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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Abel Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryan Welch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Iced Earth - Harbinger of Fate. Welch is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Stemm's Face The Pain. Abel Silva could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bryan Welch's chin.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Abel Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bryan Welch!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jonathan Paton and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Welch dips to his left and cracks Silva with an uppercut!
Silva dodges the punch combination from Welch.
Silva is looking to chop away at Welch's legs.
Welch looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
A leg kick checked by Welch.
Silva blocks a jab.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Welch.
Welch keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva lands a high kick!
Welch throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Welch throws a big shot that misses.
Welch avoids a kick to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Welch.
Welch fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Abel Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Welch.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva throws a leg kick but Welch sees it coming and moves out of range.
Silva thumps Welch with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Welch counters with a series of strikes. Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Welch finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Welch looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Welch avoids the head kick by Silva.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva throws a front kick aimed at Welch's knee but Welch avoids it well.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Welch misses the shot to the body.
Welch throws a big shot that misses.
Silva throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Welch scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
Welch moves into range and connects with a jab.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Welch. That did some damage!
Welch fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right-left combo lands from Welch.
Welch misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva closes the distance but Welch moves to the side
and Welch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Welch chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Welch looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Welch misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva throws out a leg kick but Welch moves out of range and Silva only half commits.
Silva throws a body kick that misses.
Nice shot lands for Welch.
A head kick from Silva lands but Welch takes it in his stride.
It looks like Bryan Welch has been cut.
Welch is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Silva had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Welch throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Welch is out of range.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Welch throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Welch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva misses with a body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Welch avoids a kick to the body.
Welch lands an overhand right.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Welch stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
Silva takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva misses with a low kick as Welch jumps back.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Welch thows a left - swing and a miss!
A good leg kick by Silva.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Welch stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
Welch lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Welch.
Silva gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Silva misses with a body kick.
A jab from Welch misses.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Welch misses with an uppercut.
Silva throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Welch looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva cracks the inside of Welch's front leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a leg kick but Welch saw it coming and moves away.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Welch blocks a low kick nicely.
Welch might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Silva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Welch avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva is looking to slow Welch down with leg kicks.
Welch takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A clash of legs there as Welch blocks the low kick.
Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Silva taking a breather.
Welch dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Welch leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Welch looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abel Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bryan Welch's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Welch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Welch misses with a hook.
Welch fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The fighters circling - Welch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Welch moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Silva throws a head kick that half lands.
Welch misses with a body shot
and Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
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.
A swing and a miss from Welch.
Silva throws a head kick but Welch moves out of range.
Welch throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Abel Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Welch's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva moves forwards but Welch connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Abel Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Welch dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Welch throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Welch is breathing heavily.
Welch throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Welch jabs Silva right on the nose. Silva blinks but takes it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Welch will feel that in the morning.
Welch on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Silva throws a head kick but Welch moves out of range.
Silva lands a big head kick that sends Welch tumbling to the mat! Silva takes a step backwards and waves Welch back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Welch is rocked!
Welch avoids the head kick by Silva.
Welch is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Silva 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.
Welch seems to have recovered his senses.
Welch waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Welch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Welch has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
Silva wants to clinch up but Welch keeps it at a distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Welch on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Welch checks it well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Welch throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Welch misses with a straight left.
Welch throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Welch on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Welch checks a low kick from Silva.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Silva gets a clinch.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Welch leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Welch avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Welch blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Welch takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Welch breaks the clinch.
Welch misses with a looping left.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Welch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Welch moves out of range easily.
Silva throws a leg kick but Welch sees it coming and moves out of range.
Welch misses with a jab, cross combination.
Welch lands a nice looking body shot.
Welch throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Welch misses with a hook
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Welch stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Welch moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Welch checks a leg kick.
Welch stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Welch manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Welch misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Welch throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Welch blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Welch escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Welch changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva tries to move into range but Welch moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Welch moves out of range easily.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Welch on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A leg kick checked by Welch.
Welch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Welch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Welch pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Silva back to the cage. Welch follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Welch throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a nice body kick.
Silva throws a nice head kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Welch misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Abel Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bryan Welch's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Welch takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Welch chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva throws a front kick that sends Welch stumbling back into the cage.
Silva is looking to chop away at Welch's legs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Welch down.
Welch blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Welch misses with an uppercut
and Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Silva tries to clinch there but Welch circles away.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Welch counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva throws a head kick but Welch moves out of range.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Welch moves out of range easily.
Silva throws out a leg kick but Welch moves out of range and Silva only half commits.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva throws a leg kick
and Welch makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Welch.
Welch looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Welch getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Welch throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Nice uppercut lands for Welch. That snapped Silva's head back.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Welch lands a slapping body shot.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Welch looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva clinches up against the cage.
Welch blocks an elbow strike.
Welch wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva has Welch pressed against the cage, preventing Welch from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's two 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.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Welch leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Welch lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Welch taking a breather.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Welch escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva blocks a jab.
Welch connects with the punch.
Silva looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Silva - that will leave a mark!
Welch misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Welch swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters by clinching up.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Welch blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Welch has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bryan Welch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Welch avoids a wild elbow strike from Silva.
Welch breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Welch.
A right-left combo lands from Welch.
A left lands for Welch.
Welch catches Silva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Welch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Welch has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Silva.
Silva throws a solid leg kick but Welch takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silva.
Welch checks the leg kick.
Silva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Welch blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Welch misses the shot to the body.
A punch combination from Welch misses.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Welch moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva motions for Welch to come forward. Silva throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Welch misses with the combination.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Welch moves out of range easily.
Welch lands a nice looking body shot.
Silva throws out a leg kick but Welch moves out of range and Silva only half commits.
Welch throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Welch takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Welch blocks a head kick by Silva.
Welch swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Welch finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.
Silva walks into a left hand.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Welch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Welch.
Welch misses with a straight left.
Welch throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Abel Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Roberts scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abel Silva!
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