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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carlton Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brenno Penna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into the arena with Wild Boyz blaring out of the sound system. Penna has chosen APOCALYPSE NOW as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent 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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carlton Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brenno Penna!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penna scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Penna looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Penna has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Penna stops Silva from getting back to his feet.
Penna wants to work for an arm triangle but Silva is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Penna.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penna is looking for submissions but instead, Silva has regained full guard.
Penna scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Penna is controlling him.
Penna drops back, looking for a kneebar! Silva looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Silva looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Silva!
Penna is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penna is not content to let Silva control the position.
Silva misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Penna on the ground.
Penna is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Penna wants to control but Silva postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penna manages to get back to half guard.
Penna actively working from the bottom here.
Penna looks gassed!
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Silva stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Silva wants it to stay on the feet.
Silva throws a solid leg kick but Penna takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silva.
Silva throws a one two combo.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Penna moved away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Penna down.
Penna takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penna has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silva finds it's way round the side to connect with Penna's head.
Silva clinches up against the cage.
Penna blocks the elbow strike.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Penna's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Penna blocks it.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Penna blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Penna goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Carlton Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brenno Penna.
Penna keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Penna avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Penna takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Penna shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Penna's brow.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Penna is trying to drag Silva to the mat but Silva just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlton Silva dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A solid body kick from Silva.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Silva gets a clinch.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Penna fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Penna jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silva walks away with a smile on his face. Penna gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Penna. That did some damage!
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Penna moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Penna is breathing heavily.
Penna shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silva defends it nicely.
Carlton Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brenno Penna.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Penna takes a kick to the side of the head.
Carlton Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Penna fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva is looking to clinch.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva lands with a kick to the temple. Penna shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Silva lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Penna has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Penna and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penna closes the distance looking to clinch
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Penna shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva misses with a hook. Penna ducked under it nicely.
Penna clinches but Silva breaks the clinch
and Silva moves into the clinch.
Penna avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Penna looking for a takedown.
Penna takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Penna dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Penna leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Penna blocks with his arms.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Penna in his tracks for a moment.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Penna blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Penna successfully pulls guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Penna.
Silva postures up.
Penna is looking for a triangle but Silva pushes his legs off easily.
Penna is looking for a triangle but Silva pushes his legs off easily.
Penna wants to sweep but no luck.
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.
Penna has his foot on Silva's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Silva works his way back into a safe position though.
Penna working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
Silva will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Silva trying to control but Penna is working from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Penna takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Penna takes one on the button.
Penna tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Penna's face.
Penna avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Penna takes an elbow to the temple.
Penna jumps into guard, dragging Silva to the mat.
Silva got a little sloppy there for a moment and Penna has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Silva has managed to get both his arms back between Penna's legs - danger averted.
Penna looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Silva puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlton Silva dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Silva. Penna shrugs it off though.
Silva tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Penna stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Nice body kick there by Silva.
Silva instigates a clinch.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Penna shrugs off.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva lands an elbow just above Penna 's eye.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Penna goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Penna has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Penna wants a takedown but no success here.
Carlton Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brenno Penna.
Penna drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Penna misses with a takedown
and Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penna takes a knee right on the jaw!
Penna looking for a takedown.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Penna is blocking nicely.
Penna looking for a takedown.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Penna dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Penna goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
Penna is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Penna has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Penna's brow.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Penna blocks it with crossed arms.
Penna tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Penna tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Penna drops back down to his feet.
Silva is pressed up against the cage. Penna has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Penna has his takedown stuffed
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
Silva throws a body punch but Penna moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penna misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silva cracks the inside of Penna's front leg.
Penna with a poor takedown
and Silva counters with a two punch combo.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Penna misses with a takedown attempt - Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Penna gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Penna blocks it.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Penna leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Penna blocks with his arms.
Penna tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Penna has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Penna goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Carlton Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Penna misses with a takedown
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penna tries for a takedown but Silva circles away easily
and Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Penna can't get the takedown.
Penna takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva lands an elbow just above Penna 's eye.
Penna manages to pull guard.
Penna is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Penna throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Penna trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Penna tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Brenno Penna has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
Penna is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Silva wants to get up but he can't break Penna's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Penna had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Silva defends it easily.
Penna looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlton Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silva, 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlton Silva!
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