PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Audet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Audet comes to the cage accompanied by Will.I.Am - T.H.E.. Nathan Audet has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Audet
vs
Silva

173 cm
32
203 lbs
15 - 15 - 1

180 cm
29
190 lbs
15 - 10 - 1

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 15 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Nathan Audet!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Lyoto Silva!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva avoids the head kick by Audet.
Audet tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Audet regains full guard. Nicely done.
Audet has his hands on Silva's head, controlling the position.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Audet is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Silva got a little sloppy there for a moment and Audet has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Silva has managed to get both his arms back between Audet's legs - danger averted.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Audet escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Silva gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Audet manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Silva manages to get himself to full guard.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Audet from controlling successfully.
Silva being controlled here, momentarily.

Silva escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Audet gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Audet throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Audet postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Audet is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Silva trying to control the position.
Audet throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Audet trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Silva looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Audet wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Audet accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Audet working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Audet throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva has momentary wrist control but Audet slips an elbow through the middle.
Audet trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Silva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Audet stands up over Silva, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Audet throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.

Silva working for a triangle but Audet defends it easily.
Audet works over Silva with some ground and pound from guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Audet got a little sloppy there for a moment and Silva has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Audet has managed to get both his arms back between Silva's legs - danger averted.
Audet wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Audet postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Audet wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Audet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Audet dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Audet avoids a punch combination nicely.
Audet closes this distance looking for a takedown but Silva circles away.
Audet tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Audet moves to clinch but Silva breaks away
and Silva makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Audet really felt that one!
Silva connects with a crisp jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.

Silva forces Audet back against the cage and clinches.
Silva avoiding damage as Audet throws knees to the body.
Audet lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Audet.

It looks like Lyoto Silva has been cut.

Audet gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Silva regains guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Audet throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Audet throws a big elbow that misses.
Silva has momentary wrist control but Audet slips an elbow through the middle.
Silva working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Audet engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Audet scoring with some ground and pound.
Audet has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Audet scoring with punches to the head and body.

Silva working for a triangle but Audet defends it easily.
Audet trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Audet throws a big elbow that misses.
Audet trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Audet!
Silva looking to control but Audet is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silva is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Audet tries to reverse the position but Silva maintains control.
Audet manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Audet makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Audet.

Audet looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Silva passes into side control.
Audet is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Silva off and has taken his back!
Silva just trying to survive but Audet is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Audet is punishing Silva with strikes - can he finish him?!
Audet controlling well, preventing Silva from escaping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Audet is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva manages to reverse the position and now he's in Audet's guard. Nice work there by Silva.

Silva stands up from Audet's guard - Silva perhaps looking for a knockout.
Audet fails with a takedown attempt.
Audet fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Audet. That's going to take a lot out of him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Silva bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Audet dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Lyoto Silva'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. This is the final round!

Audet takes a jab right on the kisser.
Silva lands a nice looking body shot.
Silva's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Silva duly obliges.
Audet has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Audet tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Audet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Silva looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

Silva is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Audet defends it well.
Silva looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Silva trying to control the action but Audet is working from the bottom.
Silva might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Audet kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Nathan Audet overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Audet wants to control but Silva is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Audet is pressing down on Silva's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Silva content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Lyoto Silva wasn't active enough on the ground.
Audet moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
Audet tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Audet slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Audet tries to clinch up.
Audet shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nathan Audet. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Lyoto Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Audet tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Audet has managed to clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Audet is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Audet is looking to take this one to the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Audet tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.

Silva breaks from the clinch.
Audet shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Audet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Audet takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silva connects with a high kick.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Audet looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Audet is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Silva is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Audet's half guard.
Silva passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Audet!
Lyoto Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing strikes from the mount.
Audet is wriggling around trying to escape.
Silva with the ground and pound from mount.

Silva with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Audet wants to hold on but Silva pushes him away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lyoto Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Audet has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Audet!
A relieved looking Nathan Audet thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.