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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Olly Grocott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Olly Grocott has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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145 lbs
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150 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Olly Grocott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grocott shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Grocott's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Grocott pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva has Grocott pressed against the cage, preventing Grocott from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva stalling.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grocott takes a knee to the side of the body.
Grocott has Silva pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Grocott pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Silva tumbling to the mat - Grocott dives into Silva's guard.
Grocott is breathing heavily.
Grocottis looking to pass into half guard but Silva pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Silva is in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Grocott is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva content to stall in guard here.
Silva gets to his feet - Grocott follows without any prompting.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grocott paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva tries to clinch up but Grocott circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grocott closes the distance and clinches up with Silva, looking for a takedown. Grocott pushes Silva against the cage but Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Grocott circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Grocott really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Grocott's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grocott takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Grocott's ribcage.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Grocott in his tracks for a moment.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Grocott is keeping busy.
Silva working Grocott over with knees to the body.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva stalls.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva leaning against his opponent.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Anderson Silva.
Silva instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Grocott tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Olly Grocott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva pushes Grocott back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grocott's defenses.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva lands an elbow inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Silva dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Grocott paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Grocott circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Grocott lands with an overhand left.
Grocott has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grocott's face.
Grocott jumps guard but Silva stands there with Grocott around his waist. Grocott gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Grocott is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Silva pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Grocott misses with an elbow strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Grocott's ribcage.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Grocott takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva is stalling here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Grocott's face.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Silva is pushing Grocott up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Anderson Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Grocott as Silva tries to tie him up.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva avoiding damage.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva is pushing Grocott up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Anderson Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Grocott keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Grocott circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch but Grocott is having none of it.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Grocott circles away.
Silva tries to clinch but Grocott is having none of it.
Silva closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Grocott's guard.
Grocott being controlled here, momentarily.
Silva stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Silva is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva forces Grocott back against the cage and clinches.
Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Grocott is keeping busy.
Silva dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Grocott as Silva tries to tie him up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva has Grocott pressed against the cage, preventing Grocott from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Anderson Silva.
Grocott avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown but Grocott manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Silva's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Grocott shows good takedown defense.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Grocott pushes him off.
Grocott takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Grocott swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Grocott. Grocott gets slowly back to his feet.
Olly Grocott is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Grocott swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Grocott circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Grocott swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Grocott circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Grocott instigates a clinch.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Grocott improves position.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Grocott's defenses.
Grocott avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Grocott looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grocott being controlled against the cage.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Grocott in his tracks for a moment.
Grocott takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva trying to stall but Grocott improves his position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grocott lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Grocott lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva wants to stall.
Grocott is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Grocott's ribcage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva looking to stall.
The referee calls for Silva to work.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Anderson Silva.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grocott swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Grocott circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for Grocott on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Olly Grocott. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick from Silva lands but Grocott takes it in his stride.
Grocott shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grocott slaps away a takedown attempt from Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Grocott throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Silva's waist but Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Grocott off to one side.
Silva bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Grocott might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grocott tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Silva in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Grocott tries to improve position but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Grocott is trying to control Silva's posture but Silva avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva 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 James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Silva!
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energy
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hype
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