PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Barao DeSilva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyon Gaultier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

DeSilva
vs
Gaultier

179 cm
21
163 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

175 cm
21
155 lbs
3 - 0 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Barao DeSilva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of New York, Lyon Gaultier!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Eddie Farnsworth and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
DeSilva connects with a single shot there.
Gaultier uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from DeSilva.
DeSilva throws a hook to the side of Gaultier's head but Gaultier sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gaultier tries to counter with a clinch but DeSilva shakes him off and moves away.
Gaultier lands a jab to the nose.
DeSilva catches Gaultier with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lyon Gaultier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
DeSilva tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gaultier swivels and escapes.
Gaultier lands a nice looking body shot.
DeSilva throws a jab when Gaultier was well out of range.
DeSilva throws an overhand right that lands on Gaultier's shoulder, as Gaultier tries to avoid the shot.
Gaultier slips a jab from DeSilva.
Gaultier digs a good body shot into DeSilva's ribs.
Gaultier lunges at DeSilva with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by DeSilva's hand.
DeSilva has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A big left from DeSilva misses.
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!
Gaultier connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gaultier connects with a leg kick. DeSilva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gaultier walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaultier lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gaultier sizes up DeSilva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
DeSilva throws a lazy right hand but Gaultier sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A punch lands to the side of DeSilva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gaultier fakes the leg kick and cracks DeSilva in the body.
Gaultier getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jab by Gaultier.
DeSilva takes a swing at Gaultier's ribcage but misses.
Gaultier throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
DeSilva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gaultier cracks DeSilva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gaultier works DeSilva's body with a nice hook.
Gaultier scores with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeSilva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gaultier as he jumps to the side.
DeSilva backing away here, and Gaultier unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Gaultier lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gaultier avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
DeSilva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gaultier connects with a jab.
DeSilva has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gaultier.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
DeSilva is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barao DeSilva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
DeSilva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

DeSilva jumps into guard, dragging Gaultier to the mat.
DeSilva looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaultier is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
DeSilva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gaultier advances position into side control!
Gaultier tries to stand but DeSilva is controlling his head.
DeSilva is looking for a sweep.
Gaultier is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Gaultier wants to control but DeSilva is keeping him busy.
DeSilva sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
DeSilva trying to hold on to Gaultier's head to control him but Gaultier postures up.
DeSilva tries to get to full guard but Gaultier has control of the leg.
Gaultier is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Gaultier not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gaultier trying to control the action but DeSilva is working from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Gaultier enables DeSilva to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Gaultier manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
DeSilva wants to control from the top but Gaultier keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyon Gaultier dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Left hook, right uppercut from Gaultier.
DeSilva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gaultier throws a head kick that half lands.
Gaultier punishes DeSilva's body with a nice straight punch.
DeSilva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gaultier pinned against the cage. Gaultier gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
DeSilva tries a head kick but it misses.
Gaultier's coach down at Demon's Progym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Gaultier's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
DeSilva takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
DeSilva misses with a low kick.
Barao DeSilva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
DeSilva tries to score a power double leg takedown but Gaultier sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten DeSilva somewhat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeSilva misses with a takedown
letting Gaultier counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barao DeSilva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
DeSilva thows a leg kick but Gaultier checks it
and Gaultier connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Gaultier closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gaultier lands a nice shot to the body.
DeSilva takes a shot to the head.

DeSilva pulls guard effortlessly.
DeSilva has a closed guard, preventing Gaultier from standing up.
Gaultier trying to control the position from guard on top but DeSilva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

DeSilva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
DeSilva being controlled here, momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeSilva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gaultier wants to stand but DeSilva is controlling his posture from full guard.
DeSilva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gaultier is one step ahead there.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
DeSilva on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeSilva throws a low kick, looking for Gaultier's leg but Gaultier calmly moves out of range.
Gaultier wants to counter the offense by DeSilva and move into the clinch position.
Gaultier has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gaultier works DeSilva's body with a nice hook.
DeSilva misses with a takedown attempt
and Gaultier counters with a nice low kick that buckles DeSilva's knee momentarily.
Lyon Gaultier is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Decent striking displayed by Gaultier there.
Gaultier lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lyon Gaultier seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gaultier fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and DeSilva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gaultier lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but DeSilva circles away quickly and effectively.
DeSilva seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
DeSilva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gaultier getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gaultier throws a leg kick that is checked

and DeSilva counters with a nice double leg into side control. Gaultier won't be happy with that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
DeSilva working the strikes but Gaultier uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Gaultier is refusing to be controlled, as DeSilva sits in half guard.
Gaultier trying to control from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaultier might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control DeSilva haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Gaultier is not content to let DeSilva control the position.
DeSilva looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
DeSilva seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gaultier does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Gaultier controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
DeSilva scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lyon Gaultier showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

DeSilva throws a right and a left that Gaultier avoids nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Gaultier misses.
A big right from DeSilva misses.
An inside leg kick from DeSilva misses.
Gaultier looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gaultier tests DeSilva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
DeSilva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Gaultier dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
DeSilva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A cross from Gaultier lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from DeSilva is defended easily by Gaultier.
Gaultier appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Gaultier ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaultier stuffs the takedown.
A shot to the liver by Gaultier. Beautiful body shot.
A jab lands there for Gaultier.
DeSilva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gaultier to score with a decent uppercut.
DeSilva darts in looking for a takedown but Gaultier gets double underhooks and turns DeSilva into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Barao DeSilva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gaultier works the jab nicely.
Gaultier is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gaultier keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circling - DeSilva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
DeSilva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gaultier fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
DeSilva wants to slow Gaultier down by chopping away at his legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaultier lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gaultier scores with a punch to the head.
DeSilva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
DeSilva fails with the takedown
and Gaultier counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
DeSilva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
DeSilva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gaultier.
Gaultier sizes up DeSilva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
DeSilva goes for a double leg but Gaultier avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Gaultier continues to drive forward.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaultier clobbers DeSilva with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
DeSilva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A nice side step and Gaultier releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Gaultier thuds his right hand into DeSilva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
DeSilva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gaultier dips to his left and cracks DeSilva with an uppercut!
DeSilva misses with a right hand
and Gaultier counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gaultier fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches DeSilva on the side of the head.
Gaultier lands a nice hook to DeSilva's body. DeSilva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
DeSilva tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gaultier swivels and escapes.
Gaultier connects with a leg kick. DeSilva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
DeSilva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gaultier to score with a decent uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gaultier lands a glancing blow to the side of DeSilva's head.
Gaultier looks to land a combination but DeSilva avoids it well.
Nice takedown defense from Gaultier. No joy for DeSilva on that attempt.
Gaultier lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lyon Gaultier is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

DeSilva is rocked!
Gaultier connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
DeSilva looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

Gaultier has DeSilva up against the cage in a clinch.
A short uppercut from Gaultier.
Barao DeSilva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oh DeSilva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
DeSilva takes a shot to the head.
Gaultier creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends DeSilva's eyes rolling into the back of his head! DeSilva drops to his knees and Gaultier pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lyon Gaultier!
A victorious Lyon Gaultier thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.