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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Waldemar Silvia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Grim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve Grim has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Waldemar Silvia's chin.
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195 lbs
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190 cm
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185 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Waldemar Silvia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Steve Grim!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvia moves into the clinch.
Silvia is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Grim gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Silvia is trying to drag Grim to the mat but Grim just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Grim is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silvia is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Grim pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Waldemar Silvia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Grim stops a takedown attempt from Silvia.
Grim pulls Silvia into guard.
Silvia connects with a couple of short punches.
Silvia throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silvia has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Silvia wants to control from the top but Grim keeps moving.
Silvia trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Grim seems keen to control Silvia's posture.
Silvia throws a big right hand that misses.
Silvia passes into half guard.
Silvia winds up and cracks Grim with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grim is looking for a sweep. Silvia is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Silvia is looking for a kimura here.
Grim trying to hold on to Silvia's head to control him but Silvia postures up.
Silvia is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Grim has managed to free his arm - good work.
Silvia is breathing heavily.
Grim is looking for a sweep. Silvia is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Grim landing strikes from the bottom.
Silvia is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silvia is pressing down on Grim's thigh, looking to free his foot. Grim is holding on for now.
Grim trying to control but Silvia postures up.
Grim is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Silvia is staying active.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Grim shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Silvia's guard.
Silvia is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Grim advances position into side control!
Grim gets to mount! Silvia was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grim fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Grim tries to control but Silvia wriggling away.
Grim might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Silvia kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Grim landing shots from mount.
Silvia is squirming around, avoiding Grim's attempts to control the action.
Grim lands a big elbow.
Silvia is trying desperately to improve position.
Grim with a couple of short strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Grim looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Silvia flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Silvia really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Grim cracks Silvia with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Silvia is wriggling around trying to escape.
Silvia is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Grim dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Grim shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silvia pinned against the cage. Silvia gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silvia shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silvia looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Grim with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Silvia is thwarting Grim's attempts to control the position.
Silvia drops an elbow to the side of Grim's head.
Silvia thows a huge punch but Grim dodges it nicely.
Silvia not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silvia thows a huge punch but Grim dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grim is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Silvia is stalling here. Grim is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Silvia seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Grim has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silvia tries to buck Grim off but Grim is having none of it.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Grim swats away the attempt to clinch by Silvia.
Grim fails with the takedown
and Silvia counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Grim!
Silvia lands a nice shot to the head.
Silvia with shots to the head and body - Grim looks very uncomfortable down there.
Silvia in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Grim looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Silvia lands a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Can Grim hold on?! Silvia is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Silvia is hanging on to Grim's back as he tries to escape.
Grim is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Silvia wants to control the position but Grim frees himself and scrambles - Silvia manages to regain control in side control.
Silvia is looking to take a break and control but Grim is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silvia lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Grim down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvia is looking to take a break and control but Grim is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Grim defending against the ground and pound.
Grim pushes Silvia away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Silvia gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Silvia has hold of Grim's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Grim seems comfortable defending it but Silvia has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Grim is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Grim is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Silvia couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Waldemar Silvia!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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