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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Silva Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donel Rand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by DMX -Ain't no sunshine. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Silva Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Donel Rand!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rand looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
A slow jab from Rand misses its intended target.
Silva tries to work over Rand's front leg with a kick but Rand checks it.
A little jabbing left from Rand on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Silva staying out of range there.
That kick from Rand tenderised Silva's leg. Silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rand tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rand waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rand sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva avoids a kick to the body.
Rand uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Silva thows a leg kick but Rand checks it
and Rand connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Netherlands Top Team & KT in the buildup to the fight.
Silva tries to clinch up but Rand circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rand clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva working Rand over with knees to the body.
Rand swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rand on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rand throws a head punch that misses.
Rand looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Silva blocking some punches.
Come on Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rand is defending well for now.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Rand won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Rand looks winded!
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rand lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Rand blocks a body shot from Silva.
Silva working Rand over with knees to the body.
Rand takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rand up against the cage.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Donel Rand has been cut.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Silva.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva throws a body shot but no joy.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rand.
Rand blocks the body kick.
Rand unleashes a big counter combination but Silva bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Rand avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Rand blocks the leg kick.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rand tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rand misses with a punch on the inside.
Rand struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Rand tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Rand lands a body shot in the clinch.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rand.
Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva throws a front kick that sends Rand stumbling back into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva instigates a clinch.
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!
Rand swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rand tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rand.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Rand avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Rand is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva tries to work over Rand's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Rand breaks the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva throws a front kick aimed at Rand's knee but Rand avoids it well.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rand lands a head shot.
Rand checks a leg kick.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Silva Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Donel Rand's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rand misses the jab.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rand swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rand checks a leg kick nicely.
Rand let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rand counters with a good low kick that Silva was not able to check.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Rand moves his leg out of the way.
Rand checks a leg kick.
Rand throws out a counter right but Silva avoids it with no problem.
Silva misses with a leg kick
and Rand counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rand tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rand was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva tried to score with a low kick but Rand checks it.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rand manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Rand avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Silva.
The referee is keeping an eye on Silva - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rand can do to turn this around?
A head punch on the inside from Rand fails to land.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rand blocks it with crossed arms.
Rand lands a left hand.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Rand is breathing heavily.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Rand's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva manages to break the clinch.
Rand checks the leg kick.
Silva Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Rand is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Silva with a body shot.
Rand ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
A low kick from Silva misses
and Rand cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rand tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rand throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Rand misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rand in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva working Rand over with knees to the body.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Rand has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rand's face.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Silva tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Rand defends well and Silva ends up having to push Rand into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Rand swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Silva looks to throw a body kick
and Rand connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Rand moved away.
Rand throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
No joy there for Rand, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva throws a leg kick but Rand moved away.
Rand appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A bone on bone clash there as Rand blocks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rand works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Rand moves out of range easily.
Silva rushes Rand and presses him up against the cage.
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 lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva effectively controlling the action here.
Rand tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rand struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva working Rand over with knees to the body.
Silva landing knees to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva stalling in the clinch.
Silva stalling against the cage.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Silva Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Donel Rand's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Rand blocks a head kick by Silva.
A good leg kick by Rand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Rand does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rand punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
A leg kick checked by Rand.
Rand swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva walks into a jab.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good work by Rand as he checks the leg kick.
Rand lands a jab to the head.
Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rand checks it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
Silva tries to clinch but Rand moves away
and Rand makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Rand slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rand connects with a crisp jab.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rand keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Rand to counter with a crisp jab.
Silva lands a right hook to the body.
Rand swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Rand fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rand.
Silva throws a lazy head kick
and Rand counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva throws the kick towards the body but Rand avoids it.
Silva shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rand works Silva's body with a nice hook.
No joy there for Rand, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rand circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rand connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva motions for Rand to come forward. Silva throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rand throws a head kick that misses.
Silva is looking to counter the offense by Rand and move into the clinch.
Rand feints a jab promting Silva to slip. Rand then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Silva slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rand blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva moves away from the strike by Rand.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rand swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rand looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silva there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rand lands a head shot.
Rand closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Rand misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Rand avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva tries to move into range but Rand moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva throws a leg kick but Rand sees it coming and moves out of range.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rand swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva takes a swing at Rand's ribcage but misses.
Rand now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rand.
Rand checks a leg kick.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Silva clinches up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rand is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Silva blocks a body shot from Rand.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rand can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rand lands a body shot.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva landing knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Donel Rand has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Rand.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Donel Rand.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Silva Silva!
During a confident post fight interview, Silva Silva thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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