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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stanley Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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197 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Great low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stanley Graves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Graves is looking to chop away at Silva's legs.
Graves lands a big head kick that sends Silva tumbling to the mat! Graves takes a step backwards and waves Silva back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Anderson Silva has been cut.
Graves lands a nice looking kick to the body. Silva takes a step back to recover.
Stanley Graves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva looks gassed!
Graves scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An inside leg kick lands from Graves.
Nice body kick from Graves.
Graves connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Graves buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Graves is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Graves connects with a solid leg kick.
Graves feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.
Silva takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Silva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Graves feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.
Graves dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Graves. That's going to slow Silva down.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Graves.
Graves scores with a kick to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Graves throws a nice outside leg kick.
Graves is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Graves lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Silva has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Graves.
Graves throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Graves. Graves obviously looking to wear him down.
Graves throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Stanley Graves is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Graves connects with a high kick.
Graves fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Graves connects with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
An inside leg kick lands from Graves.
Graves lands a head kick. Silva smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Graves scores with a leg kick.
Silva takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Silva has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Graves.
Graves with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A chopping leg kick lands by Graves.
Graves lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Graves, right into the meat.
Graves lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Graves throws a nice inside leg kick.
Graves is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Graves.
Graves lands with a nice body kick.
Graves feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Graves - that will leave a mark!
Graves lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Graves.
Graves lands a high kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A thudding body kick lands there by Graves!
Graves pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Graves.
Graves lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
Graves fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Graves pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Graves scores with a spinning back kick!
Graves lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
Graves throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silva has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Graves.
Silva's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Graves, right into the meat.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Graves circles away.
Graves fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Graves with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Graves pushes Silva away with a front kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stanley Graves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Silva's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Graves. Graves obviously looking to wear him down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Graves.
Graves is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Graves connects with a leg kick. Silva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Stanley Graves is winning the standup battle so far.
Graves lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Graves delivers a nice body kick.
Graves scores with a head kick. Silva tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Graves. Graves obviously looking to wear him down.
Graves lands with a kick to the temple. Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Graves feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.
Graves with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Graves throws a nice outside leg kick.
Graves keeps Silva at a distance using the push kick.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Graves feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
Graves feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Graves can pounce on him.
Graves lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Graves thuds his shin into the meat of Silva's side.
Graves lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Graves dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
Graves bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Graves fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Graves throws a quick inside leg kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Silva might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Graves has got the better of the exchanges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Graves throws a quick inside leg kick.
Anderson Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Graves can pounce on him.
Graves throws a quick inside leg kick.
Graves cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
Graves lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Graves. That's going to slow Silva down.
Graves scores with a spinning back kick!
Graves lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Graves.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Graves can pounce on him.
Graves scores with a head kick.
Graves lands with a kick to the temple. Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Graves connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Graves. That's going to slow Silva down.
Graves throws a nice head kick!
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Graves scores with a spinning back kick!
Graves moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Silva has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Graves.
Graves connects with a leg kick. Silva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Graves fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Graves connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Graves.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Silva crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Graves - the referee stops the clock and Silva gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Graves. Silva manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Graves scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Graves can pounce on him.
Good leg kick by Graves there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Graves turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Graves lands with a thumping leg kick.
Graves lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Graves dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
Graves connects with a leg kick. Silva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Graves connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Graves connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Graves throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stanley Graves dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Silva's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Graves scoring well with a low kick there.
Graves throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Graves. Graves obviously looking to wear him down.
Graves throws a quick inside leg kick.
Graves buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva takes a kick to the side of the head.
Graves lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A good leg kick by Graves.
Graves scores with a head kick. Silva tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Graves lands with a thumping leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Graves.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
That kick from Graves tenderised Silva's leg. Silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
Graves cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Graves.
Graves scores with a leg kick.
Graves moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Graves turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Graves.
Graves throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Graves throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Graves moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Graves.
Graves lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Graves throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Stanley Graves is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Graves lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A good leg kick by Graves.
Graves feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.
A slapping body kick lands there for Graves.
Graves buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Graves.
Graves connects with an inside leg kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Graves.
Graves connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice body kick from Graves.
That kick from Graves tenderised Silva's leg. Silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Graves, right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Graves lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
Graves moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Graves connects with an inside leg kick.
Graves connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Graves.
Graves thumps Silva with a low kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Graves!
Graves explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Graves throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
Graves fakes the leg kick and cracks Silva in the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Graves.
Both fighters circling a little - Graves finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Graves. That's going to slow Silva down.
Graves throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
Graves with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Graves chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Graves there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Anderson Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Graves lands with a kick to the ribs.
Graves lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Graves dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A good leg kick by Graves.
Graves moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stanley Graves showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Graves has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:24
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:24
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stanley Graves!
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