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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marek Siuta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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217 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
13 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Marek Siuta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Siuta lands the left hand.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Siuta tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Siuta misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Siuta is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
A jab from Silva misses.
Siuta gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Siuta tries a head kick but it misses.
Siuta takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Siuta blocks it.
Silva looking to stall.
Siuta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Siuta working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Siuta working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva blocking some punches.
Siuta takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Siuta is defending well for now.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva gets through Siuta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Siuta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Siuta blocks with his arms.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Siuta in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Siuta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Marek Siuta has been cut.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Siuta misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siuta throws a head punch that misses.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Siuta.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Siuta.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Siuta misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva working aggressively here.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Siuta avoids it.
Siuta has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Siuta misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Siuta is blocking nicely.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Siuta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Siuta.
Silva lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siuta throws a head punch that misses.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Siuta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Siuta has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Siuta misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Siuta misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Siuta fails to land.
Siuta is working Silva over against the cage.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Siuta scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Knees to the body from Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva effectively controlling the action here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Siuta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Siuta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Siuta lands a shoulder strike.
Silva tries to work over Siuta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Siuta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Siuta is breathing heavily.
Siuta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Siuta blocks with his arms.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Siuta blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Siuta blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderlei Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marek Siuta's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Siuta avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Siuta defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Silva misses with a looping left.
A lazy body kick from Siuta
and Silva counters with a low kick, right behind Siuta 's knee.
Silva is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Nice body kick from Silva.
A looping hook to the body misses from Siuta. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick from Siuta.
Siuta lands with a good body shot.
Siuta tries a head kick but it misses.
Siuta thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
No joy there for Siuta, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva throws a head kick but Siuta moves out of range.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Siuta.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Silva!
Siuta slips under a jab.
Siuta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Siuta throws a sloppy head kick
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Silva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Siuta checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Siuta saw that one coming.
Silva avoids the head kick by Siuta.
Siuta misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Donk. Siuta catches Silva right on the button with a cross.
Siuta looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siuta throws a lazy body kick
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice shot by Silva.
Siuta takes one to the chin there.
Siuta is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Siuta.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Siuta.
Siuta misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Siuta moves out of range easily.
Siuta tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silva lands a head shot.
Silva misses with a hook. Siuta ducked under it nicely.
Siuta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Siuta misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva tries to work over Siuta's front leg with a kick but Siuta checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siuta tries to move into range but Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Siuta shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Silva eats them both and turns towards Siuta to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Siuta throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Wanderlei Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Siuta is out of range.
Marek Siuta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Siuta.
Siuta swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Siuta is blocking nicely.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Siuta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Siuta blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Siuta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva has Siuta pushed against the cage.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Siuta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Siuta throws a head punch that misses.
Siuta has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Siuta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Siuta throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva is struggling to control the position.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Siuta throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderlei Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Marek Siuta's cut.
That's time! Siuta's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A head kick misses from Silva.
Siuta pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Siuta thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Siuta's head back.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Siuta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Siuta.
Siuta misses with a body shot.
Silva connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Siuta momentarily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Siuta lands with an overhand left.
Silva scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Siuta doesn't seem bothered though.
Siuta misses with a wild body shot.
Siuta swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Siuta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siuta throws a right and a left that both miss.
Siuta slips a straight right by Silva.
Siuta pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Siuta.
Marek Siuta is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Siuta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Siuta with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Siuta swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a nice low kick that buckles Siuta's knee momentarily.
A head kick misses from Siuta.
Silva paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Siuta.
A combination from Siuta does no damage.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Silva.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Siuta blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva trying to stall but Siuta improves his position.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Siuta blocks with his arms.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Siuta is defending well for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Siuta working aggressively here.
Siuta throws a head punch that misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Siuta blocks it.
Siuta scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Siuta avoids the damage to the body.
Siuta wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Siuta lands a right hand.
Siuta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siuta is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva blocking some punches.
Siuta avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Siuta is blocking nicely.
Siuta is leaning against Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Siuta breaks the clinch.
Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silva there as he acknowledges the shot.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Siuta swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Siuta looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Siuta backwards.
Wanderlei Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Siuta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Siuta.
Silva landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Siuta.
Siuta misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Siuta's face.
Siuta has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Siuta misses with the head strike.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Siuta misses with a punch on the inside.
Marek Siuta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva prevents Siuta from breaking the clinch.
Siuta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wanderlei 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wanderlei Silva!
Wanderlei Silva bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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