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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raimundo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the ring accompanied by Sandstorm. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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200 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
24 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thor Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raimundo Oliveira!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Oliveira.
Oliveira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A punch combination from Oliveira misses.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Oliveira throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva scores with a three punch combo!
Raimundo Oliveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A left lands for Oliveira.
Oliveira scores with a decent looking hook.
Oliveira takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A swing and a miss from Oliveira.
Oliveira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva tries to clinch but Oliveira moves out of range.
Oliveira throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silva walks into a stiff left hand from Oliveira.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oliveira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Oliveira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oliveira takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Silva feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Oliveiras jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Oliveira rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Oliveira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva tries to clinch but Oliveira is having none of it.
Oliveira misses with a looping right.
Oliveira misses with a double jab.
Oliveira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Oliveira throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Oliveira misses the jab.
Oliveira bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
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!
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Oliveira.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to clinch but Oliveira is avoiding it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Silva!
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Oliveira fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Oliveira circles away.
Silva defending well as Oliveira loads up on a big left hand.
Oliveira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oliveira misses the shot to the body.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oliveira manages to avoid it.
Oliveira throws a poor cross that misses
and Silva counters with a left and a right that stings Oliveira.
Oliveira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Oliveira misses the shot to the body.
Silva throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Oliveira.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva wants to clinch up but Oliveira keeps it at a distance.
Oliveira throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Oliveira.
The fighters circling - Oliveira throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Oliveira throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oliveira misses with an uppercut.
Oliveira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva thuds a left hand into Oliveira's body.
Silva tries to clinch there but Oliveira circles away.
Silva scores with a nice head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva throws a front kick that sends Oliveira stumbling back into the ropes.
Oliveira looks winded!
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Silva feints a jab promting Oliveira to slip. Silva then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Oliveira slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira misses with a looping left.
Silva connects with a single shot there.
Silva lands a two punch combo.
Silva wants to clinch up but Oliveira keeps it at a distance.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Oliveira.
Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Oliveira misses with a straight right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Oliveira throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oliveira tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Oliveira misses with a straight right.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thor Silva dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Silva tries to clinch but Oliveira is having none of it.
Silva staying out of range there.
Oliveira circles away from the clinch attempt.
Oliveira might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Silva wants to clinch up but Oliveira keeps it at a distance.
Oliveira misses with an uppercut
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oliveira gets tackled into the ropes by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Oliveira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Oliveira misses with a two punch combination.
Thor Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Oliveira, pushing him back against the ropes.
Silva has Oliveira pressed against the ropes.
Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oliveira throws an off balance right hand
and Silva counters with a head kick. That will keep Oliveira thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Thor Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Oliveira has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Oliveira pushes him off.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Oliveira.
Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Oliveira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
Silva stalks Oliveira and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Oliveira's face. Oliveira staggers backwards, shaken.
A good leg kick by Silva.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oliveira moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva tries to clinch up.
A big left from Oliveira misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva jabs Oliveira right on the nose. Oliveira blinks but takes it well.
A slow jab from Oliveira misses its intended target.
Oliveira misses with a straight left.
Oliveira's corner calls for a 1-2. Oliveira obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Oliveira takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silva moves away from the strike by Oliveira.
Silva scores with a nice head shot.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Oliveira throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Oliveira can do to turn this around?
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Oliveira.
Oliveira takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Oliveira is breathing heavily.
Silva tries to clinch up but Oliveira circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva tries to clinch up.
A swing and a miss from Oliveira.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oliveira circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Oliveira throws out the jab.
Oliveira looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Silva scores with a one two! Oliveira had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Silva moves out of range as Oliveira strikes.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Oliveira scores with a body shot.
A big right from Silva misses.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Oliveira off balance momentarily.
Oliveira swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva is working the combinations to good effect here.
Oliveira throws a lazy uppercut
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Oliveira.
Oliveira is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Silva darts in and clinches Oliveira up against the ropes.
Silva is looking to control Oliveira's arms but Oliveira gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silva has his back to the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oliveira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Oliveira misses with the head strike.
Oliveira wants to break free but Silva has control.
Oliveira misses with a punch on the inside.
Oliveira blocks a body shot from Silva.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to bum rush Oliveira with a series of wild strikes but Oliveira uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Oliveira misses with a straight left.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Oliveira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oliveira works the jab nicely.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Oliveira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Oliveira.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva cracks Oliveira with a good jab.
Silva tries to clinch there but Oliveira circles away.
Oliveira just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Oliveira misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thor Silva dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Silva moves away from the strike by Oliveira.
Oliveira throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva moves out of range as Oliveira strikes.
Oliveira throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice body kick there by Silva.
Oliveira swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva throws a right and a left that Oliveira avoids nicely.
Oliveira throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Oliveira's front leg but catches the back leg as Oliveira tries to avoid it.
Oliveira cracks Silva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Oliveira just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva throws a one two combo.
Oliveira takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oliveira looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Oliveira scores with a jab to the jaw.
Oliveira lands an overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Oliveira pushes him off.
Oliveira scores with a jab. Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Oliveira takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Oliveira bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oliveira takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Oliveira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Oliveira slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Oliveira on the side of the head.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Oliveira swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Raimundo Oliveira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oliveira throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Oliveira pushes him off.
Silva defending well as Oliveira loads up on a big left hand.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Oliveira looking to slow down the pace here.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Oliveira taking a breather.
Oliveira managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Oliveira scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silva doesn't seem bothered though.
Oliveira chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Oliveira's front leg but catches the back leg as Oliveira tries to avoid it.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oliveira gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Oliveira moves away.
Silva defending well as Oliveira loads up on a big left hand.
Oliveira keeps the fight on the outside.
Oliveira throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva avoids the body shot from Oliveira.
Silva pushes Oliveira up against the ropes in a clinch.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Oliveira is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silva slips under a jab from Oliveira.
Oliveira has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Oliveira rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silva scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oliveira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva closes the distance and pushes Oliveira back into the ropes.
Oliveira throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Oliveira lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Oliveira tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A jab from Oliveira misses.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Oliveira pushes him off.
Thor Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Oliveira throws a right hand that misses
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva lands with a nice combination. Oliveira backs away looking to recover.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thor Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thor Silva!
Thor Silva decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
The defeated Raimundo Oliveira had this to say: 'I have one more fight in me'.
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