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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brendan Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trodisnilson Santana da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reilly's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Toss the Feathers. Santana da Silva has chosen Evil Papagali as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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176 cm
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180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Prefers standup |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brendan Reilly! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Trodisnilson Santana da Silva! The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Aafke Stam and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Santana da Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Santana da Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Santana da Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reilly manages to avoid it. Reilly tries to score a power double leg takedown but Santana da Silva sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Reilly somewhat. Reilly shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Santana da Silva manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Reilly pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Santana da Silva is keeping the position for now. Santana da Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Reilly. Reilly prevents Santana da Silva from getting back to his feet. Reilly trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Reilly throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round. Santana da Silva wants to stand up but Reilly is controlling him. Reilly controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Reilly is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Santana da Silva. Reilly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santana da Silva.
Reilly slips a jab and a cross from Santana da Silva.
Reilly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Santana da Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Santana da Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Santana da Silva misses with a double jab.
Reilly tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Santana da Silva throws a nice looking combination but Reilly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Reilly lands with a nice combination. Santana da Silva backs away looking to recover. Santana da Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Reilly makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Santana da Silva looks gassed! Reilly lands with a shot to the body. Santana da Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Reilly misses with the combination.
Santana da Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Santana da Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Reilly counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Reilly avoids the body shot from Santana da Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Santana da Silva misses with a double jab
and Reilly counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground. Reilly controlling from the top position. Reilly pushes down on Santana da Silva's leg and manages to get into half guard. Santana da Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Reilly. Reilly is looking to take a break and control but Santana da Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Santana da Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Reilly. Reilly 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. Santana da Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Reilly. Reilly prevents Santana da Silva from standing back up.
Reilly lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Reilly throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brendan Reilly dominated that round. That's time! Reilly's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Reilly swings for the body but Santana da Silva moves out of range.
Santana da Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Reilly counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Reilly. Santana da Silva wants to stand but Reilly is controlling the position. Reilly trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Santana da Silva wants to get back to his feet but Reilly is in a dominant position and won't allow it. Reilly working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Reilly with a flurry of punches that miss. Reilly throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round. Reilly tries to free his leg and advance position but Santana da Silva is retaining full guard. Reilly makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Reilly trying to move into half guard but instead Santana da Silva has managed to sweep! Reilly managing to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Reilly is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. Santana da Silva wants to get up but he can't break Reilly's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Reilly pulls Santana da Silva in close to prevent any damage.
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. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Reilly is on top in guard.
Santana da Silva keeping moving, preventing Reilly from controlling successfully. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Reilly working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Santana da Silva's head. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brendan Reilly dominated that second round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Santana da Silva gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Reilly to score an easy takedown into full guard. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Reilly accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Reilly trying to control the position from guard on top but Santana da Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Reilly throwing strikes but missing. Reilly in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Reilly controlling from the top position. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round. Reilly trying to control but Santana da Silva is working from the bottom. Reilly lands a couple of digs. Reilly is standing up over Santana da Silva. Santana da Silva looks to escape but Reilly dives into side control.
Reilly looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Santana da Silva is avoiding damage well.
That's two minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action. Reilly landing a few strikes. Reilly misses with the ground and pound. Santana da Silva is trying to escape and get back to his feet. Reilly landing a few strikes. Santana da Silva is trying to escape and get back to his feet. Santana da Silva parries the strikes from Reilly easily there. Reilly is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Santana da Silva to escape.
Reilly working the ground and pound but Santana da Silva is defending the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Santana da Silva regains half guard there - taking advantage of Reilly's attempt to lay and pray for a moment. Santana da Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Reilly. Ground and pound from Reilly. Santana da Silva looks like he's trying to stand up.
Reilly not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Brendan Reilly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four 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. Nice strikes from Reilly there. Santana da Silva is staying active underneath Reilly, who seems content to just control the action from this position. Santana da Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Reilly. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Reilly throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Trodisnilson Santana da Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Reilly working Santana da Silva over with strikes. Reilly controlling the action here. Reilly throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Reilly wants to take a breather but Santana da Silva is having none of it.
And that's the end of the fight! Brendan Reilly showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Reilly, 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27 Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27 Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brendan Reilly!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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