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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rickson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pietro Nunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pietro Nunes will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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145 lbs
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135 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rickson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pietro Nunes!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva dives in and grabs Nunes's left leg, looking for a takedown. Nunes pushes down on Silva's head and hops out.
Nunes throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Nunes as Silva shoots in.
Nunes wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nunes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Silva has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silva and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
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.
Nunes motions for Silva to come forward. Nunes throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nunes throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
Nunes misses the jab.
Nunes doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Nunes tries a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nunes.
Nunes scores with a head kick.
Nunes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunes is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Silva is breathing heavily.
No luck for Silva with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rickson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nunes is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Nunes manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Silva on his heels. He'll look to pass Silva's guard now, I'm sure.
Nunes wants to stand but Silva is controlling his posture from full guard.
Nunes decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Silva, up you get!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nunes misses with a low kick.
Nunes misses with a wild combination.
Nunes shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva is looking for a triangle but Nunes pushes his legs off easily.
Nunes tries to stand but Silva is controlling from the bottom.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Nunes from controlling successfully.
Silva bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nunes's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Nunes is looking to stand up but Silva isn't so interested in that idea.
Nunes is trying to keep Silva in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva landing with the ground and pound.
Nunes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Silva as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Nunes screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Silva! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Rickson Silva!
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energy
A | B |
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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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