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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jumalaton Hirmu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hirmu has chosen Halloween Theme as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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185 lbs
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193 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Wanderlei Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jumalaton Hirmu!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva tries to clinch but Hirmu is having none of it.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hirmu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A head kick misses from Hirmu.
Hirmu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Hirmu pushes him off.
Silva forces Hirmu back against the cage and clinches.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Hirmu looks gassed!
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Jumalaton Hirmu has been cut.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Hirmu is blocking nicely.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva with a knee to the head.
Hirmu has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hirmu blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hirmu fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hirmu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Hirmu blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hirmu tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Hirmu blocks with his arms.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hirmu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hirmu fails to pull guard.
Wanderlei Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jumalaton Hirmu.
Hirmu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hirmu tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hirmu blocks it with crossed arms.
Hirmu breaks the clinch.
Silva gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hirmu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hirmu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Hirmu wants to land a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
Silva defending well as Hirmu loads up on a big left hand.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Hirmu looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hirmu blocks it with crossed arms.
Hirmu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hirmu misses with a head kick.
Silva pushes Hirmu up against the cage in a clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hirmu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hirmu throws a head kick that misses.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva avoids the head kick by Hirmu.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hirmu shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Hirmu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hirmu fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A big right from Hirmu misses.
Hirmu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hirmu swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hirmu.
Silva clinches with his opponent.
Hirmu trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Hirmu takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hirmu jumps guard but Silva stands there with Hirmu around his waist. Hirmu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hirmu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hirmu fails to pull guard.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Hirmu trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hirmu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hirmu jumps guard but Silva stands there with Hirmu around his waist. Hirmu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Hirmu with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Hirmu tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Hirmu drops back down to his feet.
Hirmu tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silva working Hirmu over with knees to the body.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hirmu's face.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Hirmu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hirmu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hirmu throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Wanderlei Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hirmu fails with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hirmu shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Silva clinches up with Hirmu and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Hirmu tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Hirmu lands a takedown into guard.
Silva 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.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hirmu drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Silva dives on top into guard.
Hirmu looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
Silva has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva stops Hirmu from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderlei Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jumalaton Hirmu's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hirmu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Hirmu circles away.
Hirmu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hirmu throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silva has closed the distance and engaged Hirmu in a clinch.
Hirmu misses with a knee to the head.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Hirmu blocks it.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hirmu in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hirmu jumps guard but Silva stands there with Hirmu around his waist. Hirmu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Hirmu pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hirmu's face.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hirmu tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Hirmu is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hirmu blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Hirmu jumps guard and drags Silva to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Silva throws a strike but Hirmu rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hirmu throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hirmu drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hirmu jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Silva looking for a guillotine here but Hirmu defends easily.
Hirmu passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hirmu is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Silva has escaped the position, nice work there.
Silva is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva struggling a bit here.
Silva parries the strikes from Hirmu easily there. Hirmu is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Silva to escape.
Hirmu has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Hirmu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hirmu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hirmu is trying to stall.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Hirmu fails to pull guard.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Hirmu blocks with his arms.
Hirmu holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hirmu is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Hirmu is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hirmu blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hirmu tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Hirmu drops back down to his feet.
Wanderlei Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jumalaton Hirmu.
Hirmu trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hirmu into the cage.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Hirmu is blocking nicely.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hirmu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hirmu blocks it with crossed arms.
Hirmu lands a knee to the head.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva has Hirmu pressed against the cage, preventing Hirmu from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Hirmu tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Hirmu drops back down to his feet.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Hirmu.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hirmu blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Hirmu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to clinch but Hirmu is having none of it.
Hirmu is trying hard to land a takedown here. Silva sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva tries to clinch up but Hirmu circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva wants to clinch.
Hirmu throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A jab from Hirmu misses.
Hirmu throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Hirmu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hirmu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hirmu swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Hirmu throws a head kick that misses.
Hirmu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva moves into range and clinches up with Hirmu.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hirmu is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Hirmu blocks with his arms.
Silva avoiding damage as Hirmu throws knees to the body.
Hirmu can't get the takedown.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Hirmu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hirmu wants a takedown.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hirmu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hirmu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderlei Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jumalaton Hirmu's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Hirmu shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Silva clinches.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hirmu misses with a knee to the head.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Hirmu is blocking nicely.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Wanderlei Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hirmu managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Hirmu looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hirmu in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Hirmu is blocking nicely.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Hirmu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hirmu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hirmu tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Hirmu tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Wanderlei Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jumalaton Hirmu.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Hirmu is blocking nicely.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hirmu tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hirmu can do to turn this around?
Hirmu 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. Hirmu gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Hirmu pushes him off.
Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hirmu tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hirmu pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Hirmu misses with a knee strike.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hirmu blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Hirmu blocks with his arms.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Hirmu blocks it.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hirmu blocks it with crossed arms.
Hirmu tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Hirmu.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Hirmu tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Hirmu throws a front kick aimed at Silva's knee but Silva avoids it well.
Silva forces Hirmu back against the cage and clinches.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hirmu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Hirmu misses with a knee strike.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva wants to stall.
Hirmu pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hirmu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hirmu tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Hirmu tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hirmu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hirmu tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Hirmu blocks it.
Hirmu wants a takedown.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hirmu looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Hirmu 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. Hirmu gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hirmu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hirmu keeps the fight on the outside.
Hirmu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva is looking to clinch but Hirmu is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hirmu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A head kick misses from Hirmu.
Hirmu has a takedown stuffed.
Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hirmu, pushing him back against the cage.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hirmu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva has Hirmu up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Hirmu escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hirmu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hirmu tries to clinch up.
Hirmu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hirmu paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hirmu keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hirmu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hirmu is looking to clinch.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hirmu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hirmu keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four 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.
A head kick misses from Hirmu.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Hirmu.
Silva tries to clinch but Hirmu is having none of it.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva clinches up with Hirmu and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Hirmu misses with a knee strike.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Hirmu is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hirmu throws an elbow but misses.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hirmu taking a breather.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Hirmu blocks with his arms.
Hirmu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hirmu jumps guard but Silva stands there with Hirmu around his waist. Hirmu gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Hirmu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jumalaton Hirmu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hirmu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hirmu misses with a knee to the head.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hirmu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wanderlei Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silva, 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wanderlei Silva!
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hype
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