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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Spong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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205 lbs
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203 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tyrone Spong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thiago Silva!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva drives through and clinches with Spong against the cage.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Spong.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Spong backwards.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Spong leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva prevents Spong from breaking the clinch.
Spong taking a breather.
Spong blocks an elbow strike.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Tyrone Spong has been cut.
Spong wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Spong avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Spong.
Spong wants to stall.
Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Spong tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva looks to land a combination but Spong avoids it well.
Spong looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Spong takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The fight stays on the outside here - Spong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Spong blocks an elbow strike.
Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Spong goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Thiago Silva has been cut.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Spong blocks it.
Spong wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Spong's face.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva manages to break the clinch.
Spong rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva pushes Spong back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Silva has Spong pushed against the cage.
Spong trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Spong into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spong lands an elbow inside.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Spong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Spong is breathing heavily.
Spong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Spong is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Spong in his tracks for a moment.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Spong avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Nice body punch from Silva - that landed with a thud.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
Silva breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Silva clinches up with Spong and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva has managed to clinch.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva cracks Spong with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Silva rushes Spong and presses him up against the cage.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spong wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a series of punches but Spong moves out of range.
Spong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Spong walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Spong does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Thiago Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Spong sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Spong is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spong doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Silva dominated that round.
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!
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva drives through and clinches with Spong against the cage.
Spong takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thiago Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Spong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Spong.
Spong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Spong looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Spong is trying to stall.
Spong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tyrone Spong's cut is getting worse.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Spong.
Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Spong tries to clinch up.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Spong's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Spong pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Spong is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Spong into the cage.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Spong can't break the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Spong just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Spong.
Thiago Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva connects with a high kick.
Spong is rocked!
Tyrone Spong's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Silva rushes Spong and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silva jumps guard and drags Spong to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Silva has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Spong off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Silva connects with a nice looking jab.
Silva works Spong's body with a nice hook.
Spong gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Spong looking to stall.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Spong avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Spong trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Silva lands a body punch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Spong blocks it.
Spong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Spong counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Spong slows down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Spong tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva lands an overhand right.
Spong is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva tries to clinch there but Spong circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spong steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A punch combination from Spong misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Silva 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.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Spong gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Silva cracks Spong with a nice body shot.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Spong in his tracks for a moment.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silva.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Spong's leg but Spong calmly moves out of range.
Spong walks into a straight right hand from Silva.
Silva has closed the distance and engaged Spong in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Spong won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva stalls.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is stalling here.
Silva lands an elbow just above Spong 's eye.
Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Spong up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Spong.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Spong up against the cage.
Spong breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tyrone Spong is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Spong pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spong tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva counters with a two punch combo.
Silva takes a swing at Spong's ribcage but misses.
Silva tries to land a front kick but Spong steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Spong sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Spong displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Silva is looking to clinch but Spong is avoiding it.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Spong throws a front kick that sends Silva stumbling back into the cage.
Spong tries to move into range but Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spong moves away.
Spong uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Spong moved out of range nicely.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Spong circles away.
Spong clobbers Silva with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silva with a hook.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva avoids the head kick by Spong.
Silva lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spong throws a right and a left that both miss.
Spong wants to clinch
and Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Spong wants to stall.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Spong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spong is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Spong into the cage.
Spong stalling the fight.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Spong shrugs off.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Spong avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Tyrone Spong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thiago Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Spong, against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Silva!
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