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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Royce Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Stand Alone. Silva has chosen Agressão/Repressão as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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175 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
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170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Royce Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Silva!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Gracie as Silva shoots in.
Gracie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gracie throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Gracie scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Gracie throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Gracie seems to be working for a kimura but Silva defends the submission attempt.
Gracie thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Gracie has control of the leg.
Silva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Gracie throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gracie passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Silva!
Gracie with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Gracie moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Silva has worked his arm free - good work by Silva!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to buck Gracie off but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Silva gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Gracie throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracie throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva is looking for a sweep. Gracie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Silva manages to get to full guard.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silva gets a takedown into half guard.
Silva prevents Gracie from improving his position.
Silva is looking for a kimura but Gracie is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Silva to get the leverage.
Gracie moves into full guard.
Gracie bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.
Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gracie doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gracie manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Gracie working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Gracie won't allow Silva to sweep him here.
Silva has his feet on Gracie's thighs here. He's pushed Gracie off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Gracie screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Felipe Silva!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
56% |
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