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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rickson Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: BLUNT- The Iron Maiden. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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195 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Rickson Rua!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Silva!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Micheangelo Fripello and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Rua. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
Rua shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silva defends it nicely.
Rua forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
A right handed body shot lands from Silva.
Rua has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rickson Rua. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva has Rua pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rua manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Rua tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Rickson Rua has been cut.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva tightens his grip and picks Rua up, before dumping him to the ground. Rua manages to land in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Rua is retaining full guard.
Rua wants to stand but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silva chips away with some ground and pound.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rua works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva stops Rua from standing up.
Silva forces his way into half guard.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva stops Rua from getting back to his feet.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rua avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rua is trying to stand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control from half guard but Rua is working away.
Rua on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rua blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rua avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rua keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throwing shots but Rua is blocking nicely.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rua's head.
Silva wants to pass to mount but Rua is defending the position.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silva scoring with strikes to the body and head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rickson Rua's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rua fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Silva.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rua is defended easily by Silva.
Rua fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rickson Rua. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Rua is not content to let Silva control the position.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Silva working the head and body with strikes.
Silva looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Silva throwing shots but Rua is blocking nicely.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rua's head.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rua avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Silva lands a nice short elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ground and pound from Silva.
Silva thows a huge punch but Rua dodges it nicely.
Rua makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Matt Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rua circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva throws a series of punches but Rua moves out of range.
Silva changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rua tries to avoid it but Silva manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rua to the ground. Rua escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Rua sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rua throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Silva's waist but Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rua off to one side.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva shoots in but Rua avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rua stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rua wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua gets caught flat footed, as Silva shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Rua has a closed guard, preventing Silva from standing up.
Rua scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Rua avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rua shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Rua. Rua gets slowly back to his feet.
Rua looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Silva throws a series of strikes that have Rua backpedaling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva looks to land a combination. Rua sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Silva throws a combination. Rua tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rua has a takedown stuffed.
Silva shoots in but Rua avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rua stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Rua has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Silva lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rua.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rua can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Rua is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rickson Rua's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Matt Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Silva postures up and lands a big shot to Rua's brow.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rua utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silva connects with a couple of short punches.
Silva stands up over Rua, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva throws a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva distracts Rua with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rua utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silva cracks Rua with a solid left hand.
Silva landing some decent shots from guard.
Rua preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Silva connects with a couple of short punches.
Silva wants to control from the top but Rua keeps moving.
Silva throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rua working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
Silva throws an elbow that misses. Rua uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Silva's guard. Nice move by Rua!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rua won't allow Silva to sweep him here.
Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva wants to improve his position but instead Rua has moved into half guard.
Silva actively working from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Rua's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Rua's back!
Silva lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Rua hold on?!
Rua avoids the strikes from Silva.
Silva misses with a punch to the head.
Rua manages to escape to a better position under a series of strikes. Silva is now in side control.
Rua regains half guard, as Silva was trying to land strikes.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Rua will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rua working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Silva really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rickson Rua's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Rua is looking to clinch.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Rua sprawls well. He's pushed Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Nice straight punches there by Silva. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Silva.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rua.
Silva shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Rua keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rua's head.
Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rua's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva working the head and body with strikes.
Silva stops Rua from getting back to his feet.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rua is trying to stand.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rua is trying to stand back up but Silva is controlling him
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rua blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rua's head.
Silva winds up and cracks Rua with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rua defending well though.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rua's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rua avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Rua avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Silva with the ground and pound but Rua uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silva postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rua is keeping the position for now.
Rua is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Silva is controlling him.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Rua has wrist control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rua is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Silva throws an elbow that misses. Rua uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Silva's guard. Nice move by Rua!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Silva dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Rickson Rua's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Rua shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Silva changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Rua looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sloppy strikes there by Silva.
Silva throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Rua works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Rua won't allow Silva to pass to mount.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rua tries to kick Silva off but Silva keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a strike but Rua avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Rua working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva throws a strike but Rua rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Silva has a closed guard, preventing Rua from standing up.
Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Rua preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua wants to stand but Silva has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Silva is trying to control the position but Rua postures up.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Rua would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Rua preventing the sweep.
Silva wants to hit a switch here but Rua passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Silva there!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Rua gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Silva is in all sorts of trouble here.
Silva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Rua wants to get back to his feet but Silva is holding on tight.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Rua gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to control but Rua is having none of it.
Silva is looking to get to half guard.
Rickson Rua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Matt Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva wants to control but Rua is having none of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 45:50
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 45:50
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Silva!
Matt Silva is the new middleweight champion!
Our winner, Matt Silva, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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