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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Mallett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wanderlei Silva is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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195 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
25
193 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan Mallett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a right and a left that Mallett avoids nicely.
Silva throws a series of punches but Mallett moves out of range.
Mallett connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silva's hands.
It looks like Wanderlei Silva has been cut.
Silva throws a series of punches but Mallett moves out of range.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Mallett.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva slips a jab from Mallett.
Silva tries to bum rush Mallett with a series of wild strikes but Mallett uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Silva gets caught flat footed, as Mallett shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Mallett might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Silva manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mallett manages to get himself to full guard.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Mallett looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Mallett is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Silva defends well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva won't allow Mallett to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Silva preventing the sweep.
Silva won't allow Mallett to get back to his feet.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Mallett.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mallett circles away quickly and effectively.
Mallett shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Mallett is breathing heavily.
Mallett takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The fighters circle momentarily. Silva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Mallett takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mallett gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A jab from Mallett misses.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mallett drives through with a takedown into guard.
Mallett throws and elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mallett's guard. Nice move by Silva!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mallett is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Mallett looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silva forces his way into half guard.
Silva is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Mallett is looking to improve his position.
Mallett is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Silva's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Silva's back!
Silva prevents Mallett from getting a body triangle.
Silva is in bad spot here.
Silva trying to control but not successfully.
Silva covering up well under a barage of strikes.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Mallett punishes Silva with strikes from the back mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Mallett trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Mallett is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Silva defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Silva rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Mallett throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Mallett stops Silva from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Mallett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wanderlei Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mallett moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wanderlei Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mallett looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mallett circles away quickly and effectively.
The fighters circle momentarily. Silva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Silva has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Silva connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Mallett momentarily.
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mallett.
Mallett shoots in but no luck this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Silva thuds a left hand into Mallett's body.
Nice straight punches there by Mallett. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mallett.
Mallett shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mallett is working Silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Silva wants to stand and escape but Mallett is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mallett won't allow Silva to sweep him here.
Mallett working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Mallett is proving a slippery customer.
Silva looking for a guillotine here but Mallett defends easily.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mallett slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mallett cracks Silva with a big right hand but Silva just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Silva on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Mallett is chipping away with strikes.
Silva regains half guard there - taking advantage of Mallett's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Mallett is pressing down on Silva's thigh, looking to free his foot. Silva is holding on for now.
Silva looking for submissions off his back.
Mallett is looking for a kimura here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mallett seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Mallett content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Mallett pulls his head out easily.
Mallett drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.
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 get to full guard but Mallett has control of the leg.
Mallett misses with a head shot. Silva uses the momentum to regain guard.
Mallett stands and throws Silva's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Silva is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Mallett misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Silva is working to avoid the ground and pound but Mallett connects with a decent elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Mallett dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Wanderlei Silva's cut.
That's time! Mallett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Mallett shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Silva napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Silva is looking to reverse the position.
Silva is trying to get back to his feet.
Silva on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Mallett fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Mallett is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Silva has escaped the position, nice work there.
Silva is looking to reverse the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mallett lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Mallett misses with the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mallett is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mallett tries to advance to mount but Silva denies him.
Silva is looking for a sweep.
Mallett tries for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
Silva isn't going anywhere.
Silva is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's two 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.
Silva sneaks back into half guard.
Mallett thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Mallett is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mallett trying to control the pace.
Mallett trying to pass the guard but Silva defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mallett wants to work for an arm triangle but Silva is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Mallett is working for a submission of some sort.
Silva keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Silva is trying to control but can't.
Mallett 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.
Silva is trying to stand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva is refusing to be controlled, as Mallett sits in half guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mallett moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva digs a good body shot into Mallett's ribs.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva works over Mallett's head and body with a nice combination.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva throws a one two combo.
Mallett throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wanderlei Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mallett steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Wanderlei Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mallett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Mallett throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ryan Mallett is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Mallett showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mallett, 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Mallett!
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