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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Silvas Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jari Lehtonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Excellent boxer
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Silvas Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jari Lehtonen!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Luis Engracia and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lehtonen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jari Lehtonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva walks forward, straight into a front kick from Lehtonen.
A nice combination there by Silva.
Lehtonen throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lehtonen is looking to chop away at Silva's legs.
Lehtonen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Lehtonen.
Silva takes a swing at Lehtonen's ribcage but misses.
Lehtonen throws a one two combo.
Lehtonen digs a good body shot into Silva's ribs.
Silva throws a body punch but Lehtonen moves out of range.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Lehtonen scores with a jab.
Lehtonen lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lehtonen lands a jab to the head.
Silva lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lehtonen connects with a right hand. Silva shakes it off.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lehtonen moves away.
Lehtonen fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lehtonen swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Lehtonen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lehtonen looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lehtonen.
Lehtonen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lehtonen misses with a straight left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Lehtonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
A solid body kick from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
Lehtonen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lehtonen pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Come on Lehtonen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lehtonen misses with the head strike.
Lehtonen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lehtonen has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lehtonen pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lehtonen lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Silvas Silva has been cut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Lehtonen controls the action.
Silva tries to circle away but Lehtonen has him pinned against the cage.
Lehtonen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lehtonen tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Lehtonen lands with a light punch inside.
Lehtonen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lehtonen throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Lehtonen throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a left and a right that stings Lehtonen.
Lehtonen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Lehtonen moves into range and clinches up with Silva.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lehtonen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Lehtonen gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lehtonen throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lehtonen connects with a single shot there.
Lehtonen does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lehtonen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lehtonen connects with a solid leg kick.
Lehtonen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Lehtonen throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silva is looking to wear down Lehtonen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lehtonen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A swing and a miss from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen misses the jab.
Silva throws a hook but Lehtonen blocks it.
Lehtonen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Lehtonen feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.
Lehtonen connects with a crisp jab.
Lehtonen punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lehtonen misses with the body kick
and Silva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lehtonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lehtonen lands a slapping body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lehtonen!
Lehtonen scores with a nice body kick.
Lehtonen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lehtonen swinging wildly here.
Lehtonen looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
A slow jab from Lehtonen misses its intended target.
Lehtonen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva moves forwards but Lehtonen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lehtonen swinging wildly here.
Silva lands with a cross.
Lehtonen swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jari Lehtonen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Silvas Silva's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Silva throws a body punch but Lehtonen moves out of range.
Lehtonen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva jabs at Lehtonen's body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Lehtonen in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lehtonen takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Lehtonen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva throws a body punch but Lehtonen moves out of range.
Lehtonen throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a right hand to the body.
Silvas Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lehtonen throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Nice uppercut there from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silva is out of range and Lehtonen settles back down.
Lehtonen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lehtonen throws a shot to the body.
A head kick from Lehtonen lands but Silva takes it in his stride.
Lehtonen lands a head shot.
Lehtonen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lehtonen throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Lehtonen throws the kick towards the body but Silva avoids it.
Lehtonen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice shot lands for Lehtonen.
Jari Lehtonen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lehtonen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lehtonen lands a nice shot to the body.
Lehtonen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva slips a straight right by Lehtonen.
Lehtonen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lehtonen digs a good hook to Silva's body.
Lehtonen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen tries to clinch
and Silva counters with a series of strikes. Lehtonen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Lehtonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lehtonen.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lehtonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Lehtonen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lehtonen throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Lehtonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lehtonen jabs Silva right on the nose. Silva blinks but takes it well.
Lehtonen connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Silva momentarily.
Silva throws out a powerful jab.
Silva digs a good hook to Lehtonen's body.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lehtonen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a hook to the body. Lehtonen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lehtonen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A shot to the body from Silva misses
and Lehtonen counters with a right hand to the body.
Lehtonen cracks Silva with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lehtonen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lehtonen lands a right hook to the body.
Lehtonen throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
A shot to the body from Silva misses
and Lehtonen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lehtonen misses with a jab to the body
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Lehtonen closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Silva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lehtonen just misses with a punch to the body.
Lehtonen is looking to land body kicks.
A punch lands to the side of Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Lehtonen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Lehtonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva takes one to the chin there.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A left lands for Lehtonen.
Jab, jab by Lehtonen - just one landing.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Lehtonen lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Lehtonen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lehtonen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Lehtonen looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva slips a jab from Lehtonen.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lehtonen. Lehtonen obviously looking to wear him down.
Silva takes one to the chin there.
A thudding body kick lands there by Lehtonen!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jari Lehtonen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Silvas Silva's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Lehtonen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Lehtonen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lehtonen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lehtonen 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 Silva has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silva and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lehtonen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lehtonen manages to avoid it.
Lehtonen throws a leg kick but Silva moved away.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Lehtonen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lehtonen closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Lehtonen misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Lehtonen lands with a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lehtonen avoids the body shot from Silva.
Lehtonen scores with a head kick.
Silva is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
Lehtonen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Lehtonen tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lehtonen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva counters with a two punch combo.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lehtonen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lehtonen swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Lehtonen lands a jab-cross combination.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lehtonen.
Lehtonen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Lehtonen looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Lehtonen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lehtonen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Silva blocks a head kick by Lehtonen.
Silva moves away from the strike by Lehtonen.
Silva will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lehtonen looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lehtonen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lehtonen throws out a leg kick but Silva moves out of range and Lehtonen only half commits.
Silva gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lehtonen, right into the meat.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lehtonen, as that shot connected.
Silva takes one on the button.
Lehtonen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Silva takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jari Lehtonen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lehtonen manages to avoid it.
Lehtonen walks into a straight right hand from Silva.
Silva looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lehtonen tries to land a leg kick but Silva saw it coming and moves away.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lehtonen throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lehtonen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lehtonen.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lehtonen circles away quickly and effectively.
Lehtonen misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Lehtonen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Silva swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Lehtonen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lehtonen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Lehtonen throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Lehtonen misses with a straight right.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lehtonen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silva tries to keep at a distance but Lehtonen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva wants to break free but Lehtonen has control.
Silvas Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lehtonen lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lehtonen lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lehtonen missing with knees to the body.
Lehtonen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lehtonen continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Lehtonen lands an elbow inside.
Lehtonen lands with a short shot to the head.
Lehtonen misses with an elbow strike.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Lehtonen controls the action.
Lehtonen is working Silva over against the cage.
Lehtonen tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Lehtonen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lehtonen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lehtonen lands with a right to the head.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lehtonen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lehtonen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lehtonen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jari Lehtonen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lehtonen 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jari Lehtonen!
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energy
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hype
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