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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Bowers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dasani Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tommy Bowers could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dasani Silva's chin.
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195 cm
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170 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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175 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tommy Bowers! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dasani Silva! The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bowers fails to land the takedown. Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Silva misses with a double jab.
Bowers has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bowers there as he acknowledges the shot.
It looks like Tommy Bowers has been cut. Bowers shoots in for a double leg but Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Bowers. That's going to take a lot out of him. Silva gets caught napping as Bowers dives in and scores a takedown. Silva manages to retain guard. Bowers is breathing heavily. Bowers looking to control the position here, rather than advance. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Bowers stops Silva from standing up. Bowers looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's one minute gone in the round. Silva tries to land a sweep but no joy. Bowers is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Bowers is proving a slippery customer.
Bowers drops back looking for a leg! Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Silva manages to kick Bowers off! Bowers jumps back into Silva's guard. Bowers is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bowers controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Bowers stands up from Silva's guard - Bowers perhaps looking for a knockout. Tommy Bowers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for Bowers on that attempt. Bowers showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Silva. Silva stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Silva wants it to stay on the feet. Bowers will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bowers is rocked! Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for Bowers on that attempt. Oh Bowers is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Silva throws a right hand that Bowers ducks under and follows up with a left that Bowers also avoids with ease. Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva throws a series of punches but Bowers avoids them all with ease. Bowers seems to have got his legs back now. Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bowers. Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bowers circles away quickly and effectively. Silva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bowers has time to react. Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for Bowers on that attempt. Silva throws a series of punches but Bowers moves out of range. Bowers is trying hard to land a takedown here. Silva sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bowers circles away quickly and effectively. Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Bowers. A combination from Silva does no damage. Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bowers circles away quickly and effectively. Silva swinging wildly here.
Bowers fails with the takedown. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Silva closes the distance and lands a one-two. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dasani Silva dominated that round. The cut man is working on Tommy Bowers's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Bowers. Bowers shoots in but no luck this time. Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bowers. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Bowers. That's going to take a lot out of him. Bowers fails with a takedown attempt. Silva lands a head shot. Bowers gets caught by a brutal right hook which buckles his knees! Bowers tries to backpedal with his spaghettilegs but Silva is headhunting and goes for the kill. A jab and a right hook connect and Bowers buckles badly as his eyes roll back. The referee steps in and saves Bowers!! Bowers is complaining but he was clearly out on his feet. Silva throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmm spit-tastic.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dasani Silva!
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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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