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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into the arena with Goldberg Theme blaring out of the sound system. Lyoto Silva has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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309 lbs
11 - 1 - 0 |
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170 cm
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300 lbs
7 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lyoto Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Smith!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva looks to throw the jab but Smith is out of range.
Smith takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Smith rushes Silva and presses him up against the cage.
Smith is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Smith scores with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Smith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Smith has double underhooks.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Smith tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva trying to stall but Smith improves his position.
Smith keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Smith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Smith.
Smith throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Smith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Smith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Silva tries to score a body lock takedown but Smith shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Smith throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva wants a takedown.
Smith pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Smith has him pressed against the cage.
Smith pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Silva tries for a takedown but Smith manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lyoto Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Smith.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Smith has double underhooks.
Smith throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Smith creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Smith looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith misses with an elbow strike.
Silva manages to break the clinch.
Smith moves out of range of the body kick.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
Silva wants to clinch up but Smith keeps it at a distance.
Silva clinches up with Smith and pushes him back against the cage.
Smith lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Lyoto Silva has been cut.
Smith keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Smith throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva can't get the takedown.
Smith creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Smith lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Smith comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as Smith tries to tie him up.
Smith creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Smith is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Smith landing knees to the body.
Silva is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Smith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smith throws an elbow but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smith gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Smith.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Smith unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Smith just leaning against Silva, taking a breather.
Smith comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Smith looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Smith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Knees to the body from Smith.
Smith lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Smith throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva is trying to drag Smith to the mat but Smith just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Smith creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Silva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Smith gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Smith creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Smith with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Smith putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Smith lands an elbow inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Smith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Smith throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva is trying to break free.
With the fighters up against the cage, Smith throws an elbow but misses.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smith throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Smith won't allow it.
Smith prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Smith.
Smith keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva breaks from the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Smith pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Smith takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva moves into range and clinches up with Smith.
Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Smith gets caught flat footed, as Silva shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Smith is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Smith really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silva slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Silva has an Americana. Smith didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Silva is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Silva hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Lyoto Silva!
Lyoto Silva retains his super heavyweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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