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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Thor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Da Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's entrance music is Sandstorm. A fine choice. 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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185 lbs
13 - 4 - 0 |
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186 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thor Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ricardo Da Souza!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Souza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Da Souza blocks a low kick nicely.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
A left lands for Silva.
Silva looks to land a combination but Da Souza avoids it well.
Da Souza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Da Souza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Da Souza looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Da Souza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
A head kick from Da Souza lands but Silva takes it in his stride.
Da Souza with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Da Souza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva slips under a jab from Da Souza.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Da Souza looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Da Souza tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Da Souza on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Silva throws a leg kick
and Da Souza counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Da Souza to acknowledge the strikes.
Da Souza throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Da Souza moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Da Souza misses with a head kick.
Silva throws a series of punches but Da Souza avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Souza moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva takes a swing at Da Souza's ribcage but misses.
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
Da Souza misses with a series of wild punches.
Da Souza throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Da Souza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Da Souza rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Da Souza is out of range.
Da Souza throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Da Souza throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Da Souza dodges the punch combination from Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Da Souza circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva misses with a body kick.
A clash of legs there as Silva blocks the low kick.
Da Souza fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Da Souza eats them both and turns towards Silva to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Da Souza lands a high kick!
Da Souza keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Silva throws a series of punches but Da Souza moves out of range.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Da Souza's shoulder, as Da Souza tries to avoid the shot.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Da Souza counters with a big head kick but Silva shrugs it off.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a solid leg kick but Da Souza takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silva.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Da Souza scores with a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Da Souza.
Silva avoids the body shot from Da Souza.
Da Souza slips a jab from Silva.
Silva scores with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Silva misses the body punch
and Da Souza counters with an inside leg kick.
Da Souza fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thor Silva 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 scores with a one two! Da Souza had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Ricardo Da Souza has been cut.
Da Souza misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva throws a leg kick
and Da Souza counters with a big head kick but Silva shrugs it off.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Da Souza off balance momentarily.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Da Souza in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A leg kick checked by Da Souza.
Da Souza misses with a double jab.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Good leg kick by Da Souza there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Da Souza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Da Souza saw that one coming.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Da Souza.
Silva throws a right hand that Da Souza ducks under and follows up with a left that Da Souza also avoids with ease.
Some bone on bone action there as Da Souza checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Da Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Da Souza throws a head kick that misses.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silva tries to bum rush Da Souza with a series of wild strikes but Da Souza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Da Souza lands a head kick. Silva smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Da Souza blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Da Souza.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Souza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Da Souza misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva throws a leg kick but Da Souza moved away.
Da Souza misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Da Souza counters with an inside leg kick.
Da Souza slips under a jab.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Da Souza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Da Souza misses with a double jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Souza goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Da Souza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Da Souza throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Da Souza scores with a punch to the head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Da Souza.
Silva digs a good hook to Da Souza's body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Silva.
Silva throws a head kick but Da Souza moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Da Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thor Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Da Souza lands a two punch combo.
Da Souza misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Da Souza is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva blocks a head kick by Da Souza.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Da Souza's calf.
Da Souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Da Souza lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Da Souza.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Da Souza looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thor Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Da Souza'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. This is the final round!
Silva throws a body punch but Da Souza moves out of range.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Da Souza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Da Souza misses with the combination.
Da Souza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Da Souza misses with a body kick.
Silva throws a right and a left that Da Souza avoids nicely.
Some wild striking there from Da Souza.
Silva throws a right hand that Da Souza ducks under and follows up with a left that Da Souza also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws out a leg kick but Da Souza moves out of range and Silva only half commits.
Da Souza misses with a few strikes there.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Da Souza misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Da Souza.
Silva feints a jab promting Da Souza to slip. Silva then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Da Souza slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Da Souza tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Da Souza counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Da Souza throws a right and a left that both miss.
Da Souza slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Da Souza throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Da Souza misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva throws a poor cross that misses
and Da Souza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick.
Da Souza takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Souza lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
Da Souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva blocks a head kick by Da Souza.
Da Souza tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Da Souza looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Da Souza slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Da Souza fails to land with a series of punches.
Da Souza lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Da Souza scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silva throws a body punch but Da Souza moves out of range.
Da Souza checks the leg kick.
Da Souza misses with a double jab
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Da Souza avoids a punch combination nicely.
Da Souza fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thor Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva tries to bum rush Da Souza with a series of wild strikes but Da Souza uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ricardo Da Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thor Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Thor Silva.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thor Silva!
Thor Silva bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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