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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Claudinho Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Will Ribeiro is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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145 lbs
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135 lbs
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Good wrestling
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Claudinho Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Will Ribeiro!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva shoots and misses
and Ribeiro counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now.
Ribeiro wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Ribeiro passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard.
Ribeiro controls the position from side control.
Ribeiro decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Silva shoots and misses
and Ribeiro counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva is refusing to be controlled, as Ribeiro sits in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva is looking for a sweep. Ribeiro is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Silva taking some punishment here, with Ribeiro in his half guard.
Ribeiro scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ribeiro is keen to just control but Silva is a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ribeiro scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ribeiro is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Silva is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Silva flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Silva misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Silva scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Ribeiro manages to mount him!
Silva tries to control the position but Ribeiro now has his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva staying busy and making it hard for Ribeiro to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva holding both Ribeiro 's hands and preventing any damage.
Silva is trying to break free.
Ribeiro scores with strikes from the back.
Silva is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Ribeiro.
Silva can't escape the position.
Ribeiro is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Silva up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ribeiro on the ground.
Silva is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Silva looking very determined here, making life difficult for Ribeiro.
Silva takes a big shot to the side of the head.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Ribeiro's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Silva is in bad spot here.
Ribeiro wants to control but Silva is keeping busy.
Ribeiro is punishing Silva with some ground and pound.
Silva is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Will Ribeiro go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The referee is taking a good look at Silva as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Ribeiro!
Silva can't escape the position.
Silva just trying to survive but Ribeiro is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Silva is in bad spot here.
Silva trying to control the action but Ribeiro just sinks the hooks in.
Silva is trying to break free.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Ribeiro's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Will Ribeiro 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.
Ribeiro fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Silva to the ground. Ribeiro is now in Silva's guard.
Ribeiro has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Silva is proving hard to escape from.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Ribeiro from controlling successfully.
Silva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silva is working hard here to advance position.
Ribeiro wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Will Ribeiro has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Silva throws the left hand but Ribeiro avoids the punch easily.
Ribeiro shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ribeiro showed some decent athleticism there.
Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is looking to control Ribeiro's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Silva avoid being mounted?
Ribeiro is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva punching from the bottom.
Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Silva tries to get out of the position.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Ribeiro trying to mount his opponent but Silva defends it.
Silva flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Ribeiro wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Ribeiro is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva landing a few short strikes.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Silva regains full guard. Nicely done.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva working for a triangle but Ribeiro defends it easily.
Ribeiro advances position into side control!
Silva tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Ribeiro presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Silva is trying to reverse the position but instead Ribeiro has taken his back - oops!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Ribeiro.
Silva staying busy and making it hard for Ribeiro to control.
Ribeiro looking for the RNC.
Silva tries to escape but Ribeiro has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Ribeiro tries to get the hooks in deep but Silva pushed the leg off.
Silva is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Ribeiro scores with punches to the body.
Will Ribeiro go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Silva just trying to survive but Ribeiro is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ribeiro looking to break Silva's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Silva remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Ribeiro will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Silva trying to control the position but Ribeiro manages to sink in the hooks.
Silva wants to escape the position.
Ribeiro is punishing Silva with strikes - can he finish him?!
Ribeiro trying to control.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Ribeiro loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Silva hold on?
Silva just trying to survive but Ribeiro is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Ribeiro has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Silva's body.
Silva is in bad spot here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Will Ribeiro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Silva crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ribeiro - the referee stops the clock and Silva gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ribeiro. Silva manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ribeiro counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ribeiro.
Ribeiro trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva punching to the body, from the bottom.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Ribeiro from controlling successfully.
Silva looking for a guillotine here but Ribeiro defends easily.
Ribeiro slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Silva.
Ribeiro stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Silva to get to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Silva on his heels. He'll look to pass Silva's guard now, I'm sure.
Ribeiro stands up out of Silva's guard for a moment - Silva manages to land a nice upkick.
Silva trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Ribeiro advances position into side control!
Silva tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Ribeiro takes advantage of some sloppy striking from Silva to pass into mount.
Silva is looking to get to half guard.
Ribeiro cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Silva srikes from the bottom but he's lost position and has given up his back.
Silva is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Silva tries to escape the position.
Silva is keeping busy.
Silva can't escape the position.
Ribeiro tries to get the hooks in deep but Silva pushed the leg off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Silva.
Ribeiro is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Silva is defending well though. Ribeiro let's go of the attempt for now.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Silva looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Silva covers up after that shot from Ribeiro.
Ribeiro not allowing Silva to control his hands.
Ribeiro lands shots from the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Ribeiro.
Silva tries to roll but Ribeiro sticks to his back.
Ribeiro working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Silva is doing well to defend. Ribeiro seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Silva is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Will Ribeiro!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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