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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Steel's choice of entrance music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otdHbA4GlSI. Thiago Silva is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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214 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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187 cm
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209 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Thiago Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Johnny Steel!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a looping right.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva swings widly with a right hand
and Steel counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Silva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Steel on the side of the head.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Steel digs a good hook to Silva's body.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steel manages to avoid it.
Silva stalks Steel and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Steel's face. Steel staggers backwards, shaken.
Steel closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Steel avoids the body shot from Silva.
Steel thows a body shot but no joy.
Steel ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Steel misses with a few strikes there.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Steel throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva scores with a hook.
Steel has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Steel there as he acknowledges the shot.
Steel dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva lands a right hook to the body.
Silva cracks Steel with a good jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Silva connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Silva works the jab nicely.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Steel ducks down to avoid it.
Silva connects with a body shot.
Silva is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Silva punishes Steel's body with a nice straight punch.
A big right from Silva misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steel.
Steel is looking to land body kicks.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Steel's head but Steel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Steel misses the jab.
Steel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Steel's shoulder, as Steel tries to avoid the shot.
Thiago Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steel slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Silva dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Silva tries to bum rush Steel with a series of wild strikes but Steel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Steel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Steel staying out of range there.
Steel blocks a jab.
Silva checks the leg kick.
Silva misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Steel counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva throws a hook but Steel blocks it.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva throws a hook but Steel avoids it easily.
Steel listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silva scores with a hook.
Silva is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Steel thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steel moves away.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Steel counters with a leg kick.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steel manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel misses with a few strikes there.
Silva swings for the body but Steel moves out of range.
Steel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Steel is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Silva rather than just go for the knockout.
Silva jabs at Steel's body.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva swings widly with a right hand
and Steel counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Steel slips under a jab from Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva with a jab.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Steel might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Silva has got the better of the exchanges.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Steel moves away and avoids it.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Steel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Steel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Steel walks into a jab.
Steel takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Steel is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva's corner calls for a 1-2. Silva obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Silva dominated that second round.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Steel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Steel moved out of range nicely.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Steel.
Silva throws a hook but Steel blocks it.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Steel moved out of range nicely.
Steel takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Steel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Steel can do to turn this around?
Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Silva misses.
Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Steel counters with a good low kick that Silva was not able to check.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steel was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Steel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Steel throws a half hearted mid kick.
Steel dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva cracks Steel with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Steel slips a straight right by Silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Steel moves away and avoids it.
Silva sizes up Steel with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steel moves away.
Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Steel's shoulder, as Steel tries to avoid the shot.
Steel avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Steel has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Steel walks into a left hand.
Steel doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Silva connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Steel scrambles back to his feet.
Silva lands a head shot.
Silva punishes Steel's body with a nice straight punch.
Steel staying out of range there.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva throws a hook but Steel avoids it easily.
Silva connects with a right hand. Steel shakes it off.
Silva lands with a nice combination. Steel backs away looking to recover.
Steel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silva.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Steel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva on the side of the head.
Silva lands with an overhand left.
Johnny Steel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Steel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Steel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Silva!
Johnny Steel spoke after the fight, saying 'tried my best but they were the better fighter tonight and id like the chance to fight them again and hope for a better result next time'.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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