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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sean Cox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cox's entrance music is You Gotta Die For Your Government. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
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185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined |
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sean Cox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a straight right.
Cox throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Silva.
Cox is trying to buck Silva off.
Silva tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silva has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Silva is trying to get an arm triangle but Cox is defending well.
Cox is trying to get back to his feet.
Silva trying to control the action but Cox is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva tries for a kimura but Cox is defending well.
Silva tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Silva looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cox is trying to buck Silva off.
Silva wants to control for a moment but Cox uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Cox has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Cox's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Cox's back!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cox controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cox is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Cox is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Cox manages to stand up with Silva still on his back. Eventually Silva drops to his feet and we're back in the standing position.
Cox misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cox misses with a double jab.
Cox throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Sean Cox is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cox tries to kick Silva off but Silva keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Silva is working for a submission of some sort.
Silva wants to free his trapped foot but Cox is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Silva is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Cox tries to kick Silva off but Silva keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Silva is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Cox sees it coming and defends easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cox is trying to stand up here but Silva is controlling him well.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cox misses with a few strikes there.
Cox throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cox moves into the clinch.
Cox has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Cox lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cox breaks the clinch.
Silva darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cox keeps working.
Cox is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Silva dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Cox throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Cox moves into range and clinches up with Silva.
Cox breaks the clinch.
Silva shoots in and drives through. Cox sprawls well.
Cox stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cox wants it to stay on the feet.
Cox clinches.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sean Cox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Silva.
A right handed body shot lands from Cox.
Cox makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cox's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cox scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Silva dodges the punch combination from Cox.
Silva throws a body punch but Cox moves out of range.
Cox throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cox clinches with his opponent.
Cox breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Cox defends it nicely.
Cox scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cox throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Cox throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cox sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Cox throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cox manages to break the clinch.
Cox clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Cox is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Silva tries to pull guard but Cox holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
Cox avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cox breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva throws a body punch but Cox moves out of range.
Cox avoids the head kick by Silva.
Cox misses with a few strikes there.
Cox swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cox throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
A combination from Cox does no damage.
Cox misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
Cox misses with a wild combination.
Cox closes the distance and clinches.
Cox throws an elbow but it misses.
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 Cox walks away with a smile on his face. Silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Silva gets a takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cox defends it well.
Silva wants to work for an arm triangle but Cox is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Cox tries to kick Silva off but Silva keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Silva trying to control from half guard but Cox is working away.
Silva looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Cox pushes Silva off and gets back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cox circles away.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Cox throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Cox throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cox stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva takes a swing at Cox's ribcage but misses.
Cox throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
A combination from Cox does no damage.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Cox shows good takedown defense.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Anderson Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cox looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Cox is not content to let Silva control the position.
Silva tries to advance to mount but Cox denies him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Cox dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Cox has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Cox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva jumps guard but Cox stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Cox breaks from the clinch.
Cox throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cox checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cox blocks a head kick by Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva fails with the takedown.
Cox moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Cox clinches with his opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cox using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cox lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cox throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Cox clinches.
Cox manages to break the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Cox.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
Sean Cox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Silva.
Cox scores with a one two! Silva had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Cox clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cox just stands there and leans against the cage.
Cox makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Cox lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cox pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Cox's head but Cox sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cox will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cox swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva misses with a combination
and Cox counters with a one-two to the body.
Cox misses with a double jab.
Silva shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Cox's guard.
Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva drops back looking for a leg! Cox is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Cox manages to kick Silva off! Silva jumps back into Cox's guard.
Silva showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cox keeping full guard, as Silva tries to pass.
Cox is looking to stand up but Silva isn't so interested in that idea.
Silva is pushing down on Cox's leg trying to pass to half guard. Cox is fighting to maintain full guard but Silva has managed to sneak the leg through.
Cox is trying to stand.
Silva is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cox defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Silva tries to pass to full mount but Cox defends it.
Silva is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cox defends it well.
Silva wants to control but Cox is keeping him busy.
Cox looks like he's trying to stand up.
Silva is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Cox wants to get back to his feet.
Silva is pressing down on Cox's thigh, looking to free his foot. Cox is holding on for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sean Cox showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cox has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sean Cox!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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