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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brody Gibson (ranked 3631 p4p, 4336 weight class) and Silvio Berluscrawny (ranked 239 p4p, 290 weight class). Silvio Berluscrawny will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brody Gibson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Silvio Berluscrawny!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gibson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gibson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Gibson avoids the head kick by Berluscrawny.
A head kick misses from Berluscrawny.
Gibson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Berluscrawny sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Berluscrawny displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gibson throws out the jab.
Gibson throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Berluscrawny throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Berluscrawny ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gibson lands a nice shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gibson. Berluscrawny does a little dance to reset his feet.
Berluscrawny misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berluscrawny keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gibson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gibson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Berluscrawny throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Berluscrawny's head.
Gibson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Berluscrawny has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Berluscrawny there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gibson missing with a left hand there. Berluscrawny was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Berluscrawny throws a series of punches but Gibson avoids them all with ease.
Berluscrawny throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gibson.
Gibson throws a hook but Berluscrawny avoids it easily.
Gibson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gibson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gibson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Berluscrawny feints a jab promting Gibson to slip. Berluscrawny then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gibson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gibson misses with a looping right.
Gibson just misses with a punch to the body.
Berluscrawny is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Berluscrawny slips a jab from Gibson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson looks to throw the jab but Berluscrawny is out of range.
Gibson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Berluscrawny avoids the body shot from Gibson.
Gibson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Berluscrawny sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gibson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Gibson feinted with a counter takedown.
Gibson shoots in for a takedown but Berluscrawny shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Silvio Berluscrawny is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Berluscrawny misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gibson.
Gibson blocks a head kick by Berluscrawny.
Gibson gets the takedown into side control.
Berluscrawny wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Gibson working the ground and pound from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibson cracks Berluscrawny with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Gibson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Berluscrawny is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Berluscrawny is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Gibson has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Gibson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Gibson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gibson controls the position.
Berluscrawny is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Gibson has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Gibson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Berluscrawny down.
Berluscrawny tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Berluscrawny preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Gibson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berluscrawny trying to get back to his feet but Gibson is in full control for now.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gibson looking to break Berluscrawny's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Berluscrawny remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Gibson will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Berluscrawny is covering up but some of the strikes from Gibson are getting through and doing damage.
Gibson lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Berluscrawny is rocked!
Gibson is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Gibson gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Gibson gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Gibson apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Berluscrawny is still on wobbly legs! Can Gibson finish him?
Berluscrawny tries a head kick but it misses.
Gibson feinted with a counter takedown.
Berluscrawny is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gibson rather than just go for the knockout.
Gibson lands a nice hook to Berluscrawny's body. Berluscrawny takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A head kick misses from Berluscrawny.
Gibson feinted with a counter takedown.
Gibson throws a big shot that misses.
Berluscrawny takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gibson takes a swing at Berluscrawny's ribcage but misses.
Gibson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We've been informed that Berluscrawny has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gibson laying and praying for a moment but Berluscrawny takes advantage and regains half guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Berluscrawny has one foot on Gibson's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Berluscrawny seems to have recovered his senses.
Gibson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Gibson lands in his opponent's guard.
Gibson stops Berluscrawny from standing up.
Gibson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Berluscrawny's head.
Berluscrawny pushes Gibson off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Berluscrawny wants to slow Gibson down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice takedown defense from Berluscrawny. No joy for Gibson on that attempt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Berluscrawny.
Gibson is looking to counter the offense by Berluscrawny and move into the clinch.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Berluscrawny ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gibson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Berluscrawny throws a head kick but Gibson moves out of range.
Berluscrawny misses with a double jab
and Gibson counters with a nice uppercut.
Berluscrawny lands with a hook. Gibson tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Berluscrawny ducks under a wild hook from Gibson.
Gibson gets the takedown into side control.
Gibson working the ground and pound.
Gibson lands a decent elbow from side control.
Berluscrawny is pushing Gibson's head away, looking to escape. Gibson manages to hold on to the position though.
Gibson landing strikes.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Berluscrawny pushes Gibson away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Gibson gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Gibson grinds an elbow into Berluscrawny's temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A lull in the action here as Gibson stalls from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gibson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Berluscrawny some visible discomfort.
Berluscrawny is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Gibson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Gibson is chipping away with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Berluscrawny takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Berluscrawny is not content to let Gibson control the position.
Gibson lands a decent elbow from side control.
Berluscrawny is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Berluscrawny is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gibson is working Berluscrawny over with some ground and pound from side control.
Gibson working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Gibson cracks Berluscrawny with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Berluscrawny tries to escape but Gibson is in control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brody Gibson dominated that round.
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.
Berluscrawny connects with a nice looking jab.
Berluscrawny displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Gibson.
Berluscrawny tries to sprawl but Gibson drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Berluscrawny is trying to stand.
Gibson drops an elbow to the side of Berluscrawny's head.
Gibson stops Berluscrawny from getting back to his feet.
Gibson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibson lands with a punch from half guard.
Berluscrawny is trying to stand up here but Gibson is controlling him well.
Gibson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Berluscrawny can do to turn this around?
Gibson is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Berluscrawny doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Gibson.
Berluscrawny is trying to stand.
Berluscrawny on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Gibson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibson is taking a breather. Berluscrawny says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Berluscrawny wants to get back to his feet.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gibson lands a nice short elbow.
Gibson lands strikes from half guard.
Berluscrawny on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Berluscrawny pushes Gibson off looking to stand but Gibson dives back in and keeps control.
Gibson is trying to control. Berluscrawny wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gibson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gibson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibson is pressing down on Berluscrawny's thigh, looking to free his foot. Berluscrawny is holding on for now.
Gibson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Berluscrawny tries to kick Gibson off but Gibson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Gibson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Brody Gibson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Berluscrawny wants to get back to his feet.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Berluscrawny pushes Gibson off looking to stand but Gibson dives back in and keeps control.
Gibson seems to be working for a kimura but Berluscrawny defends the submission attempt.
Gibson working over Berluscrawny with some ground and pound. Berluscrawny looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Gibson lands a nice short elbow.
Gibson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gibson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gibson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Berluscrawny is trying to stand.
Gibson scores with a big shot! Berluscrawny's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Berluscrawny! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brody Gibson!
Brody Gibson 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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