PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Can't Stop - Red Hot Chili Peppers. The key to victory for Anthony Silva has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Silva
vs
Austin

180 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

189 cm
17
220 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Hates pizza

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shane Austin!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Austin closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Austin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Austin throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Austin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Austin prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silva is trying to push Austin away but Austin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Austin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Austin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Austin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Silva definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Silva is looking for a takedown.
Austin misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva is trying to pull guard but Austin has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
With the fighters up against the cage, Austin throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Austin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Austin smiles and moves away.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.

Austin moves into the clinch.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Austin lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Austin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Austin.
Austin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Austin pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Austin lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Austin.

It looks like Anthony Silva has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Austin.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Austin has the dominant position.
Austin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Austin pulls his leg out and moves away.

Austin rushes Silva and presses him up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Austin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Austin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Austin, against the cage.
Austin misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Austin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Austin.
Austin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Austin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Austin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Austin, against the cage.
Austin lands an elbow inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Austin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Austin throws an elbow but it misses.
Austin pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Austin throws an elbow but misses.
Austin pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Austin.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Austin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva gets control of Austin's arms and successfully pulls guard. Silva will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Austin not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Silva has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Austin is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Silva.
Silva is trying to improve his position.
Austin controls the position.
Let's hope that Austin has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Austin tries to score with some ground and pound. Silva controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

Austin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Austin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Austin throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Austin tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Austin has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sloppy strikes there by Austin.

Austin decides to stand back up.

Austin forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Austin lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Austin throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Austin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Silva is trying to pull guard but Austin turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Austin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Austin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Austin lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.

Anthony Silva's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Austin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Austin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Austin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Silva's cut.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Austin swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Austin steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Silva.

Austin closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Austin lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Austin lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Austin walks away with a smile on his face. Silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Austin instigates a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Austin throws an elbow but misses.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Austin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Austin.
Austin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Austin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Austin.
Austin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Austin prevents the takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin misses with an elbow strike.
Austin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva wants to break free but Austin has control.
Austin lands an elbow inside.
Austin misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Austin avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Austin.
Austin misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Austin.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Austin misses with an elbow strike.
Shane Austin seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Austin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Austin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva tries for a takedown. No joy.
With the fighters up against the cage, Austin throws an elbow but misses.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Austin misses with an elbow strike.
Austin throws an elbow but it misses.
Austin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Austin throws an elbow that misses.
Austin lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Austin throws an elbow that misses.
Austin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Austin.
Silva is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Austin gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Austin avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Austin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Austin.
Austin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Austin pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Austin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Austin, against the cage.
Austin throws an elbow that misses.
Austin lands a damaging elbow.
Austin pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Austin, against the cage.
Austin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Austin lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.

Anthony Silva's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Austin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Austin.
Austin misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Austin throws an elbow but misses.
Austin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Austin throws an elbow that misses.
Austin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Austin creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Austin throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Austin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Austin throws an elbow but it misses.
Austin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Austin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Austin misses with an elbow strike.
Austin gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Jeez, Anthony Silva's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Austin throws an elbow but misses.
Austin pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Austin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Austin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Austin lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Austin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Austin pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Austin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Anthony Silva's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Silva has his takedown stuffed

and Austin moves into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Austin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Austin dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Austin misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Austin.
Austin throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Anthony Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva sets himself, and Austin steps forward looking for the clinch! Silva avoids it this time.
Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Austin avoids it really well and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Austin.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Austin gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Austin misses with an elbow strike.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Austin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Austin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Austin.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Austin has the dominant position.
Austin pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Austin has him pressed against the cage.
Silva is looking to control Austin's arms but Austin gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silva has his back to the cage.
Austin prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Austin throws an elbow that misses.
Austin prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Austin.
Austin misses with an elbow over the top.
Austin misses with an elbow over the top.
Austin lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Austin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Austin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Anthony Silva's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Shane Austin!
Shane Austin is the new light heavyweight champion!
A victorious Shane Austin thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.