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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Montalban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Montalban!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Montalban misses with a body kick.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Montalban avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Silva has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Montalban avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Montalban landing knees to the body.
Montalban slows down the pace here.
Montalban connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Montalban landing knees to the head.
Silva tries for a takedown. No joy.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Montalban.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Montalban avoiding damage.
Montalban crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Montalban scores with a knee to the head.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Montalban with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Montalban with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva jumps guard but Montalban stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodrigo Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Montalban scores with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Montalban.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Montalban unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Montalban with a knee to the head.
Montalban with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva is rocked!
Montalban unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Montalban with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Montalban connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Montalban crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Montalban landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Montalban landing knees to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Montalban scores a nice knee to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Montalban as Silva tries to tie him up.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Montalban lands a knee to the head.
Montalban slows down the pace here.
Montalban lands a knee to the head.
Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Montalban pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Montalban lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva fails to pull guard.
Montalban lands a knee to the body.
Silva jumps guard but Montalban stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Montalban.
Montalban with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Montalban unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Montalban scores a nice knee to the body.
Montalban with a knee to the head.
Montalban looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Montalban blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva is trying to drag Montalban to the mat but Montalban just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Montalban using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Silva tries for a takedown but Montalban manages to get underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Montalban.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A knee to the head by Montalban.
Montalban crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Montalban connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Montalban.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Montalban using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Montalban taking a breather.
Montalban crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Montalban gets underhooks to prevent Silva's takedown attempt.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva looking for a takedown.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva jumps guard but Montalban stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Montalban unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva goes for a takedown in the clinch but Montalban prevents it.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to pull guard but Montalban won't allow it.
Montalban lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Montalban content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Montalban stalling in the clinch.
Silva wants a takedown.
Montalban crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Montalban lands a knee to the head.
Montalban dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Montalban walks away with a smile on his face. Silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ricardo Montalban is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Montalban fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
Montalban with a knee to the head.
Silva wants to break free but Montalban has control.
Montalban using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva tries to pull guard but Montalban holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
Montalban unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Montalban pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Montalban fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montalban throws a knee to the head but misses.
Montalban tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Montalban's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Silva throws a strike aimed at the side of Montalban's head but Montalban avoids it well.
Silva stands up.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Montalban shows good takedown defense.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Montalban fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Silva.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice elbow from Montalban.
Montalban landing knees to the head.
Silva is trying to stall.
Montalban unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Montalban breaks the clinch.
Silva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Montalban dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Montalban circles away from the clinch attempt
and Montalban counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
Montalban clinches.
Montalban crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Montalban.
Montalban effectively controlling the action here.
Montalban using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Montalban with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Montalban landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva being controlled against the cage.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Montalban is controlling the position.
Montalban unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Montalban pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Montalban closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva is looking to control Montalban's arms but Montalban gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silva has his back to the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Montalban scores a nice knee to the body.
Montalban with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Montalban smiles and moves away.
Montalban has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is working for takedown but Montalban is calmly controlling the position for now.
Montalban blocking some punches.
Montalban connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Montalban lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Montalban won't allow it.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Montalban prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodrigo Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A knee to the head by Montalban.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Montalban has double underhooks.
Silva goes for a takedown in the clinch but Montalban prevents it.
Montalban connects with a knee to the head.
Montalban creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Silva has Montalban pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Montalban manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Montalban gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Silva.
Montalban landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Montalban.
Silva tries to pull guard but Montalban won't allow it.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Montalban lands a knee to the head.
Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Montalban moves into the clinch successfully.
Montalban trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Montalban into the cage.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Montalban has him pressed against the cage.
Montalban with a knee to the head.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Montalban.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Montalban improves position.
Montalban scores a nice knee to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Montalban lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Montalban connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Montalban avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Montalban scores with a knee to the head.
Montalban avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Montalban scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Montalban.
Montalban with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Montalban misses with a knee strike.
Montalban unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Montalban stalls.
Knees in the clinch landing for Montalban.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva fails to pull guard.
Montalban manages to break the clinch.
Montalban gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ricardo Montalban seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Montalban looking to stall.
Montalban scores with a knee to the head.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Montalban connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Montalban crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Montalban lands a knee to the body.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva is trying to stall.
Montalban landing knees to the head.
Montalban landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Montalban throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Montalban using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Montalban trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Montalban takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Montalban unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Montalban is trying to keep an underhook but Silva manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Montalban avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Montalban's head.
Silva decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Montalban stuffs the takedown.
Montalban gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Montalban blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Montalban comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knees to the body from Montalban.
Montalban trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Montalban into the cage.
Montalban landing knees to the head.
Montalban stalling the fight.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Montalban crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Silva lands an elbow just above Montalban 's eye.
Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Montalban rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Montalban showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Montalban rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Montalban blocks it.
Montalban pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Montalban throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Montalban throws out a powerful jab.
Ricardo Montalban seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Montalban tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva counters with a single leg into guard. Montalban didn't expect that.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Montalban works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Montalban kicks Silva off and gets to his feet.
Montalban tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch there but Montalban circles away.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Montalban swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Montalban - that will leave a mark!
Silva tries for a takedown but Montalban sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Montalban moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva is trying to drag Montalban to the mat but Montalban just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Montalban landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva tries to score a body lock takedown but Montalban shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodrigo Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Montalban leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Montalban crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Montalban won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Montalban.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Montalban blocks with his arms.
Montalban dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Montalban landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva taking a breather.
Montalban lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Montalban blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Montalban has double underhooks.
Montalban scores a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Montalban.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva fails to pull guard.
Montalban breaks the clinch.
Montalban doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Montalban forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Montalban tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Montalban is controlling the position.
Montalban breaks from the clinch.
Silva avoids the head kick by Montalban.
Silva has Montalban up against the cage in a clinch.
Montalban landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Montalban with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Montalban using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Montalban gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Silva.
Silva wants to break free but Montalban has control.
Montalban with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Montalban is keeping busy.
Silva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Montalban gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Montalban blocks with his arms.
Silva fails to pull guard.
Silva tries to stall but Montalban uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Montalban walks away with a smile on his face. Silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Montalban tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Montalban moves into the clinch successfully.
Montalban lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Montalban gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Silva.
Montalban stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
Montalban is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Montalban breaks the clinch.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Montalban as he jumps to the side.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Montalban wants to clinch.
Silva is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
Montalban lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva blocks the body kick.
Montalban keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva tries to clinch up but Montalban circles away and keeps his distance.
Montalban closes the distance and clinches.
Silva changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Montalban fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rodrigo Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva tries for a takedown but Montalban sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
A good leg kick by Montalban.
Montalban throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva throws a right hand that Montalban ducks under and follows up with a left that Montalban also avoids with ease.
Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Montalban lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva tries to pull guard but Montalban won't allow it.
Knees to the body from Montalban.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Montalban comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Montalban winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Montalban!
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