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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stan Best (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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200 lbs
6 - 9 - 0 |
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205 lbs
3 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Stan Best!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Best tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Best. Best gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva throws a one two combo.
Silva bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Silva scoring with punches from side control.
Check out the look on Silva's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Best is breathing heavily.
Best tries to escape but Silva is in control.
Silva landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands an elbow.
Silva decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Silva moves into range and clinches up with Best.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Best is blocking nicely.
Best takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Best's face.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva working Best over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Best tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stan Best. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva gets through Best's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Best lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Best escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice jab there from Silva.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Best paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva scores with a head kick.
Best tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Best shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
Silva shoots in and bounces Best off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Best has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Silva off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Best shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Best keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva scores with a push kick.
Silva tries to clinch there but Best circles away.
Silva has Best up against the cage in a clinch.
Best takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Best's ribcage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva working Best over with knees to the body.
Best is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Best 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. Best gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Silva bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Silva fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Best sprawls well initially but Silva persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Silva prevents Best from standing back up.
Best pushes Silva off and gets back to his feet.
Anderson Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Best. Best gets slowly back to his feet.
Best takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Silva dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Best fails with a takedown attempt.
Best walks forward, straight into a front kick from Silva.
Stan Best is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Best was covering up waiting for the punch and Silva finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Silva works over Best with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva thows a big elbow that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva prevents Best from getting back to his feet.
Silva lands a couple of digs.
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.
Best wants to stand and escape but Silva is having none of it.
Best keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva distracts Best with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Best works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
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.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Best utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Anderson Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva gets to his feet. Best looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Best.
Silva throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Silva connects with a jab.
Silva lands with a slapping head kick.
Silva throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Best tries to score a power double leg takedown but Silva sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Best somewhat.
Silva lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva feints and as Best raises his hands in defense, Silva changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Best has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silva stands up from Best's guard - Silva perhaps looking for a knockout.
Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Silva.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Anderson Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Best tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Silva gets a clinch.
Best has Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stan Best. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Best is blocking nicely.
Best tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Best drops back down to his feet.
Best working hard to break the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Best blocks it.
Best is trying to break free.
Best is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Best in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Best.
Best is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Best takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Best in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Best has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Silva uses from the top position.
Best wants to get back to his feet but Silva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Silva working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Best's head.
Silva wants to stand but Best has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
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.
Best manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Best dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Silva!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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