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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and PJ Rawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silver comes into the arena with Give me da loot blaring out of the sound system. On his way into the cage it seems that Anderson Silver has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Anderson Silver seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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215 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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225 cm
26
215 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed |
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, PJ Rawson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rawson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silver.
No luck for Silver with that takedown attempt.
Rawson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rawson wants to clinch.
Silver connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rawson tries to clinch but Silver moves out of range.
Rawson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silver swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rawson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silver paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silver shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Silver was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Silver controlling the position easily from mount.
Rawson is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Rawson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Silver looking to secure an arm triangle but Rawson defends it well.
Rawson is desperately trying to improve his position but Silver has a good base and remains in mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver controlling the position easily from mount.
Rawson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rawson is working to get back to half guard.
Rawson defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Silver.
Silver looking to control and managing it successfully.
Silver putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rawson gets back to half guard.
Still in half guard, Silver seems content to control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Silver is keen to just control but Rawson is a slippery customer.
Rawson gets back to full guard.
Silver sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Anderson Silver just wasn't active enough.
Rawson tries to clinch up.
Silver throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rawson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
PJ Rawson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silver fails with a takedown attempt.
Rawson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Silver misses.
Rawson leaves Silver with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Silver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silver throws a nice looking combination but Rawson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rawson wants to clinch.
Rawson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Anderson Silver has been cut.
Silver misses with a two punch combination.
Rawson is looking to clinch but Silver is avoiding it.
Rawson moves into the clinch.
Rawson keeps control of Silver as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silver misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rawson.
Silver dodges an elbow strike from Rawson.
Rawson lands a nice elbow.
Silver using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rawson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rawson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silver's brow.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like PJ Rawson has been cut.
Silver working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rawson throws an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rawson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silver breaks the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Silver.
Rawson tries to clinch but Silver is having none of it.
Silver misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rawson.
Silver fails to land with a series of punches.
Rawson lands with a right hand.
Rawson cracks a nice hook into Silver's ribs.
Rawson is looking to clinch but Silver is avoiding it.
Rawson tries a head kick but it misses.
Rawson is looking to clinch but Silver is avoiding it.
Rawson throws a head kick that Silver semi-blocks.
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!
Rawson tries to clinch there but Silver circles away.
Rawson throws a nice head kick!
Rawson tries to clinch up but Silver circles away and keeps his distance.
Rawson avoids the body shot from Silver.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silver circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rawson scores with a jab to the body.
Silver shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rawson defends it nicely.
Rawson tries to clinch but Silver is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but PJ Rawson will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Silver misses with a wild combination.
Silver keeps the fight on the outside.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rawson.
Rawson tries to clinch there but Silver circles away.
Silver throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rawson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Anderson Silver is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silver keeps the fight on the outside.
Rawson tries to clinch there but Silver circles away.
Rawson tries to clinch there but Silver circles away.
Rawson throws a head kick but Silver moves out of range.
No luck for Silver with that takedown attempt.
Rawson has Silver up against the cage in a clinch.
Silver softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rawson pushes off an throws an elbow but Silver leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rawson throws an elbow that misses.
Rawson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rawson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rawson throws an elbow but misses.
Silver tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silver escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rawson doesn't manage to clinch there - Silver circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rawson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silver swats away the attempt to clinch by Rawson.
Rawson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silver moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silver misses with the combination.
Rawson tries a head kick but it misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Silver scores with the left hand. Rawson knows he should have avoided that one.
Rawson slips under a jab from Silver.
Rawson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silver loads up on a big right hand but Rawson slips the punch.
Rawson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rawson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rawson misses with a few strikes there.
Silver throws a hook but Rawson blocks it.
Silver throws a hook but Rawson blocks it.
Rawson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silver shoots in but Rawson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Silver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rawson tries to clinch but Silver moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rawson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rawson lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rawson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silver.
Silver misses with a looping left.
Rawson moves out of range as Silver strikes.
Silver is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rawson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silver paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rawson moves into the clinch.
Silver tries to land knees in the clinch but Rawson avoids the damage to the body.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rawson throws an elbow but misses.
Rawson lands a nice elbow.
Anderson Silver's cut is getting worse.
Rawson misses with an elbow over the top.
A body shot lands from Silver.
Silver pressing his opponent against the cage.
Silver has Rawson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rawson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Silver blocks the elbow strike.
Silver blocks an elbow strike from Rawson.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rawson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silver's brow.
Rawson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rawson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rawson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rawson throws an elbow that misses.
Rawson misses with an elbow strike.
Silver missing with knees to the body.
Silver avoids the elbow strike from Rawson, against the cage.
Silver dodges an elbow strike from Rawson.
Silver is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rawson is defending well for now.
Silver with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silver avoids a wild elbow strike from Rawson.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silver takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Rawson throws an elbow but it misses.
Silver takes an elbow to the temple.
Silver is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Rawson's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Silver is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Silver tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silver avoids a wild elbow strike from Rawson.
Silver manages to pull guard.
Rawson wants to control from the top but Silver keeps moving.
Silver keeping full guard, as Rawson tries to pass.
Silver keeping moving, preventing Rawson from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Silver might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Silver is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Rawson trying to control the position from guard on top but Silver is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rawson throwing strikes from guard but Silver blocks nicely.
Rawson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silver is keeping the position for now.
Rawson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rawson trying to control the position from guard on top but Silver is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
PJ Rawson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Silver throws a hook but Rawson avoids it easily.
Silver misses with an uppercut. Rawson saw that one coming.
Rawson wants to clinch up but Silver keeps it at a distance.
Rawson throws a head kick that misses.
Silver decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Rawson trying to control here.
Silver is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Silver controlling the action here.
Rawson gets full guard.
Silver trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silver is working hard here to advance position.
Silver slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver thows a huge punch but Rawson dodges it nicely.
Rawson is trying to stand back up but Silver is controlling him
Rawson tries to roll over but Silver keeps him under control.
Silver is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rawson sees it coming and defends easily.
Rawson wants to control but Silver is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Silver is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rawson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Rawson is trying desperately to improve position.
Rawson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silver looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rawson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rawson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Silver takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Anderson Silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silver looking to control but Rawson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silver looking to isolate an arm here. Rawson doesn't see it coming and as Silver extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Silver!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anderson Silver!
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energy
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hype
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