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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Gomes (ranked 2636 p4p, 3433 weight class) and Shawn Silvia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silvia has chosen I'd Love to knock the hell out of you as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Silvia has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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| 180 cm 22 205 5 - 2 - 0 |
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190 cm 28 198 8 - 6 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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Good wrestler Basic striking Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jonny Gomes! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shawn Silvia! The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! No joy there for Gomes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silvia looks winded! A swing and a miss from Silvia. Gomes scores with a jab to the head.
Gomes throws a right and a left that both miss. Gomes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silvia throws a shot from downtown. Gomes moves away and avoids it. Gomes throws a right and a left that Silvia avoids nicely. Silvia avoids a kick to the body.
Gomes gets a clinch. Gomes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Gomes lands a hook that snaps the head of Silvia backwards. Gomes lands a nice uppercut. A short left from Gomes. 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! A short right from Gomes. A left hand lands to the body for Gomes.
Gomes lands a nice shot to the body. Gomes lands a shot to the body. Gomes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. The referee is keeping an eye on Gomes - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Gomes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Gomes lands a body punch. I was talking to Gomes's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Gomes has Silvia pushed against the cage. Gomes blocks an uppercut.
A bit of stalling here from Gomes.
Gomes scores with a hook to the body. Gomes is stalling here.
Gomes leaning his opponent against the cage. Gomes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gomes works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Knees in the clinch landing for Gomes.
Silvia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gomes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Gomes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silvia backwards. Gomes pushes Silvia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Nice body punch from Gomes - that landed with a thud.
Gomes stalling in the clinch.
Gomes is working Silvia over against the cage. Gomes lands a nice shot to the body.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gomes obliges. Gomes pushes Silvia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Gomes scores with a shoulder strike. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Gomes digs a right hand into Silvia's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silvia's gas tank. Gomes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silvia backwards.
Gomes is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Silvia can't fight it off and eventually Gomes manages to take the fight to the floor. Silvia looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard. Gomes postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Gomes cracks Silvia with a solid left hand. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Gomes passes into half guard. Silvia really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gomes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Gomes passes to full mount! Gomes trying to control but he's not successful this time. Gomes looking to control and managing it successfully. Gomes is landing with some decent strikes but Silvia is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Silvia is squirming around, avoiding Gomes's attempts to control the action. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Gomes lands with some strikes. Gomes is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silvia can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
 Silvia is rocked! Gomes has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Gomes postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Silvia badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Gomes around the waist but Gomes pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Gomes is the winner by TKO! Gomes jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonny Gomes! Shawn Silvia was interviewed post fight and said 'I had COVID.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
64% |
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