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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aleksandr Glazkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glazkov's entrance music is Kanye West - Stronger. A fine choice. Da Silva has chosen Good Time as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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220 lbs
14 - 15 - 0 |
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210 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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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
14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aleksandr Glazkov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glazkov fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Da Silva on the side of the head.
It looks like Rafael Da Silva has been cut.
Good shot there by Da Silva.
Da Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Glazkov moves away.
Da Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Da Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Glazkov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Da Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Glazkov moves away.
Glazkov keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Da Silva tries to land a leg kick but Glazkov saw it coming and moves away.
Da Silva blocks a jab.
Glazkov is looking to clinch.
Glazkov misses with a few strikes there.
Da Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Da Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Glazkov is just out of range.
Da Silva clobbers Glazkov with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Glazkov connects with a right hand. Da Silva shakes it off.
No joy there for Da Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Da Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Glazkov manages to avoid it.
Glazkov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Da Silva's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Glazkov as he jumps to the side.
Glazkov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Glazkov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Glazkov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Glazkov as Da Silva tries to tie him up.
Da Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aleksandr Glazkov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Da Silva. Glazkov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Glazkov shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Da Silva napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Glazkov controlling the position.
You can see the frustration on Da Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Da Silva is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva wants to control but Glazkov postures up.
Da Silva tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Glazkov wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Glazkov is trying to get an arm triangle but Da Silva is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Glazkov goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Da Silva rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Glazkov's guard! Nice work there by Da Silva!
Da Silva trying to control but Glazkov is working from the bottom.
Da Silva is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Da Silva wants to control from the top but Glazkov keeps moving.
Glazkov has his foot on Da Silva's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Da Silva works his way back into a safe position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva trying to control but Glazkov is working from the bottom.
Da Silva distracts Glazkov with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Glazkov is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Da Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Glazkov keeping moving, preventing Da Silva from controlling successfully.
Da Silva cracks Glazkov with a solid left hand.
Da Silva is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Da Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Da Silva looking to sit in guard and control but Glazkov gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Da Silva is on top in guard.
Glazkov is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Da Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Glazkov keeping moving, preventing Da Silva from controlling successfully.
Da Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Glazkov looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Da Silva trying to control but Glazkov is working from the bottom.
Glazkov controls Da Silva momentarily but Da Silva frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rafael Da Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rafael Da Silva'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.
Glazkov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Glazkov avoids the body shot from Da Silva.
A combination from Da Silva does no damage.
Da Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Glazkov counters by clinching up.
Glazkov misses with an elbow over the top.
Glazkov breaks from the clinch.
Da Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Da Silva misses the shot to the body.
Da Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Glazkov is just out of range.
No joy there for Da Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Glazkov tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Da Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
Da Silva blocks a jab.
Glazkov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Glazkov throws out a powerful jab.
Da Silva moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Glazkov.
Decent striking displayed by Glazkov there.
Glazkov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Aleksandr Glazkov is winning the standup battle so far.
Da Silva takes a swing at Glazkov's ribcage but misses.
Glazkov misses with a lunging right hand
and Da Silva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Glazkov connects with a nice looking jab.
Da Silva is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Glazkov rather than just go for the knockout.
Glazkov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Glazkov pivots, looking for a leg kick but Da Silva is out of range and Glazkov settles back down.
Glazkov throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Glazkov uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Da Silva has time to react.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Da Silva takes a jab right on the kisser.
Glazkov misses with a body shot.
Glazkov throws a body punch but Da Silva moves out of range.
Da Silva wants to land a leg kick but Glazkov is out of range.
Da Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Da Silva throws a leg kick but Glazkov moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Glazkov throws the kick towards the body but Da Silva avoids it.
Da Silva throws a solid leg kick but Glazkov takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Da Silva.
Da Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Glazkov avoids the body shot from Da Silva.
Da Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Glazkov moves away.
Glazkov stuns Da Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Da Silva looks to land a left hand but Glazkov moved out of range nicely.
Da Silva throws a leg kick but Glazkov sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Da Silva is trying to force a seperation but Glazkov has the dominant position.
Da Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Da Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glazkov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Glazkov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Da Silva tries to pull guard but Glazkov holds him up against the cage and eventually Da Silva drops back down to his feet.
Da Silva tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Glazkov smiles and moves away.
Glazkov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Da Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Glazkov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Da Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Glazkov throws a combination. Da Silva tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Da Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Da Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Glazkov connects with a body shot that sends Da Silva's belly button to the back.
Glazkov jabs Da Silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glazkov cracks Da Silva with an open hand slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Glazkov's shoulder, as Glazkov tries to avoid the shot.
Glazkov slips a jab and a cross from Da Silva.
Da Silva is breathing heavily.
Da Silva looks to land a combination but Glazkov avoids it well.
Da Silva gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That has opened up Rafael Da Silva's cut even more.
Da Silva throws a low kick but Glazkov avoids it.
Da Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Glazkov moves away.
Glazkov fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Da Silva is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Glazkov.
Jab by Glazkov.
Da Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Glazkov.
Da Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Glazkov.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Da Silva missing with a left hand there. Glazkov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Da Silva changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheers as Glazkov lands an impressive looking overhand right. Da Silva doesn't seem phased though.
Da Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Glazkov sprawls well. Glazkov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Da Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksandr Glazkov dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rafael Da Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Da Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Da Silva looks to land a right hand but Glazkov moved out of range.
A shot to the liver by Glazkov. Beautiful body shot.
Glazkov works Da Silva's body with a nice hook.
Da Silva misses with a low kick as Glazkov jumps back.
Glazkov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Glazkov shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Glazkov was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
You can see the frustration on Da Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Da Silva is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Glazkov's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Da Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Glazkov works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glazkov looking to control and managing it successfully.
Da Silva sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Glazkov wants to take a breather but Da Silva is having none of it.
Da Silva is looking for a sweep. Glazkov is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Da Silva flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Glazkov seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Da Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Glazkov passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Da Silva!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glazkov prevents Da Silva from getting the reversal.
Da Silva tries to lock up and control but Glazkov gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Glazkov is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Da Silva is surviving well by controlling Glazkov's body position as best he can.
Da Silva bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Glazkov wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Glazkov is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Da Silva is aware though and is defending well.
Da Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Glazkov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Da Silva is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Glazkov keeping moving, preventing Da Silva from controlling successfully.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Da Silva postures up and lands a big shot to Glazkov's brow.
Glazkov bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Da Silva's guard.
Glazkov trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Da Silva wants to control the position but Glazkov says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Da Silva is looking to improve his position.
Glazkov seems to be working for a kimura but Da Silva defends the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva looking for submissions off his back.
Glazkov prevents Da Silva from improving his position.
Da Silva gets back to full guard.
Glazkov content to stall in guard here.
Da Silva trying to control the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Glazkov works a leg free and moves into half guard.
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 Aleksandr Glazkov.
I think Glazkov has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aleksandr Glazkov!
Aleksandr Glazkov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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