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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zac Ogletree (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alex Silva will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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150 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zac Ogletree!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Silva!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ogletree.
Ogletree closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ogletree lands in his opponent's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ogletree is controlling him.
Silva is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Silva wriggles free and stands up.
Ogletree closes the distance and clinches.
Silva can't get the takedown.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Ogletree has double underhooks.
Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ogletree wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva breaks from the clinch.
Ogletree looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Ogletree looking to pass the guard.
Ogletree decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Silva, up you get!
Ogletree tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Horrible takedown by Ogletree or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva which made him look bad.
Ogletree slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva closes the distance and pushes Ogletree back into the ropes.
Ogletree drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zac Ogletree. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ogletree's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva feints a jab promting Ogletree to slip. Silva then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ogletree slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva throws a series of strikes that have Ogletree backpedaling.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Ogletree swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva tries for a takedown but Ogletree sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silva closes the distance but Ogletree moves to the side
and Ogletree decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Silva's guard.
Ogletree wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Ogletree in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ogletree won't allow Silva to get back to his feet.
Ogletree trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ogletree seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Ogletree has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Silva is looking to stand back up but Ogletree counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Silva.
Ogletree not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ogletree uses his free foot to push down on Silva's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Silva.
Ogletree landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!
Silva is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva looks gassed!
Ogletree can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silva is looking to escape.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Ogletree wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Ogletree sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ogletree lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva trying desperately to get to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zac Ogletree 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.
Silva tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Ogletree manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva is looking to clinch but Ogletree is avoiding it.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Ogletree paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva tries to clinch
and Ogletree counters by moving into the clinch.
Ogletree manages to pull guard.
Silva landing with the ground and pound.
Silva trying to control but Ogletree is working from the bottom.
Ogletree is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Silva defends well.
Ogletree on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ogletree tries to get out of the position.
Ogletree is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Silva is controlling him.
Ogletree is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva landing with the ground and pound.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Ogletree blocks nicely.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ogletree has a closed guard, preventing Silva from standing up.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva wants to control from the top but Ogletree keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva won't allow Ogletree to sweep him here.
Silva drops back, looking for a kneebar! Ogletree looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Ogletree looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Ogletree!
Ogletree working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Ogletree is trying to get an arm triangle but Silva is defending well.
Ogletree is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ogletree is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Zac Ogletree overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Ogletree tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ogletree has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ogletree stands up and we're back to a striking position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ogletree throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva is looking to clinch but Ogletree is avoiding it.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Ogletree circles away.
Ogletree tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Ogletree tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Silva counters with a three punch combo that has Ogletree backing up. Ogletree nods at Silva to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva scores with a three punch combo!
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ogletree takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ogletree wants to clinch.
Ogletree tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Alex Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Silva tries to control but Ogletree wriggling away.
Silva might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Ogletree kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Ogletree wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Silva.
Ogletree wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Silva.
Silva throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Ogletree is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Silva landing punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ogletree manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Ogletree wants to get back to full guard.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ogletree's head.
Silva throwing shots but Ogletree is blocking nicely.
Silva wants to free his trapped foot but Ogletree is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Silva seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ogletree does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Silva looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Silva throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Ogletree to regain full guard.
Ogletree is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ogletree is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Ogletree has wrist control.
Ogletree is controlling Silva's posture.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Ogletree is keeping the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Silva stands up and waves to Ogletree to follow him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva clinches with his opponent.
Ogletree fails to pull guard.
Silva avoiding damage as Ogletree throws knees to the body.
Ogletree tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the ropes.
Ogletree gets underhooks to prevent Silva's takedown attempt.
Silva is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ogletree tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Ogletree tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zac Ogletree. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Ogletree.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ogletree is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Silva's half guard.
Ogletree wants to pass the guard but Silva is defending well.
Ogletree thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Silva tries to kick Ogletree off in order to stand up. Ogletree Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Silva is pushing Ogletree's head away, looking to escape. Ogletree manages to hold on to the position though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva bucks up and tries to throw Ogletree off but instead Ogletree has got his back!
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Silva!
In his post fight interview, Alex Silva started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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FIGHT
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