands a big elbow.
Silver punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silver pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Silver landing strikes from the mount.
Silver lands a big elbow.
Silver scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tyler?
Tyler in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silver is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tyler taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Silver dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Silver lands a nice shot to the body.
Silver lands with an overhand left.
Silver avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Tyler shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Silver napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Tyler decides to stand back up.
Silver dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tyler on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Silver connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tyler. Tyler circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tyler shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Tyler takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mike Tyler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silver lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Silver lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Silver lands a jab.
Silver moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silver moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tyler is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver lands with a good body shot.

Silver closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Tyler has hold of Silver's hands but Silver slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Silver is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Tyler on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Silver wants to pass to mount but Tyler is defending the position.
Silver content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tyler is not content to let Silver control the position.
Tyler wants to get back to full guard.
Silver throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Silver trying to mount his opponent but Tyler defends it.
Silver wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tyler keeps working.
Silver is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tyler can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver prevents Tyler from improving his position.
Silver takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Silver thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silver uses his free foot to push down on Tyler's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Tyler.
Silver connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tyler takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Silver lands a heavy elbow.
Silver cracks Tyler with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Silver lands with some strikes.
Silver dominating with strikes here.
Silver punishing his opponent with strikes.
Silver lands with some strikes.
Tyler is squirming around, avoiding Silver's attempts to control the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silver lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jean Silver dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Silver throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Tyler has his takedown stuffed
and Silver counters with a nice body shot.
Silver lands a jab.
Tyler with a lazy takedown attempt
and Silver counters with a straight right hand.
Tyler walks into a jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silver.
Tyler needs to keep his hands up - Silver had a free shot at his head there.
Tyler on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tyler takes one on the button.
Silver works the jab nicely.
Jean Silver is winning the standup battle so far.
Silver connects with a body shot.
Silver uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Tyler gets caught napping as Silver dives in and scores a takedown. Tyler manages to retain guard.
Silver has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tyler wants to sweep here but Silver controlling him for the moment.
Tyler avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Silver is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Silver is in close to Tyler's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tyler looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silver is one step ahead there.
Silver works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Silver winds up and cracks Tyler with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver prevents Tyler from improving his position.
Silver working over Tyler with some ground and pound. Tyler looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Silver is trying to control. Tyler wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Silver is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Tyler!
Silver connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by Silver.
Tyler really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Silver cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver scoring with strikes but Tyler is staying in there.
Silver cracks Tyler with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tyler is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Silver dominating with strikes here.
Silver lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Tyler is bucking up trying to escape but Silver cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tyler is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver dominating with strikes here.
Silver landing shots from mount.
Silver landing strikes from the mount and Tyler is in trouble!
Silver in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Silver lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Silver is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tyler can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tyler taking shots to the head.
Tyler in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Mike Tyler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jean Silver is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silver can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tyler is looking to escape.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jean Silver showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silver 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:25
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jean Silver!