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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Muricio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Vasquez (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 genuis that is Spaz. Vasquez is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Careless Whisper. Muricio Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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210 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Muricio Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Vasquez!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva shoots in but Vasquez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva fails with the takedown.
Silva shoots in and bounces Vasquez off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Vasquez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Vasquez controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Vasquez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Silva works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Silva prevents Vasquez from improving his position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Vasquez is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Silva is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Vasquez is just riding it out for now. Silva eventually gives up the hold.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Vasquez is just riding it out for now. Silva eventually gives up the hold.
Silva is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Vasquez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Silva tries to pass the half guard into mount. Vasquez knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Silva could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Nice takedown defense from Vasquez. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Muricio Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Vasquez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Vasquez tries for a takedown but Silva circles away easily
and Silva counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Silva.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Vasquez has his foot on Silva's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Silva works his way back into a safe position though.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Vasquez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Silva is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silva slips nicely into half guard.
Silva is looking for a kimura but Vasquez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Silva to get the leverage.
Silva is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Vasquez has managed to free his arm - good work.
Vasquez is looking to control Silva's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Vasquez avoid being mounted?
Silva is working for a kimura but Vasquez is defending it quite comfortably.
Vasquez is defending against the submission attempts here by Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Vasquez keeps working.
Vasquez tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.
Silva is trying to control the action in half guard but Vasquez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Silva frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Vasquez is looking to escape.
Silva wants to take Vasquez's back here but Vasquez is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Silva goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Vasquez is on top in guard.
Vasquez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Vasquez gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Vasquez trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Vasquez doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Vasquez manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Vasquez pushing down on Silva's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Vasquez is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Vasquez is working for a kimura but Silva is defending it quite comfortably.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Muricio Silva dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Vasquez darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Silva is trying to control but can't.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Vasquez has control of the leg.
Vasquez is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Silva is just riding it out for now. Vasquez eventually gives up the hold.
Vasquez prevents Silva from improving his position.
Silva works his way to full guard. Good work.
Silva is looking for a triangle but Vasquez pushes his legs off easily.
Vasquez is breathing heavily.
Silva is looking to sinch up a triangle. Vasquez throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Silva's body to avoid the submission. Silva has instead reached around Vasquez's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Silva arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Muricio Silva!
Muricio Silva is the new light heavyweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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