PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Lil Wayne- I'm Me. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Emelianenko
vs
Silva

185 cm
20
215 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

194 cm
27
210 lbs
10 - 7 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lyoto Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Michael Silva!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emelianenko throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Emelianenko swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Emelianenko darts in trying to clinch
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Silva moves into the clinch.
Emelianenko takes a knee right on the jaw!
Emelianenko takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.

Emelianenko is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva stalling the fight.
Emelianenko tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Emelianenko avoids it.
Silva stalling against the cage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Emelianenko blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Emelianenko lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Emelianenko is breathing heavily.
Silva slowing the pace effectively.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Emelianenko is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Emelianenko working hard to break the clinch.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Emelianenko blocks it.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Emelianenko is defending well for now.
Emelianenko wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Emelianenko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Emelianenko has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Emelianenko avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Emelianenko wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Emelianenko gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Emelianenko keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko works his foot free and advances to mount.
Emelianenko controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Emelianenko has taken his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Emelianenko just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Emelianenko struggling to keep hold of the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
I would not like to be Silva right now.
Silva looking very determined here, making life difficult for Emelianenko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Silva stuffs the takedown.
Emelianenko misses with a double jab
and Silva counters with a nice body kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva lands a jab to Emelianenko's midsection.
Emelianenko lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Emelianenko throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Lyoto Emelianenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Emelianenko throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Emelianenko's sensitive parts.
Good shot there by Silva.
Silva lands a big head kick that sends Emelianenko to the canvas! Silva follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Silva!