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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quittin Hackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hackson has chosen The Trooper - Iron Maiden as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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214 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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190 cm
26
215 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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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
6 - 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
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Quittin Hackson!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hackson lands a lovely overhand right.
Hackson blocks a jab.
A big right from Hackson misses.
A big right from Hackson misses.
Hackson throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Hackson lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
We've been hearing reports that Silva has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Silva looks for a takedown but Hackson sprawls well.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Hackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Hackson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Silva throws the left hand but Hackson avoids the punch easily.
Hackson staying out of range there.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hackson.
Hackson throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hackson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva tries for a takedown but Hackson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hackson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silva scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Silva performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Hackson for as long as he can get away with.
Hackson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva controlling the action here.
Hackson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Silva trying to control the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Thiago Silva wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Hackson throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes one to the chin there.
Hackson tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva clobbers Hackson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hackson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva moves forwards but Hackson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Hackson misses with a wild body shot.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Hackson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hackson counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hackson.
Hackson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hackson throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Hackson misses with a looping right.
Hackson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Hackson moved out of range nicely.
Hackson throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Hackson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thiago Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hackson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva looking to score a takedown here. Hackson is defending well but Silva drives through and ends up in Hackson's guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hackson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Silva's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Hackson has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Thiago Silva will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Hackson scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
Hackson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hackson misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Hackson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hackson takes one to the side of the head.
Silva throws a body punch but Hackson moves out of range.
Hackson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva.
Hackson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Hackson throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hackson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hackson looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Hackson misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hackson throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Hackson avoids the body shot from Silva.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hackson leaves Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A swing and a miss from Hackson.
Silva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Silva moves into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Silva punching from mount but Hackson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hackson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Silva controlling the position easily from mount.
Silva punching from mount but Hackson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva breaks from Hackson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Silva thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Silva cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
It looks like Quittin Hackson has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hackson is rocked!
That has opened up Quittin Hackson's cut even more.
Hackson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hackson takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Silva's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thiago Silva!
In defeat, Quittin Hackson stepped up to the mic, saying 'Look I won't make any excuses here. Brent Callen is a tough son of a bitch coming from a good manager. This is the type of opponent that I prefer and I just couldn't cut it this time. I'll be back.'.
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hype
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