PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cairo Silva (ranked 1655 p4p, 259 weight class) and Hans Byyler (ranked 1847 p4p, 286 weight class). Byyler comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Kube - Who run it (freestyle) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Hans Byyler has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Silva
vs
Byyler

194 cm
25
218 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

193 cm
31
208 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cairo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hans Byyler!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byyler throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Byyler with a nice cross.
Byyler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Despite the aggression on Byyler's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Silva misses with a left hand

and Byyler moves into the clinch.
Byyler taking a breather.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Byyler is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Byyler tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Byyler throws an elbow but misses.
Byyler wants to stall.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Byyler avoids it.
Byyler misses with a punch to the body.

Byyler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva lands with a nice body punch.
Silva lands an overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Byyler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Byyler connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Byyler is out of range.
Byyler on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A shot to the liver by Silva. Beautiful body shot.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Byyler counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
Silva delivers a nice body kick.
Byyler looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Byyler takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Silva slips under a jab.
Silva on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
A little jabbing left from Byyler on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva lands with an overhand left.
Byyler misses with a few strikes there.
Cairo Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Byyler ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Byyler let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Byyler throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Byyler misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Byyler gets a clinch.
A short right from Silva.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Byyler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A big right from Silva misses.
Byyler blocks a head kick by Silva.
Byyler throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Byyler gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Silva connects with a crisp jab.
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Byyler's head back.
Byyler slips under a jab.
Byyler bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Byyler goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Byyler ducks under a wild hook from Silva.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byyler ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Byyler wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Byyler is looking to clinch.
A quick step to the side and Silva tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Byyler darts in trying to clinch
and Byyler takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Silva tries to keep at a distance but Byyler has taken the fight into the clinch.
Byyler blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Byyler trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Byyler into the cage.
A short left from Silva.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Byyler avoids it.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Byyler backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
I was talking to Silva's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Byyler.
Byyler misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva pushes Byyler back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Byyler backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Byyler working aggressively here.
Good body shot from Silva.
Byyler goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
Silva presses Byyler against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Byyler looks winded!
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Byyler backwards.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Byyler lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Silva gets through Byyler's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cairo Silva dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Silva clobbers Byyler with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Byyler counters with a head kick. That will keep Silva thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Byyler throws a front kick that sends Silva stumbling back into the cage.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A big right from Silva misses.
Byyler is looking for the big counter here.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Byyler.
Byyler slips a jab from Silva.
Byyler pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Byyler.
Byyler slips under a jab from Silva.
Byyler pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva lands with a right hand.
Byyler tries to clinch up.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Byyler.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Byyler. That did some damage!
Byyler throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a right hand to the body.
Byyler is breathing heavily.
Silva tests Byyler's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Byyler has time to react.

Byyler is rocked!
Silva throws a hook to the side of Byyler's head but Byyler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva lands with a hook. Byyler tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Byyler is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Byyler seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva misses with a hook. Byyler ducked under it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Byyler on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Byyler chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva thuds his right hand into Byyler's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva lands with a shot to the body.
Silva blocks a head kick by Byyler.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Byyler moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Byyler tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Silva misses the target.
Byyler throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
It looked like Silva wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hans Byyler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Byyler takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Byyler in his tracks.
Byyler misses with a wild body shot.
Silva connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Byyler momentarily.
Silva connects with a single shot there.
Byyler takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Byyler tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Byyler gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Silva gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cairo Silva!