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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Connor Decker (ranked 1357 p4p, 2776 weight class) and Alex Silva (ranked 159 p4p, 285 weight class). Connor Decker is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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| 200 cm 27 265 3 - 2 - 0 |
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195 cm 27 285 10 - 6 - 0 |
Great wrestler World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler Counter fighter Good gas tank |
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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Connor Decker! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alex Silva! The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Silva moves to clinch but Decker breaks away and Decker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
 It looks like Alex Silva has been cut. Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
As Silva looks to move away, Decker throws a big counter combo but Silva just gets out of the way. Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Decker circles away.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Decker. Silva avoids the body shot from Decker.
Silva wants to counter with a clinch but Decker pushes him away. We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Silva has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat. Silva walks into a jab. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Decker just misses with a punch to the body.
Decker connects with a jab. Decker scores with a jab. Silva acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Silva looks to clinch
and Decker counters with a crisp right hand that drops Silva! Decker lets Silva back up to his feet, looking for a finish! Decker throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Decker throws a right and a left that both miss. Silva closes the distance but Decker moves to the side and Decker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
 That has opened up Alex Silva's cut even more. Decker throws out a token jab with nothing on it. 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 tries to clinch but fails miserably and Decker counters with a straight right hand. Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Decker circles away.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Decker swats him away and circles back towards the center. Decker cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Decker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Decker cracks Silva with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Decker has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Silva to stand back up!
 The cut above Alex Silva's eye is starting to cause him problems now. Silva moves out of range of the strikes. Silva steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Decker. Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Decker.
Silva tries to counter by closing the distance.
Silva clinches with his opponent.
Decker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Decker slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Decker counters with a nice right hand that sends Silva toppling to the canvas! Silva scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Decker finish him?!
 Silva is rocked!
 Alex Silva's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Decker throws a hook but Silva blocks it. Nice uppercut lands for Decker. That snapped Silva's head back.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Alex Silva's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Connor Decker! An out of breath Connor Decker thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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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
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