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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Curtain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is BLUNT- The Iron Maiden. 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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Solid boxing
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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
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kevin Curtain!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Winston Howard and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Curtain slips a jab from Silva.
Silva scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Kevin Curtain has been cut.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Curtain.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A telegraphed right hand from Curtain misses the target.
Curtain fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Curtain lands a really nice looking cross but Silva seems unphased.
Silva takes a swing at Curtain's ribcage but misses.
Silva throws a right hand that Curtain ducks under and follows up with a left that Curtain also avoids with ease.
Good exchange - Curtain coming out on top.
Silva throws a shot to the body.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Curtain bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva moves away from the strike by Curtain.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Curtain saw that one coming.
Curtain takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Curtain moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva thuds a left hand into Curtain's body.
A jab lands there for Curtain.
Curtain jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Curtain.
Silva is looking to wear down Curtain with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Curtain takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Curtain moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Curtain looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Nice straight punches there by Curtain. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Curtain.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Curtain misses.
Silva takes a swing at Curtain's ribcage but misses.
Curtain connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silva's hands.
Curtain misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice hook to Curtain's body. Curtain takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Curtain misses with a straight left.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Curtain takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Silva slips a straight right by Curtain.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Curtain connects with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Curtain lunges at Silva with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Silva's hand.
Matt Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Curtain moves away.
Curtain lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Curtain.
Silva lands a left and a right that send Curtain crashing to the mat, dazed. Silva thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Curtain is rocked!
Curtain looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Curtain circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Curtain slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curtain takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Curtain throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Curtain avoids the body shot from Silva.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Curtain manages to avoid it.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Curtain walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Curtain misses with a wild body shot.
Curtain jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva misses with a hook to the body
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Curtain scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Curtain misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curtain throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Curtain walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Curtain steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Curtain is just out of range.
Curtain paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Silva misses with a hook. Curtain ducked under it nicely.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Curtain takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Curtain.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Curtain.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Curtain counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Curtain throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Curtain's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Curtain throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Curtain throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Curtain tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Curtain looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Curtain scores with a jab to the head.
Silva takes a swing at Curtain's ribcage but misses.
Silva moves forwards but Curtain connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Curtain loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Matt Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Curtain misses the target.
Silva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Silva stuffs the takedown.
Silva misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Curtain counters with a stiff right hand.
Curtain dips to his left and cracks Silva with an uppercut!
Silva misses the body punch
and Curtain counters with a stiff right hand.
Curtain avoids the body shot from Silva.
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Curtain looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva throws a hook but Curtain avoids it easily.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Curtain ducks down to avoid it.
Curtain swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a left and a right that stings Curtain.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Silva misses the body punch
letting Curtain counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Curtain shoots in for a double leg but Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Curtain moves out of range of the strikes.
Curtain misses the shot to the body.
Curtain has his takedown stuffed
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Matt Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Curtain.
A cross from Curtain lands.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Curtain.
Curtain is trying desperately to land a takedown but Silva is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Curtain.
Curtain scores with a nice strike.
Curtain is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Curtain misses with a straight left.
Silva misses with the combination.
Curtain throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Curtain moved out of range.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Curtain dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Curtain is looking to score with low kicks.
Matt Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Curtain's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Curtain duly obliges.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Curtain is just out of range.
Curtain misses with a looping left.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Curtain counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.
Silva slips a jab from Curtain.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Curtain manages to avoid it.
Curtain avoids the body shot from Silva.
Curtain lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silva throws a series of punches but Curtain avoids them all with ease.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A cross from Curtain lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Curtain throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva tries to bum rush Curtain with a series of wild strikes but Curtain uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Curtain misses with a wild combination.
A slow jab from Curtain misses its intended target.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Curtain circles away quickly and effectively.
Curtain scores with a nice head shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Curtain. That snapped Silva's head back.
Curtain throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva scores with a three punch combo!
Silva throws a right and a left that Curtain avoids nicely.
Silva looks to land a combination but Curtain avoids it well.
Curtain misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Matt Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kevin Curtain's cut.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Curtain throws and low kick but Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Curtain.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Curtain looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Silva throws a series of punches but Curtain moves out of range.
Silva swings for the body but Curtain moves out of range.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Curtain loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Curtain uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
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.
Curtain's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Curtain duly obliges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curtain throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Curtain.
Curtain cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silva throws the left hand but Curtain avoids the punch easily.
Curtain throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jab, jab by Silva - just one landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curtain 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 scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Silva tests Curtain's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva slips under a jab.
Curtain scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silva swings for the body but Curtain moves out of range.
Curtain lands a head shot.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Curtain tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Curtain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Curtain moves away.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Curtain.
Silva takes a swing at Curtain's ribcage but misses.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Curtain at a distance.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
A combination from Curtain does no damage.
Curtain slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Curtain misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Curtain in his tracks.
Curtain scores with a takedown into Silva's guard.
Curtain looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Curtain works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Silva is trying is best to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Curtain has control of the leg.
Curtain wants to take a breather but Silva is having none of it.
Curtain working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Silva's thigh. Silva counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Curtain passes Silva's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's four 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.
Curtain looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Kevin Curtain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva tries to roll over but Curtain keeps him under control.
Matt Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The fighters are battling for position here. Silva manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Matt Silva.
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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Silva!
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energy
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hype
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