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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reñan Silva (ranked 3045 p4p, 24432 weight class) and Manta Ray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by “Ak Do Flamego”. Reñan Silva is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Reñan Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Manta Ray!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ray scores with a head kick. Silva tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ray scores with a body shot.
Ray throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silva tried to counter with a leg kick but Ray avoided it.
Ray scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.
Ray lands an overhand right.
Silva avoids the head kick by Ray.
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Silva lands a jab to Ray's midsection.
Ray lands with a kick to the temple. Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ray.
Ray swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ray throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Silva is looking to score with low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Silva.
It looks like Manta Ray has been cut.
Ray throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ray looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Ray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Silva on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ray tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ray misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Ray lands with a straight right. Silva didn't see that one coming.
A jab from Silva misses.
Ray misses with a wild body shot.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ray has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silva finds it's way round the side to connect with Ray's head.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ray.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ray.
Silva lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jab, jab by Ray - just one landing.
Ray fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ray lands a nice shot to the body.
Ray listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ray tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ray connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ray will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Ray does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ray throws a body shot but no joy.
Silva swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ray misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ray throws a big shot that misses.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Ray moved out of range nicely.
Ray throws a solid leg kick but Silva takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ray.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Ray is just out of range.
Ray throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Ray throws a right hand that misses
and Silva counters with a nice body shot.
Ray pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ray misses with a body punch
and Ray takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ray gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ray at a distance.
Silva throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice jab there from Ray.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ray scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ray takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ray moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva scores with a nice body kick.
Ray throws a sloppy head kick
and Ray takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva blocks a head kick by Ray.
It looked like Silva was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Manta Ray will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Manta Ray's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Silva misses its target.
Ray pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ray blocks a leg kick.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Ray dips to his left and cracks Silva with an uppercut!
Ray checks a low kick from Silva.
Silva swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ray counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ray chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ray misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
Ray scores with a nice right hand.
Silva swings for the body but Ray moves out of range.
Ray throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray throws a head kick that Silva semi-blocks.
Ray scores with a head kick.
It looks like Reñan Silva has been cut.
Ray turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ray throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ray lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Silva has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silva and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva lands a right hook to the body.
Silva is looking to wear down Ray with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ray throws a lazy uppercut
and Silva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ray throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silva counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ray thinking.
Ray clobbers Silva with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ray.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Ray does a little dance to reset his feet.
Some bone on bone action there as Ray checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ray misses with a combination
and Silva counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ray.
Silva appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Ray throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ray is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Ray scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ray manages to avoid it.
Ray looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Ray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ray pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray throws a shot to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ray.
Silva checks the leg kick.
Ray thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Silva if he has to take too many more of those.
Ray connects with a nice looking jab.
Silva thuds a left hand into Ray's body.
Manta Ray seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ray misses with a head kick.
Silva looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Ray jabs Silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ray tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A counter left hand to the body from Silva misses its target.
Ray misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
A shot to the body from Silva misses
and Ray counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ray throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Silva half committed to a counter leg kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Silva might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Ray misses with a lunging right hand
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva lands a body shot.
Ray misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with a nice body shot.
Silva moves away from the strike by Ray.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick from Ray.
Ray looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
It looked like Silva was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ray.
Ray goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ray throws a head kick that misses
and Silva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ray is breathing heavily.
Ray misses with an uppercut.
Ray pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Manta Ray showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Silva slips under a jab from Ray.
It looked like Silva was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Silva blocks a leg kick.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Ray is out of range.
Ray throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Silva jabs Ray right on the nose. Ray blinks but takes it well.
Silva gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ray misses with a looping right.
Jab from Ray.
Some bone on bone action there as Ray checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ray avoids a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ray connects with the punch.
Silva scores with a jab. Ray acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ray blocks a leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ray.
Silva has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ray.
Ray throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silva counters with a nice body shot.
Silva blocks a leg kick.
Ray takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ray. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reñan Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ray throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Ray with a nice calf kick.
Silva misses the body punch
and Ray counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Silva is lucky that one didn't land flush.
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!
Ray lands with an overhand left.
Ray with a jab.
Ray throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Ray.
Ray lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Ray misses.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Ray is out of range.
Ray throws a body kick that misses
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ray has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ray misses with a left hand
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ray takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ray misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Silva looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ray fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ray with a jab.
Ray throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva scores with a hook to the body. Ray takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva slips under a jab from Ray.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ray manages to avoid it.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ray manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Ray thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ray thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Silva if he has to take too many more of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Ray tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Ray.
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Ray manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ray.
Silva blocks a head kick by Ray.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that's the end of the fight!
Manta Ray comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ray has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manta Ray!
A victorious Manta Ray 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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