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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rock Silva (ranked 1070 p4p, 910 weight class) and Anton Gardner (ranked 24 p4p, 28 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rock Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anton Gardner!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Steven Brown and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gardner.
Gardner tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
We've been informed that Gardner has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Gardner takes the fight into the clinch.
Gardner can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Gardner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Silva working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A low kick from Gardner misses
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gardner swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gardner avoids the body shot from Silva.
Gardner tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gardner wants to clinch.
Silva throwing a counter right hand but Gardner manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardner rushes Silva and presses him up against the cage.
Silva prevents a body shot from Gardner.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gardner working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Silva.
Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva throws a front kick that sends Gardner stumbling back into the cage.
Silva slips a straight right by Gardner.
Gardner takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gardner moves to clinch but Silva breaks away
and Silva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gardner looks winded!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardner on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Silva lands a jab to Gardner's midsection.
Silva cracks Gardner with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Silva has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Gardner to stand back up!
Gardner is rocked!
It looks like Anton Gardner has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Gardner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gardner is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva fakes the body blow, causing Gardner to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Gardner goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rock Silva!
A victorious Rock 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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