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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ari Silver (ranked 1890 p4p, 1081 weight class) and Roy Roach (ranked 238 p4p, 145 weight class). Roach has chosen Jump Around, House of Pain as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Decent wrestler
World class MT
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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ari Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Roy Roach!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roach rushes Silver and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Roach working hard to break the clinch.
Roach throws a head punch that misses.
Roach blocking some punches.
Roach blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A body shot lands from Silver.
Silver blocks an elbow strike from Roach.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roach throws an elbow but misses.
Roach takes an elbow to the temple.
Silver tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roach's elbow.
Silver lands a left hand that snaps the head of Roach backwards.
Roach misses with a body punch.
Silver working aggressively here.
Roach working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silver tries to work over Roach's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roach misses with the head strike.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Roach misses with an elbow strike.
Roach misses with the head strike.
Silver misses with a punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short uppercut from Roach.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roach throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Roach throws a punch but it's blocked by Silver.
Silver struggles to land a body shot inside as Roach controls his hands.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silver.
Roach can't find room to land a body shot as Silver controls the action.
Silver tries to work over Roach's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roach fails to pull guard.
Silver lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Roach backwards.
Silver swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roach misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A bit of stalling here from Silver.
Roach jumps guard but Silver stands there with Roach around his waist. Roach gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silver stalling against the cage.
Roach pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silver ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silver drives through and clinches with Roach against the cage.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roach looking to stall.
A short right from Silver on the inside.
Silver misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roach tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silver misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silver makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silver lands a body shot.
Silver lands a nice shot to the body.
Roach scores with a nice hook to the head.
Roach is trying to pull guard but Silver turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ari Silver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy Roach.
Silver lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Roach tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silver gets through Roach's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roach avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Silver scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silver blocking some punches.
Silver lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Roach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands with a light punch inside.
Silver lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Roach fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Silver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roach tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silver struggles to land a body shot inside as Roach controls his hands.
Roach tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Roach.
Roach has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Silver seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Roach can turn it around.
Roach lands a left hand.
Silver lands a left hand.
Roach blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silver creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silver taking a breather.
Roach lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silver lands a nice uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Roach stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Silver lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silver lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silver doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Roach trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roach lands a shot to the body.
Silver doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Roach fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Roach tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silver lands a hook that snaps the head of Roach backwards.
Roach blocks a body shot from Silver.
Roach tries to pull guard but Silver holds him up against the cage and eventually Roach drops back down to his feet.
Silver avoids a wild elbow strike from Roach.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Roach's defenses.
Roach goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Roach has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
Silver prevents the takedown attempt.
Silver scores with a hook to the body.
Silver misses with a punch to the body.
Silver lands an elbow inside that Roach shrugs off.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Silver fails to land.
Roach lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Roach tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ari Silver dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Silver pushes Roach up against the cage in a clinch.
Roach blocks a body shot from Silver.
Silver blocking some punches.
Roach jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silver walks away with a smile on his face. Roach gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Roach needs to keep his hands up - Silver had a free shot at his head there.
Silver scores with a nice strike.
Nice uppercut lands for Silver. That snapped Roach's head back.
Roach misses with a straight left.
Roach instigates a clinch.
Roach slows down the pace here.
Roach blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roach tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
Roach tries to pull guard but Silver holds him up against the cage and eventually Roach drops back down to his feet.
Roach struggles to land a body shot inside as Silver controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roach.
Silver lands a shoulder strike.
Silver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silver lands a hook that snaps the head of Roach backwards.
Silver goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Roach fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ari Silver has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy Roach.
Roach misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silver working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Roach scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silver dodges an elbow strike from Roach.
Roach throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ari Silver has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silver blocks the elbow strike.
Roach blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Roach - that landed with a thud.
Roach tries to throw a body punch but Silver avoids it by throwing Roach back against the cage.
Silver pushes Roach back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Roach throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silver tries for a takedown. No joy.
Silver is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Roach can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roach.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roach lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Silver.
Roach misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silver.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
Silver throws a head punch that misses.
Silver can't find room to land a body shot as Roach controls the action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silver.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silver lands a right hand that snaps the head of Roach backwards.
Roach tries to pull guard but Silver won't allow it.
Roach jumps guard but Silver turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Roach has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silver.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silver.
Silver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roach.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Roach's brow.
Roach lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Silver.
Roach is breathing heavily.
Silver looking to slow down the pace here.
Silver misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silver pushes Roach back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roach tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
Silver swings wildly with an uppercut but Roach uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roach misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silver.
Silver is working Roach over against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roach.
Silver is looking to take this one to the mat.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Roach misses with a body punch.
Silver has been working on his balance at Gym, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Roach.
Roach misses with some punches.
Roach is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Silver to keep the fight standing.
Roach working aggressively here.
Roach lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silver works on Roach's body with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Silver.
It looks like Roy Roach has been cut.
Silver fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roach is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Silver to keep the fight standing.
Roach throws an elbow but it misses.
Roach tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Roach tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roach tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silver slowing the pace effectively.
Roach blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silver swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Roach's defenses.
Silver lands an elbow just above Roach 's eye.
Roach is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short body shot lands from Roach as the two fighters clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silver.
Silver can't find room to land a body shot as Roach controls the action.
Roach tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ari Silver dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Roy Roach's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Silver fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Roach, pushing him back against the cage.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Roach creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silver avoids the elbow strike from Roach, against the cage.
Roach tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silver pushes Roach back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Roach looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silver blocks an elbow strike from Roach.
Silver tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roach's elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roach just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silver's brow.
Silver lands a left hand.
Roach tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
Roach takes an elbow to the forehead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roach struggles to land a body shot inside as Silver controls his hands.
A body shot lands from Silver.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silver.
Roach takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silver blocks an elbow strike from Roach.
Roach blocking some punches.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roach has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
Roach prevents a body shot from Silver.
Silver lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A hook to the body from Roach.
Roach wants to stall.
Silver lands a nice elbow.
Roach blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Silver fails to land.
Roach swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silver lands a left hand.
Silver fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roach tries to pull guard but Silver holds him up against the cage and eventually Roach drops back down to his feet.
Silver lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silver lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silver lands a right hand that snaps the head of Roach backwards.
Silver is working Roach over against the cage.
Roy Roach has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roach tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silver smiles and moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silver darts in and clinches Roach up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silver.
Silver lands a nice shot to the body.
Silver misses with a body punch.
Silver lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Roach.
Silver misses with a body punch.
Roach swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hook to the body lands for Silver.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from Silver.
Nice elbow from Silver.
Silver looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silver clobbers Roach with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silver pushes Roach up against the cage in a clinch.
Silver throws a punch but it's blocked by Roach.
A short right from Roach.
Ari Silver is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silver working aggressively here.
Roach misses with an elbow over the top.
Silver blocks the elbow strike.
Roach throws a head punch that misses.
Roach breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silver moves into the clinch successfully.
Roach looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roach presses Silver against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Roach creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Roach lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Roach comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Ari Silver has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Roach's defenses.
The referee calls for Roach to work.
Roach pulls guard.
Silver stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Roach swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Roach working for submissions but it's allowed Silver to get to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ari Silver showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silver, 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ari Silver!
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