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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Floyd Livingston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rio da Sosa Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rio da Sosa Silva is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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173 lbs
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180 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Floyd Livingston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rio da Sosa Silva!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Livingston defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Silva throws a hook but Livingston avoids it easily.
Livingston with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Livingston slips under a jab.
Livingston misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Livingston sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Livingston ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Livingston moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Livingston.
Silva connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Livingston slips a straight right by Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Livingston slips a straight right by Silva.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Donk. Silva catches Livingston right on the button with a cross.
Nice defenses there by Livingston.
Silva lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silva misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Livingston.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Livingston.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Livingston sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Livingston staying out of range there.
Livingston misses with a looping left.
Livingston avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Silva lands a really nice looking cross but Livingston seems unphased.
Livingston moves away from the strike by Silva.
Livingston slips under a jab from Silva.
Silva throws the left hand but Livingston avoids the punch easily.
Livingston moves away from the strike by Silva.
Livingston slips a straight right by Silva.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Silva misses with a looping left.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Livingston.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Livingston moves away and avoids it.
A big right from Silva misses.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva misses with a hook.
Livingston moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Livingston lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Livingston's head but Livingston sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Livingston is out of range.
A left lands for Silva.
Livingston blocks a jab.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Livingston moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Livingston.
Livingston slips under a jab from Silva.
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Livingston uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Livingston slips a jab from Silva.
Livingston throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Livingston moves into the clinch.
Livingston displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Floyd Livingston.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Livingston slips under a jab.
Livingston staying out of range there.
Silva misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Floyd Livingston will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Livingston ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva throws out a powerful jab.
Silva with a hook.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Livingston moved out of range.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Livingston's head but Livingston sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Livingston saw that one coming.
Rio da Sosa Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Livingston moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva throws a jab when Livingston was well out of range.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Livingston moves away from the strike by Silva.
Livingston takes one to the chin there.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Livingston.
A jab from Silva misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Livingston takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Livingston saw that one coming.
Livingston moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Livingston misses with a few strikes there.
Livingston misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Livingston uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Livingston blocks a jab.
Nice shot by Silva.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Livingston saw that one coming.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Livingston moves away and avoids it.
Livingston gets the takedown into side control.
Livingston tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Livingston wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Livingston controlling from side mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Livingston tries to advance to mount but can't.
Livingston trying to control the position but Silva is working away.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Livingston saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Livingston keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Livingston sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Livingston slips the punch.
Livingston uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Silva misses with a hook.
Livingston slips a jab from Silva.
A jab from Silva misses.
Livingston steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Livingston moves out of range of the strikes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Livingston waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Silva.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Livingston moved out of range.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Livingston moved out of range nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Floyd Livingston will probably get the nod.
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. And we move into the final round!
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Livingston takes one to the side of the head.
Silva misses with a straight left.
A big right from Silva misses.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Livingston's shoulder, as Livingston tries to avoid the shot.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva throws a hook but Livingston avoids it easily.
Livingston uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Donk. Silva catches Livingston right on the button with a cross.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Livingston moves away and avoids it.
Livingston throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Livingston staying out of range there.
Livingston ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Livingston uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Silva misses with a looping left.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Silva cracks Livingston with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
A jab from Silva misses.
Silva misses with a hook.
Silva waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Livingston.
A jab from Silva misses.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Livingston ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Livingston pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rio da Sosa Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Livingston takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Livingston lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
It looks like Rio da Sosa Silva has been cut.
Livingston tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Livingston.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Livingston blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva being controlled against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Livingston will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Silva up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Livingston with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Livingston blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Livingston lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Floyd Livingston showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Livingston, 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 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Floyd Livingston!
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