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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Monday (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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285 lbs
12 - 2 - 0 |
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284 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anderson Silva Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Monday!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jonathan Paton and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva Jr scores with a body shot.
Monday misses with a hook.
Monday fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva Jr looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Monday has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Silva Jr throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Monday stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silva Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Monday throws a right and a left that both miss.
Monday throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Monday misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Silva Jr counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva Jr.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Monday.
Silva Jr swings wildly with an uppercut but Monday uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Monday.
Monday is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Monday misses with a body punch.
Monday swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Monday breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Monday moves away from the strike by Silva Jr.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Monday scores with a hook to the body. Silva Jr takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Monday throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A left lands for Silva Jr.
Silva Jr is looking to clinch.
Monday misses the jab.
Monday throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Monday loads up on a big right hand but Silva Jr slips the punch.
Monday lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva Jr at a distance.
Monday swings for the body but Silva Jr moves out of range.
Silva Jr bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Monday cracks Silva Jr with a right hand to the side of the head.
Monday walks into a left hand.
Silva Jr seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Silva Jr takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Good standup being displayed there by Monday as he connects with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Monday doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Monday throws a leg kick but Silva Jr checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Monday fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva Jr takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Silva Jr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Monday cracks Silva Jr with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Monday has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Silva Jr to stand back up!
Silva Jr is rocked!
Monday pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silva Jr is out of range and Monday settles back down.
Silva Jr throws a hook to the side of Monday's head but Monday sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva Jr tries to close the distance and clinch but Monday swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Monday moves out of range as Silva Jr strikes.
Monday fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Monday throws a jab when Silva Jr was well out of range.
Monday comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Monday throws a hook but Silva Jr blocks it.
Monday lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva Jr at a distance.
Monday moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Monday takes a swing at Silva Jr's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monday throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A counter left hand to the body from Silva Jr misses its target.
Silva Jr has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Monday.
Silva Jr moves in looking to clinch but Monday pushes him off.
Mike Monday seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva Jr throws a big shot that misses.
Silva Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Monday lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Monday jabs Silva Jr to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Monday misses with a straight right.
Monday misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva Jr uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Monday.
Silva Jr tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Monday manages to circle out of the way.
Silva Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
Monday walks into a jab.
Monday scores with a sloppy right hand. Silva Jr should have avoided that one.
A slow jab from Silva Jr misses its intended target.
Silva Jr doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Monday lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Oh Silva Jr is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Monday lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva Jr seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva Jr misses with an uppercut
and Monday scores with a counter punch that sends Silva Jr to the canvas! Monday smells blood - he's punishing Silva Jr with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Silva Jr has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Monday!
After winning the bout, Mike Monday thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
65% |
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