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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Helio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tadhg Forte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Forte is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: First Of The Year. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Helio Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tadhg Forte!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva with a poor takedown
and Forte counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Silva!
Forte misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Forte gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Forte throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Forte pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Forte looking to ground and pound but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Forte gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Forte is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Forte throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Silva because Forte loaded up on that one.
Forte looking to ground and pound but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva just holding on.
Silva slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Forte wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Forte throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Forte thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Silva wants to control but Forte is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Forte lands strikes from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Forte not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Forte thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Forte thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Forte trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
Forte throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Forte missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Silva is looking for a sweep. Forte is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Silva has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Forte is working away from the top position though.
Forte thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Forte not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Forte throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Forte scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Silva is trying to control but can't.
Forte looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Forte looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Silva looking for submissions off his back.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Forte thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Forte missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Forte missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silva won't allow Forte to pass to mount.
Forte lands with a punch from half guard.
Forte missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
Forte wants to pass to mount but Silva is defending the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Forte missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Forte thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Forte not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Forte connects with a nice short shot to Silva's temple.
Silva looking for submissions off his back.
Forte not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Forte pulls his head out easily.
Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Forte passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Silva!
Forte postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is bucking up trying to escape but Forte cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Forte gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Forte sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Forte misses with a head shot.
Forte working Silva over with strikes here.
Forte looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Forte with good strikes from the mount here!
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva tries to hold on but Forte postures up.
Silva wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Forte.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tadhg Forte dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva goes for a takedown attempt but Forte pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt
and Forte counters with a takedown into side control.
Forte in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Forte sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Silva is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The strikes coming from Forte are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
An elbow from Forte crashes against the mat.
Forte looks up at the clock and then as Silva takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Forte smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva taking punishment in the form of punches.
Forte in side control, throwing shots but Silva defends.
Silva struggling a bit here.
Forte tries to score with some ground and pound. Silva controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Forte is putting a hurting on Silva here, landing some big shots from side control.
Forte is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Forte misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Silva is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Forte tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Forte trying to control the position but Silva is working away.
Silva avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Forte.
Silva parries the strikes from Forte easily there. Forte is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Silva to escape.
Silva wants to control but Forte postures up.
Silva avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Forte.
Forte has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva struggling a bit here.
Silva is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Forte is putting a hurting on Silva here, landing some big shots from side control.
Forte stands up.
Forte is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva with a poor takedown
and Forte counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Forte.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Helio Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Forte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt
and Forte counters by clinching up.
Forte breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva misses with a takedown
and Forte decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Silva's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Forte accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Silva is working an open guard so Forte takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Silva fails with the takedown
and Forte counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now.
Forte distracts Silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tadhg Forte has got the better of the ground game so far.
Forte with a flurry of punches that miss.
Forte wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Silva trying to control the position.
Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Forte doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Forte manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Forte with a nice head shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Forte throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Forte postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Forte working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Forte is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
Forte wants to get up but he can't break Silva's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Forte is posturing up here but Silva has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Forte tries to roll out but it's too tight and Forte has to tap! Slick submission there by Silva!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Helio Silva!
Helio Silva really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Happy Pills logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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