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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joao Ribeiro da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexis Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ribeiro da Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Soulfly - Pain. Alexis Henderson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Joao Ribeiro da Silva's chin.
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221 lbs
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202 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao Ribeiro da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alexis Henderson!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henderson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ribeiro da Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Henderson misses with a looping left.
Ribeiro da Silva closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Henderson did well to prevent Ribeiro da Silva getting side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Ribeiro da Silva is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Henderson tries to get to full guard but Ribeiro da Silva has control of the leg.
Ribeiro da Silva scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ribeiro da Silva lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Henderson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ribeiro da Silva scores with a couple of nice shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ribeiro da Silva escapes and gets back to his feet.
Henderson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ribeiro da Silva.
Ribeiro da Silva fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Henderson to the ground. Ribeiro da Silva is now in Henderson's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ribeiro da Silva controlling from the top position.
Henderson wants to improve his position but instead Ribeiro da Silva has moved into half guard.
Ribeiro da Silva lands strikes from half guard.
Henderson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ribeiro da Silva scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ribeiro da Silva winds up and cracks Henderson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Henderson has hold of Ribeiro da Silva's hands but Ribeiro da Silva slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ribeiro da Silva seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Henderson wants to improve his position but Ribeiro da Silva is controlling well.
Ribeiro da Silva looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Henderson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ribeiro da Silva sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ribeiro da Silva working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro da Silva prevents Henderson from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ribeiro da Silva works his foot free and advances to mount.
Ribeiro da Silva scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ribeiro da Silva lands a big shot there that rocks Henderson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ribeiro da Silva scoring with strikes but Henderson is staying in there.
Ribeiro da Silva controlling the pace for now.
Henderson can't escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro da Silva has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Henderson's face.
It looks like Alexis Henderson has been cut.
Ribeiro da Silva landing strikes from the mount.
Ribeiro da Silva takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ribeiro da Silva seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Henderson for as long as he can get away with.
Ribeiro da Silva working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ribeiro da Silva controlling the pace for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Ribeiro da Silva scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribeiro da Silva takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ribeiro da Silva raining down hammerfists from mount.
The cut above Alexis Henderson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Ribeiro da Silva raining down shots from the mount!
Henderson is rocked!
Alexis Henderson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Alexis Henderson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Joao Ribeiro da Silva!
Joao Ribeiro da Silva took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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