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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rashad Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Funch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricardo Funch has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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149 lbs
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146 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rashad Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricardo Funch!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Funch shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Silva has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Funch off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Funch fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Funch gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Silva wants to control from the top but Funch keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Funch looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Silva gets to his feet - Funch follows without any prompting.
Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Ricardo Funch has been cut.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Funch has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Funch doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Funch.
Funch tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Funch.
Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Funch is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Funch is trying to work out of this bad position, with his 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.
Funch stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Funch managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Funch's brow.
Funch misses with some punches.
Funch with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva prevents Funch from breaking the clinch.
Silva blocking some punches.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
A right handed body shot lands from Funch.
Silva blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funch escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Funch is trying to break free.
Funch drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Funch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Funch lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva stalling.
Funch misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silva is working Funch over against the cage.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Funch is working Silva over against the cage.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva is fighting off a takedown attempt but Funch is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Silva to the mat. Silva regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Silva wants to sweep here but Funch controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funch tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Silva has his foot on Funch's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Funch works his way back into a safe position though.
Funch trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Funch drops back looking for a leg! Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Silva manages to kick Funch off! Funch jumps back into Silva's guard.
Funch postures up.
Funch passes Silva's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Funch content to control rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Funch works his foot free and advances to mount.
Funch jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Silva manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Funch lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Silva is not content to let Funch control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ricardo Funch will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Funch's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Funch has a takedown stuffed.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Funch tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Silva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Funch wants to control but Silva is keeping busy.
Funch blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
Funch looking for submissions off his back.
Funch trying to hold on to Silva's head to control him but Silva postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the action but Funch is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Funch flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Silva is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Funch decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Silva's guard.
Funch has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Silva is proving hard to escape from.
Funch trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funch drops back looking for a leg! Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Silva manages to kick Funch off! Funch jumps back into Silva's guard.
Silva is trying to control the position but Funch postures up.
Funch trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Funch passes Silva's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Funch is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ricardo Funch has got the better of the ground game so far.
Funch working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to maintain the position but Funch is very close to passing his half guard.
Funch wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Funch controlling the action here.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Funch on the ground.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
Funch wants to take a breather but Silva is having none of it.
Funch is trying for a kimura here. Silva looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Funch wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ricardo Funch!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
44% |
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