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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Altare (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eduardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Stop (Blue Mix) - Ghost K kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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209 lbs
16 - 8 - 0 |
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217 lbs
29 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Altare!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eduardo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silva cracks Altare with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Altare misses with a body punch
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like John Altare has been cut.
Altare clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Altare has him pressed against the cage.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Altare lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Altare darts in trying to clinch
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Altare uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Altare misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Altare instigates a clinch.
Altare keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva breaks from the clinch.
Altare tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Altare moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Altare checks it well.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Altare.
Altare avoids the body shot from Silva.
Silva does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
John Altare seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Altare finds it's way through Silva's defenses.
A punch lands to the side of Altare 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Altare moves out of range of the strikes.
Altare tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Altare has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gym of the Gods in the buildup to the fight.
Silva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Altare moves to clinch but Silva breaks away
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Altare checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Altare tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Silva manages to circle out of the way.
Altare misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Altare doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Altare moves out of range of the strikes.
Altare tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Silva manages to circle out of the way.
Altare tries to clinch up.
Altare throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Altare lands a really nice looking cross but Silva seems unphased.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Altare tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva is looking for the big counter here.
Altare throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Altare moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
A little jabbing left from Silva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Silva feints and then cracks Altare's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Altare down.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Altare ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Altare tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A slow jab from Altare misses its intended target.
Altare tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Altare drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
Silva wants to break free but Altare has control.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Altare is controlling him.
Altare misses with some punches.
Altare misses with the head strike.
Altare misses with a hook to the ribs.
Altare misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Altare keeps him there for the moment.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Altare is controlling the position.
Altare keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
Altare misses with a body punch.
Silva is trying to break free.
Altare working aggressively here.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Altare looks to clinch
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Altare waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva throws a series of punches but Altare moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Altare tries to clinch
and Silva counters with a nice low kick that buckles Altare's knee momentarily.
Altare closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Silva wants to break free but Altare has control.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Altare has double underhooks.
Altare pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Altare has him pressed against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Altare.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Altare fails in his attempt to clinch.
A nice side step and Silva releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
Altare ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Altare.
Altare tries to clinch up.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Altare checks it well.
Altare scores with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eduardo Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Altare's cut.
That's time! Altare's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nice uppercut there from Silva.
Altare staying out of range there.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Silva tries to land a leg kick but Altare saw it coming and moves away.
Altare tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Altare misses with a two punch combination.
Silva throws out a counter right but Altare avoids it with no problem.
Altare throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Silva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Altare connects with a single shot there.
Jab from Silva.
Altare tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Altare should have avoided that one.
Altare chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Altare misses with a looping left.
Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Altare has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Altare has double underhooks.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Silva in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Altare struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Altare has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice left hand lands by Altare.
Altare keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Altare gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva prevents a body shot from Altare.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Altare has double underhooks.
Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Altare is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Altare looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Altare moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Altare tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Altare is out of range and Silva settles back down.
Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Altare.
Altare has taken the fight to the clinch.
John Altare has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silva breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Altare moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Silva tries to circle away but Altare has him pinned against the cage.
Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Altare looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva connects with a jab.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Altare.
Altare takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Altare misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Silva counters with a thumping low kick.
Altare scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Altare.
Altare moves to clinch but Silva breaks away
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva cracks Altare with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Altare looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Silva finish him?
Altare is rocked!
John Altare's cut is getting worse.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oh Altare is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Altare fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Altare.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Altare.
Altare drops his hands momentarily and Silva needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Altare just on the top of the head. Altare drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Altare - he's done!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Eduardo Silva!
Eduardo Silva decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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