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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Don Ho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ho might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Hawaii Five O Theme. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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197 lbs
2 - 5 - 1 |
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197 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Don Ho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to clinch up but Ho circles away and keeps his distance.
Ho misses with a few strikes there.
Silva drops Ho with a beautiful combination! Ho stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Silva is looking for the KO!
Ho is rocked!
Silva forces Ho back against the ropes and clinches.
Oh Ho is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Ho blocks it.
Ho is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva is pushing Ho up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Ho in his tracks for a moment.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ho's efforts to push away.
Silva effectively controlling the action here.
Ho seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva is looking to control Ho's arms but Ho gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silva has his back to the ropes.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ho.
Ho tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the ropes.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva prevents Ho from breaking the clinch.
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Ho counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silva looks gassed!
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 has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ho finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.
It looks like Wanderlei Silva has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheers as Ho lands an impressive looking overhand right. Silva doesn't seem phased though.
Silva ducks straight into an uppercut from Ho and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Silva manages to regain guard straight away.
Silva is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ho lands a couple of digs.
Silva is still in real trouble! Can Ho finish him?
Ho trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva has momentary wrist control but Ho slips an elbow through the middle.
Ho postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ho stands and steps away. Silva gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Ho throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That has opened up Wanderlei Silva's cut even more.
Ho throws a good cross that connects.
The cut above Wanderlei Silva's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Jab, jab by Ho - just one landing.
Ho tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch up
and Ho counters with a nice uppercut.
Ho scores with a jab to the head.
Silva throws a combination that misses
enabling Ho to counter with a crisp jab.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Ho throws a shot to the body.
Silva is looking to clinch but Ho is avoiding it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Silva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wanderlei Silva's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Ho ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ho scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silva doesn't seem bothered though.
Ho tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva stops a takedown attempt from Ho.
Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ho circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ho counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silva looks to clinch
and Ho makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ho ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Ho swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Ho throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ho slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ho lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ho ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ho is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Ho misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva closes the distance but Ho moves to the side
and Ho cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Ho lands with a straight right. Silva didn't see that one coming.
Ho comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Silva forces Ho back against the ropes and clinches.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ho has Silva pressed against the ropes, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ho is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ho breaks from the clinch.
Ho swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ho lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva wants to clinch up but Ho keeps it at a distance.
Silva darts in and clinches Ho up against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Ho dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wanderlei Silva's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Silva scores with a head kick.
Ho swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva.
Silva darts in and clinches Ho up against the ropes.
Ho is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Ho takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva wants to break free but Ho has control.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ho escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wanderlei Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Ho wants to break free but Silva has control.
Ho wants to break free but Silva has control.
Ho looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ho wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ho jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silva walks away with a smile on his face. Ho gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ho lands an overhand right.
A jab from Ho does it's job there.
Ho scores with a punch to the head.
Silva tries to clinch but Ho moves out of range.
Ho lands an overhand right.
Silva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ho lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ho connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ho counters with a stiff right hand.
Ho circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ho counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Don Ho is winning the standup battle so far.
Ho lands a right hook to the body.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva lands a head shot.
Ho misses with a straight right.
A telegraphed right hand from Ho misses the target.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ho cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ho dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva wants to clinch up but Ho keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Ho with a nice cross.
Decent striking displayed by Ho there.
Ho uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Silva has time to react.
Silva closes the distance but Ho moves to the side
and Ho counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ho crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Silva - the referee stops the clock and Ho gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Silva. Ho manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Silva tries to clinch up but Ho circles away and keeps his distance.
Ho throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Ho paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva moves out of range as Ho strikes.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva slips under a jab from Ho.
Ho keeps the fight on the outside.
Ho scores with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ho moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Ho pushes him off.
Ho throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Crunch! Silva slams his shin into Ho's torso.
Silva needs to keep his hands up - Ho had a free shot at his head there.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ho.
Ho misses the jab.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva wants to clinch.
Ho stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
Silva looks to clinch
and Ho counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva tries to clinch there but Ho circles away.
Ho avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ho smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silva misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ho lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ho circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva wants to clinch.
Ho scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.
Ho looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva wants to clinch but Ho slips to the side
letting Ho counter with a right hand.
Silva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Ho swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Ho jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ho keeps the fight on the outside.
Ho scores with a jab to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Ho dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Wanderlei Silva's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Ho throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Ho circles away.
Silva has closed the distance and engaged Ho in a clinch.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ho blocks it with crossed arms.
Ho is trying to break free.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ho looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ho tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silva wants to stall.
Ho's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ho lands a nice shot that snaps Silva's head back.
Silva tries to clinch but Ho is having none of it.
Ho buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
A slow jab from Ho misses its intended target.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Ho pushes him off.
Ho lands a really nice looking cross but Silva seems unphased.
Silva clinches but Ho breaks the clinch
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho keeps the fight on the outside.
Ho lands with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Ho.
Ho darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Ho.
Silva slips a straight right by Ho.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ho moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Ho circles away.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Ho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ho connects with a right hand. Silva shakes it off.
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Ho swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ho throws out a powerful jab.
Silva closes the distance but Ho moves to the side
and Ho counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
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.
Ho swinging wilding here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva needs to keep his hands up - Ho had a free shot at his head there.
Ho looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
Ho swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Ho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Ho.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva tries to clinch up but Ho circles away and keeps his distance.
Ho throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ho throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch but Ho is having none of it.
Ho misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva stalks Ho and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ho's face. Ho staggers backwards, shaken.
Silva wants to clinch but Ho slips to the side
and Ho counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Ho paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ho dips to his left and cracks Silva with an uppercut!
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ho slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Ho will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ho with a jab.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva looks to clinch
and Ho connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Ho wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ho swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva wants to clinch up but Ho keeps it at a distance.
Ho lands a body shot.
Ho takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Silva is looking to clinch but Ho is avoiding it.
Silva checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Silva takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ho moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ho.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Ho circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ho lands with a shot to the body.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ho circles away quickly and effectively.
Ho takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Wanderlei Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Don Ho.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ho, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for Don Ho!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Don Ho!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Don Ho!
Don Ho wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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