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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tim Drive (ranked 1685 p4p, 1277 weight class) and Manuel Silva (ranked 256 p4p, 192 weight class). Drive comes to the cage accompanied by Look into My Eyes. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tim Drive!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Manuel Silva!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a wild body kick that Drive sees coming a mile off.
Drive scores with a punch to the head.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Drive.
Drive lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Drive defends it well.
Drive moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Drive looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Drive tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Drive.
Silva with the counter takedown but Drive avoids it easily.
Drive ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drive misses the shot to the body.
Drive throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Drive lands an overhand right.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drive.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drive's jab looks to have found its range, popping Silva under the eye.
Drive misses with a double jab
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Drive scores with a nice head shot.
Drive throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Drive misses with a body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silva! But no joy.
Silva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Drive misses with a looping right.
Silva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Drive comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Drive.
A countering left hand to the body from Silva misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drive swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Drive misses the shot to the body.
Silva appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Drive with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Drive misses its intended target.
Silva feints the counter takedown.
Drive tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Drive.
Silva with the counter takedown but Drive avoids it easily.
A shot to the liver by Drive. Beautiful body shot.
Drive swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva.
Drive lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Drive takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drive wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Drive moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva working the head and body with strikes.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Drive defending well though.
My spies in Randall's Top Team inform me that Silva has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Drive wants to control but Silva is keeping busy.
Ground and pound from Silva.
Drive is looking to control Silva's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Drive avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drive controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Silva lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Drive trying to control from the bottom.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Drive is trying to control but can't.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva lands strikes from half guard.
Drive gets back to full guard.
Drive keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tim Drive dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Manuel Silva has been cut.
Silva needs to keep his hands up - Drive had a free shot at his head there.
Drive throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silva! But no joy.
Silva slips under a jab from Drive.
Drive moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSilva.
Drive ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Drive fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silva! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drive connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Drive throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Drive fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drive swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a right hand that sends Drive tumbling to the canvas! Can Silva finish him? He dives into Drive's guard looking to do just that!
Drive is rocked!
Silva gets to his feet and stands over Drive, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Drive felt that one! Silva unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Drive from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manuel Silva!
Manuel Silva decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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