PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Trinity Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pepe Silvia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hill comes into the arena with Alice In Chains - Rooster blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Hill
vs
Silvia

166 cm
24
142 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
141 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Hell's Balls Fightwear
Blueprint Clothing

Syndicate Drugs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Trinity Hill!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pepe Silvia!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hill scores with a punch to the head.
Silvia throws a series of punches but Hill avoids them all with ease.
Silvia misses with a looping left.
Silvia lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Trinity Hill has been cut.
Hill keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hill smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silvia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silvia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silvia misses with a double jab.
Hill throws a leg kick but Silvia checks it.
Silvia scores with a one two! Hill had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Pepe Silvia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silvia tries to clinch but Hill is having none of it.
Silvia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silvia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hill.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvia takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hill throws a series of punches but Silvia avoids them all with ease.
Silvia tries to clinch up.
Hill avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hill ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silvia moves away.
Silvia throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silvia misses with a combination
and Hill counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hill fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silvia looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice defenses there by Hill.
Hill lands a lovely overhand right.
Silvia throws a leg kick
and Hill cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hill lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silvia backs up against the cage.
Hill avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silvia checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Silvia tries to clinch but Hill moves out of range.
Silvia tries to clinch but Hill moves out of range.
Hill thows a body shot but no joy.
Silvia fails to land with a series of punches.
Silvia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hill counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hill lands with an overhand left.
Silvia tries to clinch up.
Silvia misses with a hook.
Silvia moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvia throws a shot from downtown. Hill moves away and avoids it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Hill.
Hill throws the left hand but Silvia avoids the punch easily.
Hill misses with an uppercut.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silvia, right into the meat.
Silvia slips under a jab from Hill.
No joy there for Silvia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silvia.
Silvia throws a big shot that misses.
Silvia takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hill throws a right and a left that Silvia avoids nicely.
Hill is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill throws a good cross that connects.
Silvia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hill checks a leg kick.
Hill avoids the head kick by Silvia.
Hill throws a jab when Silvia was well out of range.
Silvia throws a sloppy head kick
and Hill counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hill getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Silvia thows a body shot but no joy.
Silvia looks to land a right hand but Hill moved out of range.
Hill looks to land a left hand but Silvia moved out of range nicely.
Hill misses the jab.
A slapping body kick lands there for Silvia.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Trinity Hill will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Trinity Hill's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Silvia wants to clinch
and Hill makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silvia misses with a shot to the body
and Hill counters with a straight right hand.
Hill tries to bum rush Silvia with a series of wild strikes but Silvia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silvia looks to clinch
and Hill connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silvia tries to clinch up
and Hill connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silvia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hill scores with a sloppy right hand. Silvia should have avoided that one.
Hill misses with a hook.
Silvia misses with a hook to the body
and Hill cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill misses with an uppercut. Silvia saw that one coming.
Silvia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silvia tries to bum rush Hill with a series of wild strikes but Hill uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hill scores with a nice head shot.
Silvia fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hill.
Hill misses with a few strikes there.
A leg kick checked by Hill.
Hill lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silvia backs up against the cage.
Hill punishes Silvia's body with a nice straight punch.
Silvia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hill counters with a two punch combo.
Hill avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvia staying out of range there.
Silvia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silvia throws a head kick but Hill moves out of range.
Silvia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hill stalks Silvia and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silvia's face. Silvia staggers backwards, shaken.
Silvia throws a hook but Hill avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Silvia.
Hill misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silvia.
Trinity Hill is winning the standup battle so far.
Silvia tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hill counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hill swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Silvia moves into the clinch.
Silvia tries a body shot but Hill blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silvia.
Silvia looking to throw knees to the head but Hill is blocking nicely.
Silvia scores with a hook to the body.
Silvia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hill blocks it with crossed arms.
Silvia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Silvia.
Silvia has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Silvia tries a knee to the head but Hill blocks it.
Silvia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hill blocks it with crossed arms.
Silvia is breathing heavily.
Hill lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silvia tries to work over Hill's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silvia lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silvia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hill lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silvia tries to land a knee to the head but Hill blocks with his arms.
Silvia tries to land a knee to the head but Hill blocks with his arms.
Hill managing to block the knees to the body from Silvia.
Hill manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Hill wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silvia has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvia swings wildly with an uppercut but Hill uses good head movement to avoid it.

Hill breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silvia misses with an uppercut. Hill saw that one coming.
Silvia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silvia throws a big shot that misses.
Hill bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silvia's head.
Silvia throws a leg kick but Hill moved away.
Silvia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silvia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hill throws out the jab.
Hill with a hook.
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 Trinity Hill will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Trinity Hill's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Good work by Hill as he checks the leg kick.
Silvia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hill paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silvia throws and low kick but Hill moves out of range easily.
Silvia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hill dodges the punch combination from Silvia.
Silvia connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hill swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silvia tries to clinch up but Hill circles away and keeps his distance.
Hill moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Good exchange - Hill coming out on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hill throws a body punch but Silvia moves out of range.
Hill takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silvia throws a shot from downtown. Hill moves away and avoids it.
Hill fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silvia looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Silvia is looking to slow Hill down with leg kicks.
Hill misses with a straight left.
Silvia wants to clinch
and Hill connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hill on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silvia. Silvia obviously looking to wear him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvia on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Silvia on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silvia misses with a leg kick
and Silvia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hill swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silvia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A combination from Silvia does no damage.

Silvia moves into the clinch.
Silvia pushes Hill back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Silvia trying to land knees to the body.
Silvia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hill.
Silvia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hill lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silvia working aggressively here.
Silvia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvia missing with knees to the body.
Silvia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silvia lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hill or not.
Silvia trying to land knees to the body.
Silvia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silvia looking to throw knees to the head but Hill is blocking nicely.
Silvia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch on the inside from Silvia fails to land.
Silvia misses with a knee strike.
Hill is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silvia misses with some punches.
Silvia trying to land knees to the body.

Hill's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A slow jab from Hill misses its intended target.
Hill clobbers Silvia with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hill swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silvia counters with a low kick, right behind Hill 's knee.
Silvia darts in trying to clinch
and Hill counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvia misses with an uppercut. Hill saw that one coming.
Silvia throws a jab but it's blocked by Hill.
Hill looks to score with a jab to the body but Silvia is just out of range.
Hill moves out of range as Silvia throws a body kick.
Hill avoids the body shot from Silvia.
A swing and a miss from Hill.
Hill is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hill is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hill scores with a three punch combo!
Hill looks to score with a jab to the body but Silvia is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Trinity Hill did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Trinity Hill's cut.
That's time! Hill's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Hill lands a with a good body shot.
Silvia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hill counters with a right hand to the body.
Silvia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silvia tries to clinch but Hill moves out of range.
Hill lands a with a good body shot.
Silvia throws a head kick that misses.
Silvia tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hill counters with a one-two to the body.
Silvia misses with a head kick.
Hill lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill checks a low kick from Silvia.
Silvia throws a right hand that Hill ducks under and follows up with a left that Hill also avoids with ease.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silvia. That's going to slow Hill down.
Trinity Hill is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silvia falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hill connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hill lands with a right hand.
Silvia fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hill checks it well.
Hill connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Silvia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silvia pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hill.
Silvia missing with a left hand there. Hill was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silvia uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Silvia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hill sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silvia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silvia tries to close the distance and clinch but Hill swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silvia throws a head kick that misses
and Hill counters with a two punch combo.
Silvia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hill counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silvia defending well as Hill loads up on a big left hand.
Donk. Hill catches Silvia right on the button with a cross.
Hill misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvia swinging wilding here.
Hill takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hill rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silvia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hill throws a hook to the side of Silvia's head but Silvia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silvia misses with a double jab
and Hill counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hill lands a jab to the head.
Hill misses the jab.
Silvia missing with a left hand there. Hill was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Silvia slips a jab and a cross from Hill.
Silvia moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A combination from Silvia does no damage.
Silvia throws the kick towards the body but Hill avoids it.
Silvia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silvia lands with a kick to the temple. Hill shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Silvia throws a leg kick but Hill sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hill throws a big shot that misses.
Hill is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silvia.
Hill fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silvia looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trinity Hill had his way with Pepe Silvia in that round.
The cut man is working on Trinity Hill's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Silvia tries to clinch there but Hill circles away.
Silvia misses with a combination
and Hill cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silvia clinches but Hill breaks the clinch
and Hill counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hill has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Silvia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hill lands a jab to the nose.
Hill dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hill defending well as Silvia loads up on a big left hand.
Silvia throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hill lands a nice looking body shot.
Hill throws the left hand but Silvia avoids the punch easily.
Nice defenses there by Hill.
Hill jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hill looks to land a left hand but Silvia moved out of range nicely.
Silvia is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Silvia goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silvia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silvia motions for Hill to come forward. Silvia throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silvia looks to throw a body kick
and Hill counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Silvia is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hill.
Silvia drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Silvia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silvia checks a leg kick nicely.
Hill lands a really nice looking cross but Silvia seems unphased.
Silvia misses with a combination
and Hill connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hill circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hill throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hill bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvia clinches but Hill breaks the clinch
and Silvia takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silvia lands with a kick to the temple. Hill shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Silvia tries to clinch but Hill is having none of it.
Silvia takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silvia misses the jab.
Silvia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hill moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silvia works over Hill's head and body with a nice combination.
Hill blocks a leg kick.
Silvia swings for the body but Hill moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hill waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Silvia.
Hill throws a shot to the body.
Silvia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hill moves out of range as Silvia strikes.
Hill fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silvia checks it well.
Silvia misses with an uppercut. Hill saw that one coming.
Silvia tries to clinch up but Hill circles away and keeps his distance.
Hill throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pepe Silvia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hill throws a right and a left that Silvia avoids nicely.
No joy there for Silvia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice straight punches there by Hill. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hill.

And that's the end of the fight!
Trinity Hill showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Hill, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 47:48
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 50:46
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 49:48

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Trinity Hill!
Trinity Hill retains his bantamweight title!