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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andre Van der Laan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Silvera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van der Laan comes to the cage accompanied by Eazy-E ft. Tupac, The Game - How We Do. The crowd seem to be enjoying Silvera's choice of entrance music: Wedlock. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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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
34 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Andre Van der Laan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Joey Silvera!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Van der Laan.
Silvera fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Van der Laan, pushing him back against the cage.
Silvera avoiding damage as Van der Laan throws knees to the body.
Van der Laan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silvera avoids it.
Our sources have told us that Van der Laan has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Van der Laan blocks an elbow strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Silvera avoids the elbow strike from Van der Laan, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Van der Laan.
It looks like Joey Silvera has been cut.
Van der Laan scores a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silvera.
Van der Laan trying to land knees to the body.
Van der Laan missing with knees to the body.
Silvera on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silvera throws a head punch that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silvera lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silvera.
Silvera lands an elbow inside.
Van der Laan lands a nice knee to the body.
Van der Laan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silvera struggles to land a body shot inside as Van der Laan controls his hands.
Van der Laan looking to throw knees to the head but Silvera is blocking nicely.
Van der Laan tries a knee to the head but Silvera blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvera presses Van der Laan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Van der Laan misses with an elbow over the top.
Silvera misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Silvera.
Van der Laan lands a nice knee to the body.
Silvera lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Van der Laan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van der Laan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van der Laan.
Silvera misses with an elbow over the top.
Silvera digs a right hand into Van der Laan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Van der Laan's gas tank.
Silvera lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Van der Laan backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Van der Laan managing to block the knees to the body from Silvera.
Van der Laan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van der Laan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silvera has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silvera comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silvera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silvera takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silvera lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Van der Laan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan with a knee to the head.
Van der Laan avoids the elbow strike from Silvera, against the cage.
Van der Laan prevents a body shot from Silvera.
Van der Laan looking to throw knees to the head but Silvera is blocking nicely.
Van der Laan misses with a knee strike.
Van der Laan connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silvera's face.
Van der Laan landing knees to the body.
Silvera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van der Laan blocks the elbow strike.
Silvera is pushing Van der Laan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Van der Laan utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Van der Laan with a knee to the head.
Silvera tries to work over Van der Laan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van der Laan tries to land a knee to the head but Silvera blocks with his arms.
Silvera lands a left hand that snaps the head of Van der Laan backwards.
Van der Laan using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silvera has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silvera doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Van der Laan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silvera lands an elbow just above Van der Laan 's eye.
Silvera misses with an elbow strike.
Silvera misses with a punch to the body.
Van der Laan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silvera lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Van der Laan blocks an uppercut.
Van der Laan avoiding damage as Silvera throws knees to the body.
Van der Laan letting Silvera take a breather here.
Silvera scores with a nice hook to the head.
Van der Laan missing with knees to the body.
Van der Laan prevents a body shot from Silvera.
Silvera lands a shot to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Van der Laan.
Silvera throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van der Laans head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van der Laan.
Silvera lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvera misses with a punch to the body.
Van der Laan landing knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silvera blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van der Laan misses with an elbow strike.
Van der Laan trying to land knees to the body.
Silvera trying to control the position but instead, Van der Laan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silvera into the cage.
Silvera lands a nice shot to the body.
Silvera dodges an elbow strike from Van der Laan.
Van der Laan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Van der Laan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silvera misses with a hook from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Silvera.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silvera blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short uppercut from Silvera.
Silvera lands a right hand that snaps the head of Van der Laan backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silvera is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van der Laan is defending well for now.
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 Andre Van der Laan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joey Silvera's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Silvera waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van der Laan.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Silvera in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Silvera throws a left and a right that both miss
and Van der Laan counters with a good low kick that Silvera was not able to check.
Nice cross by Silvera.
Silvera throws an off balance right hand
and Van der Laan counters by clinching up.
Andre Van der Laan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silvera blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Van der Laan has had enough of the clinch but Silvera keeps him there for the moment.
Van der Laan missing with knees to the body.
Silvera scores with a shoulder strike.
Silvera trying to stall but Van der Laan improves his position.
Silvera softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Van der Laan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silvera avoids it.
Silvera working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silvera scores with a nice hook to the head.
Van der Laan takes a shot to the head.
Silvera is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Van der Laan is defending well for now.
Van der Laan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silvera in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van der Laan wants to stall.
Silvera looking to throw knees to the head but Van der Laan is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvera throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Van der Laan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silvera is keeping busy.
Van der Laan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Van der Laan tries to land a knee to the head but Silvera blocks with his arms.
Silvera lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Van der Laan misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silvera lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Van der Laan lands an elbow that stopped Silvera in his tracks for a moment.
Silvera lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silvera working aggressively here.
Silvera lands a body punch in the clinch.
Van der Laan tries to land knees in the clinch but Silvera avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silvera throws an elbow but misses.
Silvera on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silvera scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silvera throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvera lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silvera stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Van der Laan tries to land knees in the clinch but Silvera avoids the damage to the body.
Silvera with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Van der Laan takes an elbow to the temple.
Silvera lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Van der Laan is rocked!
Silvera lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Oh Van der Laan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silvera.
Silvera lands an elbow inside that Van der Laan shrugs off.
Silvera lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Van der Laan.
Silvera throws a head punch that misses.
Silvera landing knees to the head.
Silvera has Van der Laan pressed against the cage. He pushes Van der Laan back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Silvera throws a beautiful elbow that sends Van der Laan crashing to the floor! Silvera piles on the pressure with more strikes! Van der Laan is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joey Silvera!
During a confident post fight interview, Joey Silvera thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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