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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darek Bautista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bautista's entrance music is A Cut Above by Avery Watts. A fine choice. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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27
212 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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195 cm
25
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined |
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Darek Bautista!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eric Silva!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva slaps away a takedown attempt from Bautista, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bautista takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bautista wants a takedown.
Our sources have told us that Bautista has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Bautista goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darek Bautista. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bautista has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Silva after a bit of a struggle.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bautista's elbow.
Bautista has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bautista is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
It looks like Darek Bautista has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
Bautista is breathing heavily.
Silva presses Bautista against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva digs a right hand into Bautista's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bautista's gas tank.
Silva gets through Bautista's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silva.
Silva digs a right hand into Bautista's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bautista's gas tank.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Silva is leaning against Bautista and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Silva presses Bautista against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nice body punch from Silva.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Bautista backwards.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bautista backwards.
Bautista is rocked!
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 is working Bautista over against the cage.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Oh Bautista is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva throws a big uppercut that drops Bautista! More strikes from Silva and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Bautista lies dazed against the cage as Silva celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Silva!
A victorious Eric Silva thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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