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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mauricio Silva is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R_m5nZDboc&feature=fvst. Mauricio Silva is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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220 lbs
2 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Insanely flexible |
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Decent boxing
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Silva!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thiago Silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Mauricio Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Mauricio Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thiago Silva tries for a takedown but Mauricio Silva circles away easily
and Thiago Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thiago Silva on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Thiago Silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Mauricio Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thiago Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thiago Silva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mauricio Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Thiago Silva with a lazy takedown attempt
and Mauricio Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Thiago Silva misses with a takedown
and Mauricio Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mauricio Silva lands with a nice combination. Thiago Silva backs away looking to recover.
Thiago Silva has his takedown stuffed
and Mauricio Silva counters with a series of strikes. Thiago Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mauricio Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Thiago Silva has his takedown stuffed
and Mauricio Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Thiago Silva slips a jab and a cross from Mauricio Silva.
Mauricio Silva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Thiago Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Thiago Silva has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mauricio Silva.
Thiago Silva fails with the takedown
and Mauricio Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Mauricio Silva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Mauricio Silva is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Thiago Silva had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Thiago Silva shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Thiago Silva tries for a takedown but Mauricio Silva circles away easily
and Mauricio Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mauricio Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mauricio Silva lands a lovely overhand right.
Mauricio Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thiago Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mauricio Silva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Mauricio Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Thiago Silva in his tracks.
Mauricio Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Thiago Silva is out of range.
Mauricio Silva lands a jab to Thiago Silva's midsection.
Mauricio Silva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Thiago Silva scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Thiago Silva is working for a kimura but Mauricio Silva is defending it quite comfortably.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thiago Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mauricio Silva keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thiago Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mauricio Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thiago Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Thiago Silva seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mauricio Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Thiago Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Thiago Silva working Mauricio Silva over with strikes.
Thiago Silva is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mauricio Silva is trying to stand back up but Thiago Silva is controlling him
Thiago Silva works his way into side control.
Mauricio Silva looks gassed!
Thiago Silva working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
It looks like Mauricio Silva has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thiago Silva wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mauricio Silva, who protects the arm well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thiago Silva trying to control the position but Mauricio Silva is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mauricio Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Thiago Silva closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Mauricio Silva to the mat! Mauricio Silva manages to get full guard.
Thiago Silva advances to half guard.
Thiago Silva is trying for a kimura here. Mauricio Silva looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Thiago Silva wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Thiago Silva!
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hype
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pop
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