PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Wyatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The Silence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wyatt comes into the arena with ''Broken Out In Love'' blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wyatt
vs
Silence

180 cm
21
213 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

182 cm
19
212 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Wyatt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, The Silence!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silence with a poor takedown
and Wyatt counters with a nice uppercut.

Silence scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Silence is working for a submission of some sort.

Silence is working for a kimura but Wyatt is defending it quite comfortably.

Wyatt looking for submissions off his back.
Silence is thwarting Wyatt's attempts to control the position.
Silence looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Wyatt actively working from the bottom here.
Silence really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wyatt. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Silence is trying to work for a kimura but Wyatt is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wyatt actively working from the bottom here.

Silence is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Wyatt is trying to maintain the position but Silence is very close to passing his half guard.

Silence is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Silence is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Wyatt defends it well.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Wyatt looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silence is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Wyatt defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Silence is trying to work for a kimura but Wyatt is defending well.

Silence is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Wyatt doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Silence.

Wyatt looking for submissions off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wyatt looking for submissions off his back.
Wyatt gets full guard.
Silence passes into half guard.
Wyatt is trying to maintain the position but Silence is very close to passing his half guard.

Wyatt actively working from the bottom here.

Silence is working for a submission of some sort.

Silence is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wyatt controlling the position for now.

Silence is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Wyatt sees it coming and defends easily.

Silence is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Wyatt is trying is best to control the position here.
Wyatt won't allow Silence to pass to mount.

Silence is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wyatt trying to control but Silence postures up.
Wyatt is trying is best to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but The Silence will probably get the nod.
That's time! Wyatt's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Silence with a poor takedown
and Wyatt counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silence misses with a takedown
and Wyatt counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silence thinking.
Silence misses with a takedown
and Wyatt counters with a left and a right that stings Silence.
John Wyatt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of The Silence.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Wyatt closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Wyatt thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
You can see the frustration on Silence's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Wyatt is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Silence knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Wyatt working away.
Silence is breathing heavily.
Silence is looking to reverse the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wyatt working away.
Silence takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Wyatt wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silence keeps working.
Silence is looking for a sweep.

Wyatt is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Silence has escaped the position, nice work there.
Wyatt cracks Silence with a big elbow.

Wyatt is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Silence has escaped the position, nice work there.
John Wyatt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
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!

Wyatt looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Silence is looking to reverse the position.
Wyatt tries to advance to mount but Silence denies him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Silence's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Silence is looking for a sweep.

Wyatt is trying to get an arm triangle but Silence is defending well.
Wyatt tries to advance to mount but can't.
Silence tries to improve position but can't.

Wyatt tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Wyatt working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wyatt is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Silence has escaped the position, nice work there.
Silence is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Wyatt lands a nice short elbow.

Silence looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Wyatt drops an elbow to the side of Silence's head.

Wyatt is looking for a kimura here.
Wyatt trying to mount his opponent but Silence defends it.

Silence looking for subs from the bottom but Wyatt mounts him!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silence regains half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silence is staying active underneath Wyatt, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Silence missing with punches from the bottom.
Wyatt controlling the action here.
Silence throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Wyatt works his way into full mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Wyatt is working for a guillotine from mount but Silence frees his head quite easily.
Silence is looking to improve his position but Wyatt isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Wyatt dominated that second round.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Wyatt scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silence showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wyatt.
Silence misses with a takedown attempt
and Wyatt counters with a nice body shot.
Wyatt misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wyatt throws a nice looking combination but Silence bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silence doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Wyatt counters with a series of strikes. Silence will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jab from Wyatt.

Silence shoots in and bounces Wyatt off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Wyatt working for a triangle but Silence defends it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wyatt is pulling down on Silence's head to control his posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silence drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Wyatt dives on top into guard.
Silence can't keep his opponent in guard - Wyatt advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Ground and pound from Wyatt.
Wyatt with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Silence is staying active underneath Wyatt, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Silence wants to sweep but Wyatt has passed to side control!

Wyatt working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Silence is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Silence looking for submissions off his back.
Silence taking some punishment here, with Wyatt in his half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wyatt stalling.
Silence wants to get back to full guard.
Wyatt seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silence does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Silence trying to control from the bottom.

Wyatt in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Silence tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Wyatt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). John Wyatt!
After winning the bout, John Wyatt thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.