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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sakuraba Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emerson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Gimme Shelter. Emerson Silva will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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182 lbs
16 - 17 - 0 |
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190 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sakuraba Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Emerson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Matheus Silva and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva tries to clinch but Gracie moves away
and Gracie makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silva looking to score a takedown here. Gracie is defending well but Silva drives through and ends up in Gracie's guard.
Gracie lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Silva!
Gracie with shots to the head and body - Silva looks very uncomfortable down there.
Gracie lands a heavy elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gracie jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Silva manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Silva sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Gracie is looking for a kimura here.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Gracie is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Gracie prevents Silva from improving his position.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gracie.
Gracie seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Silva has recovered full guard.
Gracie working some strikes from top position.
Gracie postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
Silva is looking to stand up but Gracie isn't so interested in that idea.
Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva looking to control.
Gracie throws a big elbow that misses.
Gracie landing with the ground and pound.
Gracie connects with a couple of short punches.
Gracie sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Silva's guard.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Gracie in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Silva tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Gracie!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Sakuraba Gracie!
During a confident post fight interview, Sakuraba Gracie thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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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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