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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seth Morrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
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215 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Seth Morrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva wants to clinch up but Morrow keeps it at a distance.
Morrow tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silva tries to clinch there but Morrow circles away.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva wants to clinch.
Morrow shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Morrow throws and elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Morrow's guard. Nice move by Silva!
Morrow wants to sweep but no luck.
Morrow is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
Morrow is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Silva preventing the sweep.
Morrow is working hard here to advance position.
Morrow has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to stand but Morrow is controlling from the bottom.
Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Morrow.
Silva must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Morrow is proving hard to escape from.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrow looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
Silva would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Morrow looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Silva passes into half guard.
Morrow works his way to full guard. Good work.
Morrow scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Morrow has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Silva has passed into side control.
That's four 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.
Morrow tries to improve position but can't.
Morrow manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Morrow not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Morrow lands with a punch from half guard.
Silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Morrow scores with a couple of nice shots.
Morrow 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.
Morrow 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. Morrow eventually gives up the hold.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Morrow. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Morrow is breathing heavily.
Silva is looking to escape.
Morrow has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seth Morrow dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Morrow looks for a takedown but Silva sprawls well.
Morrow keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva tries to clinch but Morrow is having none of it.
Morrow fails with the takedown.
Morrow shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seth Morrow. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva throws a series of punches but Morrow avoids them all with ease.
Morrow closes the distance and clinches up with Silva, looking for a takedown. Morrow pushes Silva against the cage but Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva swinging wilding here.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrow will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Morrow shoots in but no luck this time.
Morrow fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown by Morrow or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva which made him look bad.
Seth Morrow is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morrow fails to land the takedown.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Silva as Morrow shoots in.
Morrow checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva gets caught flat footed, as Morrow shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Morrow distracts Silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Morrow stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Morrow can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Morrow looking to pass the guard.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Morrow works over Silva with some ground and pound from guard.
Morrow works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Morrow is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Silva!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to buck Morrow off but he can't manage it.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Morrow goes for an armbar but Silva turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Silva.
Morrow is looking for a triangle here but Silva uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Silva tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silva has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Morrow is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Silva tries to advance to mount but Morrow denies him.
That's four 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.
Morrow is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Silva off and has taken his back!
Morrow has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Silva is in real trouble here. Morrow gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Silva is tapping out! Morrow wins by rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Seth Morrow!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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