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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Preuss da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Louie Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Lewis's choice of entrance music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8-sMJZTYf0. Preuss da Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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184 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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Counter striker
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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
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Preuss da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Louie Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lewis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
da Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lewis counters with a body kick that stops da Silva in his tracks momentarily.
da Silva wants to clinch
and Lewis counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lewis is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lewis is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lewis wants to get back to his feet.
da Silva flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Lewis keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
da Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Lewis is nestled in close to da Silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lewis lands with a punch from half guard.
Lewis not doing much here.
Lewis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
da Silva tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
da Silva is breathing heavily.
Lewis is figuring out what he wants to do next.
da Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Lewis.
Lewis is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and da Silva defends it well.
da Silva taking some punishment here, with Lewis in his half guard.
That's two 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.
da Silva punching from the bottom.
Lewis slows the pace down in half guard.
Lewis is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and da Silva defends it well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lewis in particular looking to stall.
Lewis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lewis blocks the strikes from da Silva.
da Silva punching from the bottom.
Lewis wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
da Silva tries to clinch but Lewis moves away
and Lewis counters with a takedown into side control.
da Silva tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
da Silva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
da Silva gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
da Silva punching from the bottom.
da Silva throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Lewis blocks the strikes from da Silva.
Lewis scoring with strikes to the body and head.
da Silva gets back to full guard.
Lewis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
da Silva trying to strike off his back.
Lewis won't allow da Silva to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
da Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Lewis counters by moving into the clinch.
Lewis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lewis circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lewis holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Lewis changes levels and goes for a takedown here. da Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Lewis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
da Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lewis holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lewis landing knees to the head.
da Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Lewis has double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Louie Lewis dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
da Silva closes the distance but Lewis moves to the side
and Lewis counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for da Silva!
da Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lewis. What's that going to do exactly?
Lewis lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Lewis controlling the pace for now.
da Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lewis. What's that going to do exactly?
Lewis lands with some vicious ground and pound - can da Silva hang on?
da Silva tries to reverse the position but Lewis maintains control.
da Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lewis takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
A nice elbow there by Lewis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis controlling from mount.
da Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
da Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lewis. What's that going to do exactly?
Lewis really doesn't want to stay on the ground with da Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
da Silva is working to get back to half guard.
Lewis blocks da Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
da Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lewis lands a heavy elbow.
da Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lewis. What's that going to do exactly?
Lewis landing strikes from the mount and da Silva is in trouble!
Lewis content just to control the position here.
da Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
da Silva is bucking up trying to escape but Lewis cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
da Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
da Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Lewis content just to control the position here.
da Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
da Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lewis. What's that going to do exactly?
Lewis sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
da Silva tries to reverse the position but Lewis maintains control.
da Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lewis. What's that going to do exactly?
da Silva is looking to improve his position but Lewis isn't that keen on the idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lewis connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
da Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
da Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lewis. What's that going to do exactly?
Lewis landing strikes, looking to finish!
Lewis unloading with bombs!
Louie Lewis has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lewis blocks da Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
da Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
da Silva is trying to escape the mount.
da Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lewis. What's that going to do exactly?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Louie Lewis showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lewis drags the fight down to the ground.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as da Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
da Silva prevents Lewis from getting back to his feet.
da Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lewis is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Lewis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lewis lands some strikes from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
da Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
da Silva connects with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lewis looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for da Silva!
Lewis blocks da Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis prevents da Silva from getting the reversal.
da Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
da Silva can't escape the position.
da Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
da Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Lewis with shots to the head and body - da Silva looks very uncomfortable down there.
Lewis controlling the pace for now.
da Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lewis. What's that going to do exactly?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Lewis cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
da Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
That's two 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.
Lewis lands with some strikes.
da Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Lewis with good strikes from the mount here!
da Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Lewis lands a big shot there that rocks da Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
da Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
da Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lewis. What's that going to do exactly?
Lewis controlling the pace for now.
Lewis blocks da Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Lewis lands a heavy elbow.
Lewis controlling from the full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
da Silva working to try and regain half guard.
da Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Lewis lands a big elbow.
Lewis looking to control and managing it successfully.
da Silva punching to the body and holding on for dear life.
da Silva sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
da Silva wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
da Silva tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Lewis tries to pass to full mount but da Silva defends it.
Lewis is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
da Silva misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Preuss da Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
da Silva misses with some strikes from the bottom.
da Silva tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lewis is pressing down on da Silva's thigh, looking to free his foot. da Silva is holding on for now.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lewis goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Louie Lewis comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lewis 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Louie Lewis!
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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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