PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dye Tryin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Tryin might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to On the way home. Jack Silver has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Tryin
vs
Silver

175 cm
21
179 lbs
3 - 3 - 1

176 cm
20
169 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Dye Tryin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Silver!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Hugh Johnson and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tryin misses with a hook. Silver ducked under it nicely.

Tryin moves into the clinch.
Tryin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
Tryin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tryin working Silver over with knees to the body.
Tryin trying to land knees to the body.
Silver doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silver lands a nice shot to the body.
Silver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tryin trying to land knees to the body.
Silver doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tryin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silver.
A head punch on the inside from Silver fails to land.
Tryin blocking some punches.
Tryin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silver lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tryin lands an elbow just above Silver 's eye.
Tryin lands a nice elbow.

Silver breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silver avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Tryin darts in and clinches Silver up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Silver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A combination from Silver does no damage.
Tryin tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tryin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silver throws a right hand that Tryin ducks under and follows up with a left that Tryin also avoids with ease.

Silver feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Tryin sprawling to the canvas! Tryin rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Silver finish him?!

It looks like Dye Tryin has been cut.
Tryin is breathing heavily.
Silver looks to land a combination but Tryin avoids it well.
Silver looks to land a combination but Tryin avoids it well.
Silver swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tryin circles away quickly and effectively.
Silver throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tryin.
Tryin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silver swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jack Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.

Tryin moves into the clinch.
Tryin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tryin.
Tryin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
Tryin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tryin tries to land knees in the clinch but Silver avoids the damage to the body.
Tryin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tryin.
Tryin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silver misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tryin tries to land knees in the clinch but Silver avoids the damage to the body.
Tryin throws an elbow that misses.
A short left from Silver.
Tryin tries to land knees in the clinch but Silver avoids the damage to the body.
Silver managing to block the knees to the body from Tryin.
Silver misses with a punch on the inside.
Tryin tries to land knees in the clinch but Silver avoids the damage to the body.
Tryin misses with an elbow strike.
Tryin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tryin throws an elbow but misses.
Tryin tries to land knees in the clinch but Silver avoids the damage to the body.
Tryin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
Silver avoiding damage as Tryin throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silver fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silver.
Silver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silver.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silver.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silver working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silver makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silver lands a shot to the body.
Silver lands a hook to the side of the head.

Silver escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silver lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Tryin is rocked!
Tryin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silver pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silver throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silver misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tryin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silver.
Silver slips a straight right by Tryin.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tryin darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Silver swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A head kick by Silver misses
and Tryin counters with a good low kick that Silver was not able to check.

Tryin clinches up with Silver and pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver misses with a punch on the inside.
Silver misses with some punches.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tryin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silver doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tryin blocking some punches.
Silver wants to get back to striking at distance but Tryin won't allow it.
Tryin tries a knee to the head but Silver blocks it.
Silver avoiding damage as Tryin throws knees to the body.
Tryin missing with knees to the body.
Silver swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tryin trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silver creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silver swings wildly with an uppercut but Tryin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tryin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silver scores with a shot to the side of Tryin's head.
Tryin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silver managing to block the knees to the body from Tryin.

Silver breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silver closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tryin counters with a three punch combo that has Silver backing up. Silver nods at Tryin to acknowledge the strikes.

Silver forces Tryin back against the cage and clinches.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silver throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tryins head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tryin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silver.
Tryin lands an elbow inside.
Silver wants to get back to striking at distance but Tryin won't allow it.
Silver swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Silver fails to land.
Silver scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Silver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silver fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tryin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Tryin clinches.
Tryin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
Tryin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tryin lands an elbow just above Silver 's eye.
Tryin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
A short right from Silver on the inside.
Tryin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tryin lands an elbow that stopped Silver in his tracks for a moment.
Tryin working Silver over with knees to the body.
Silver fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silver managing to block the knees to the body from Tryin.
Silver lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tryin.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short right from Silver on the inside.
Silver managing to block the knees to the body from Tryin.
Tryin blocks an uppercut.
Silver wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Silver breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silver swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Silver dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dye Tryin's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Tryin darts in and clinches Silver up against the cage.
Tryin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tryin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silver avoids it.
Tryin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Tryin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silver avoiding damage as Tryin throws knees to the body.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tryin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tryin misses with a knee to the head.
Silver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silver working hard to break the clinch.
Tryin has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A short uppercut from Silver.
Silver doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Silver escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silver wants to clinch but Tryin slips to the side
and Tryin counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tryin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silver doesn't manage to clinch there - Tryin circles away.
Silver scores with a punch to the head.
Silver keeps the fight on the outside.
Silver misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tryin misses with a wild combination.
Silver misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silver.
Silver misses with a few strikes there.
Tryin lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silver's sensitive parts.

Tryin forces Silver back against the cage and clinches.
Silver avoids a wild elbow strike from Tryin.
Silver blocks the elbow strike.
Silver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silver misses with some punches.
Silver scores with a shot to the side of Tryin's head.
Silver misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tryin lands an elbow that stopped Silver in his tracks for a moment.
Silver tries to circle away but Tryin has him pinned against the cage.
Tryin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silver's efforts to push away.

Silver breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Silver has managed to clinch.
Silver blocks an elbow strike.

Silver escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silver takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Some wild striking there from Silver.
Tryin fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tryin throws a head kick that Silver semi-blocks.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tryin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silver avoids the body shot from Tryin.
Tryin tries to clinch but Silver is having none of it.
Tryin takes a swing at Silver's ribcage but misses.
Silver throws a jab but it's blocked by Tryin.
Tryin tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tryin scores with the left hand. Silver knows he should have avoided that one.
Tryin slips a jab and a cross from Silver.
Dye Tryin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tryin.
Silver throws the left hand but Tryin avoids the punch easily.

Tryin closes the distance and clinches.
Silver avoiding damage as Tryin throws knees to the body.
Tryin blocks an uppercut.
Silver can't break the clinch.
Silver working hard to break the clinch.
Silver avoiding damage as Tryin throws knees to the body.
Silver lands with a short shot to the head.
Jack Silver seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tryin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silver wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silver swings wildly with an uppercut but Tryin uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tryin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tryin lands an elbow inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silver.
Tryin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silver.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tryin.
Silver lands with a short shot to the head.
Tryin lands a damaging elbow.
Tryin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tryin obliges.
Silver lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tryin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silver's brow.
Silver lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silver lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tryin backwards.
Silver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tryin takes a shot to the head.
Tryin tries to land knees in the clinch but Silver avoids the damage to the body.
Silver lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tryin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silver lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Silver breaks from the clinch.
Silver scores with a one two! Tryin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Tryin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silver loads up on a big right hand but Tryin slips the punch.
Tryin moves in looking to clinch but Silver pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tryin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silver circles away quickly and effectively.
Some wild striking there from Silver.

Tryin clinches.
Tryin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silver.
Silver misses with a punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tryin.
Silver scores with a hook to the body.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tryin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silver avoids it.
Silver blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tryin.
Tryin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silver avoids it.
Tryin blocking some punches.
Tryin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silver avoids it.
Tryin throws an elbow that misses.
Silver avoids a wild elbow strike from Tryin.
Silver lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Silver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silver swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tryin counters with a good low kick that Silver was not able to check.
Tryin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silver fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tryin checks it well.
Tryin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jack Silver will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Dye Tryin's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Tryin dodges the punch combination from Silver.
Silver steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tryin.
Tryin tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silver ducks under a wild hook from Tryin.
Silver moves in looking to clinch but Tryin pushes him off.
Silver moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Silver misses with the combination.
Tryin misses with a few strikes there.
Silver swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tryin counters with a straight right hand.
Tryin scores with a body shot.
Jack Silver seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tryin scores with a sloppy right hand. Silver should have avoided that one.
Tryin dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silver. That did some damage!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Tryin rushes Silver and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tryin tries to land knees in the clinch but Silver avoids the damage to the body.
Tryin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tryin tries to land knees in the clinch but Silver avoids the damage to the body.
Tryin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silver avoids it.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver managing to block the knees to the body from Tryin.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tryin.
Silver misses with some punches.
Tryin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silver lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silver avoiding damage as Tryin throws knees to the body.
Silver lands a shoulder strike.
Silver lands with a right to the head.

Silver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tryin keeps the fight on the outside.
Silver misses with a series of wild punches.
Silver avoids the head kick by Tryin.
Silver rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tryin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Tryin clinches up against the cage.
Tryin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
Tryin throws an elbow that misses.
Silver throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tryins head.
Tryin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
Tryin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silver.
Silver lands with a left to the head.
Tryin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silver makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tryin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silver.
Silver throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

Silver breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Silver, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tryin buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silver throws a hook but Tryin avoids it easily.

Tryin moves into the clinch.
Silver has a couple of punches blocked by Tryin.
A frustrated look appears on Silver's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silver managing to block the knees to the body from Tryin.
Tryin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
Tryin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
Silver lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silver tries to circle away but Tryin has him pinned against the cage.
Silver has a couple of punches blocked by Tryin.
Silver is trying to break the clinch but Tryin is controlling him.
Tryin missing with knees to the body.
Silver lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tryin backwards.
Tryin blocking some punches.
Tryin lands an elbow inside.
Still in the clinch, Silver scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tryin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
Silver managing to block the knees to the body from Tryin.
Silver misses with some punches.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silver avoids a wild elbow strike from Tryin.
Tryin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tryin trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Silver.
Silver lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tryin backwards.
Tryin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silver avoids a wild elbow strike from Tryin.
Silver lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Silver.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silver lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tryin backwards.
Silver takes an elbow to the temple.
Silver lands a shoulder strike.
Tryin misses with a knee strike.
Tryin tries to land a knee to the head but Silver blocks with his arms.
Silver is trying to break the clinch but Tryin is controlling him.
Nice body punch from Silver - that landed with a thud.
Tryin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
A short uppercut from Silver.
Tryin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silver managing to block the knees to the body from Tryin.
Silver avoiding damage as Tryin throws knees to the body.
Silver lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tryin trying to land knees to the body.
Silver lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tryin backwards.
Silver gets through Tryin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tryin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Silver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Tryin instigates a clinch.
Silver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

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.
Silver managing to block the knees to the body from Tryin.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silver avoids a wild elbow strike from Tryin.
Dye Tryin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tryin.
Silver is working Tryin over against the cage.
Tryin tries to land knees in the clinch but Silver avoids the damage to the body.
Silver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silver lands with a right to the head.
Silver lands an uppercut.
Jack Silver is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silver misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silver misses with a punch on the inside.
Tryin landing knees to the body.

Silver's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Tryin gets a clinch.
Tryin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silver has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silver avoiding damage as Tryin throws knees to the body.

Silver pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silver falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tryin counters with a low kick, right behind Silver 's knee.

Tryin has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silver is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silver takes an elbow to the forehead.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silver.
Knees in the clinch landing for Tryin.
Tryin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silver avoids it.

Silver manages to break the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dye Tryin.
I think Silver has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29

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