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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buddha Babulanam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
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Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Buddha Babulanam!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Reed Andrews and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Babulanam's head back.
Silva lands with a hook. Babulanam tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Silva scores with a jab to the head.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Babulanam.
Babulanam uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Babulanam moves away from the strike by Silva.
Babulanam has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Babulanam is controlling the position.
Babulanam trying to land knees to the body.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Babulanam lands a nice knee to the body.
Babulanam crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Silva is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Babulanam missing with knees to the body.
Babulanam with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Anthony Silva has been cut.
Babulanam unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees in the clinch landing for Babulanam.
Silva wants a takedown but no success here.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Babulanam keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Babulanam crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Babulanam missing with knees to the body.
Babulanam tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Babulanam is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Babulanam tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Babulanam has him pressed against the cage.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva wants a takedown.
Babulanam scores with a knee to the head.
Babulanam unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Babulanam tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Babulanam lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees to the body from Babulanam.
Babulanam misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Babulanam.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Babulanam has him pressed against the cage.
Babulanam landing knees to the head.
Babulanam tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Babulanam looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Babulanam.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Babulanam won't allow it.
Babulanam misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Babulanam is controlling the position.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Babulanam keeps him there for the moment.
Silva avoiding damage as Babulanam throws knees to the body.
Babulanam trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Babulanam has him pressed against the cage.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Babulanam won't allow it.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Babulanam has double underhooks.
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Silva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Buddha Babulanam is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva lands a nice looking body shot.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Babulanam.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Babulanam throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Babulanam ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babulanam uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Babulanam lets loose with a powerful body kick. Silva will feel that in the morning.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Babulanam.
Silva tries to bum rush Babulanam with a series of wild strikes but Babulanam uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Babulanam moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice uppercut there from Silva.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Babulanam.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva cracks Babulanam with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Babulanam is rocked!
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Babulanam moves away and avoids it.
Babulanam keeps the fight on the outside.
A big right from Silva misses.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Babulanam moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Babulanam saw that one coming.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva blocks a head kick by Babulanam.
Babulanam pulls out of a head kick attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Babulanam stuffs the takedown.
Silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Buddha Babulanam dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Silva's cut.
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.
Babulanam lands a nice looking kick to the body. Silva takes a step back to recover.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Babulanam.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Babulanam lands with a kick to the ribs.
Babulanam slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Babulanam throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva decides to stand and escape the position.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Babulanam was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Anthony Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Silva throws a head kick that misses
and Babulanam counters with a slapping leg kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Babulanam moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Babulanam gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silva avoiding damage as Babulanam throws knees to the body.
Silva can't get the takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Babulanam landing knees to the body.
Babulanam unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Babulanam crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Babulanam tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Babulanam throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Babulanam misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Babulanam.
Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Babulanam pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Babulanam trying to land knees to the body.
Silva wants to break free but Babulanam has control.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silva.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Babulanam's shoulder, as Babulanam tries to avoid the shot.
Babulanam dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Babulanam's head but Babulanam sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
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!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Babulanam sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Babulanam gets full guard.
Babulanam is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Silva has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Silva wants to stand but Babulanam is controlling his posture from full guard.
Babulanam had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Silva is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Babulanam Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Silva's back instead.
Babulanam is trying to stick to Silva's back but Silva is turning into Babulanam. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Babulanam's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Babulanam is keeping the position.
Silva stands up and waves to Babulanam to follow him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva tries to bum rush Babulanam with a series of wild strikes but Babulanam uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Babulanam has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silva finds it's way round the side to connect with Babulanam's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Babulanam is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Silva tests Babulanam's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Buddha Babulanam showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Anthony Silva's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Babulanam rushes Silva and presses him up against the cage.
Babulanam seems to have recovered his senses.
Babulanam trying to land knees to the body.
Babulanam scores with a knee to the head.
Silva avoiding damage as Babulanam throws knees to the body.
Babulanam unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Babulanam is controlling the position.
Babulanam misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Babulanam landing knees to the body.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Babulanam with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Babulanam is controlling the position.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Babulanam has him pressed against the cage.
Babulanam unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Babulanam lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Babulanam.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Babulanam takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Babulanam prevents a takedown attempt there.
Babulanam landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Babulanam has him pressed against the cage.
Babulanam keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Babulanam keeps him there for the moment.
Silva fails to pull guard.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Babulanam has double underhooks.
Babulanam lands a knee to the head.
Babulanam misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Silva decides to stand up.
Babulanam with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Buddha Babulanam seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A punch lands to the side of Babulanam 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silva swings for the body but Babulanam moves out of range.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Babulanam. That one must have hurt.
Babulanam throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Silva's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a jab to Babulanam's midsection.
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Silva thows a leg kick but Babulanam checks it
and Babulanam counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silva's knee momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Babulanam ducks down to avoid it.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice straight punches there by Silva. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Silva.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Babulanam moves away and avoids it.
Babulanam steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Babulanam's head but Babulanam sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Babulanam sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva connects with a body shot.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Babulanam moves out of range as Silva strikes.
A good leg kick by Babulanam.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva cracks Babulanam with a right hand to the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but Babulanam is having none of it.
Silva is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Babulanam circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anthony Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big head kick from Babulanam and Silva is sent sprawling to the canvas!
Silva is rocked!
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva working for a triangle but Babulanam defends it easily.
Babulanam won't allow Silva to sweep him here.
Babulanam stops Silva from standing up.
Babulanam stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Babulanam advances to half guard.
Silva actively working from the bottom here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Babulanam trying to pass the guard but Silva defending well.
Anthony Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Buddha Babulanam comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Babulanam winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight for Buddha Babulanam!
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight for Buddha Babulanam!
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight for Buddha Babulanam!
Buddha Babulanam wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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