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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergio Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Sergio Santos has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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210 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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183 cm
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214 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Heavy handed |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sergio Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Thiago Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters with a shoot takedown. Santos fights it but they end up in guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Silva postures up in Santos's guard and throws a big left but Santos blocks it.
Silva controls from within his opponent's guard.
Silva is standing up over Santos. Santos looks to escape but Silva dives into side control.
Silva in side control, throwing shots but Santos defends.
Santos pushes Silva away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Silva gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Silva throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva in side control, throwing shots but Santos defends.
Silva working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Santos tries to escape but Silva is in control.
Silva working the ground and pound but Santos is defending the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Silva throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Silva trying to control the action but Santos is working from the bottom.
Santos seems a little lost for a moment, as Silva dominates the positioning.
Santos is pushing Silva's head away, looking to escape. Silva manages to hold on to the position though.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santos keeps working.
Silva throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
An elbow from Silva crashes against the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos wants to get back to his feet.
Silva in side control, throwing shots but Santos defends.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Silva seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Silva wants to control but Santos is keeping him busy.
Santos parries the strikes from Silva easily there. Silva is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Santos to escape.
Santos is not content to let Silva control the position.
The ground and pound from Silva seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Santos bucks up and tries to throw Silva off but instead Silva has got his back!
Santos has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Silva.
Santos controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva throwing sloppy strikes.
Santos covering up well and avoiding damage.
Silva biding his time, looking for the opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a punch to the head.
Santos covering up well and avoiding damage.
Silva biding his time, looking for the opening.
Silva misses with a punch to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Silva.
Silva misses with a punch to the head.
Santos has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Silva.
Silva thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Silva misses with a punch to the head.
Santos is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Silva missing with punches from the back.
Silva punches the canvas rather than the man.
Silva thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Silva punches the canvas rather than the man.
Silva misses with punches from the back.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva struggling to land strikes to the head as Santos covers up.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Santos avoids the strikes from Silva.
Silva throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Silva lands a head shot.
Silva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Silva lands a slapping body shot.
Santos slaps away a takedown attempt from Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silva slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Santos throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva's jab looks to have found its range, popping Santos under the eye.
Santos throws a series of strikes that have Silva backpedaling.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Santos swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos tries to move into range but Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silva lands a head shot.
Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Silva with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Santos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
Silva prevents Santos from standing back up.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Santos's head.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Santos defending well though.
Silva performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Santos on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Santos tries to get out of the position.
Santos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
Silva lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Santos is refusing to be controlled, as Silva sits in half guard.
Santos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva is trying to control. Santos wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Santos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to get back to his feet.
Santos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Santos defending well though.
Santos pushes Silva off looking to stand but Silva dives back in and keeps control.
Thiago Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva moves into full mount! Santos won't be happy about that!
Silva throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Santos because Silva loaded up on that one.
Santos wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Silva.
Santos blocking the ground and pound.
Silva throws some wild stikes that Santos manages to avoid easily.
Santos is squirming around, avoiding Silva's attempts to control the action.
Silva sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva misses with a head shot.
Santos is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Santos is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Silva looking to control and managing it successfully.
Silva unloads with some shots from mount but Santos bucks and avoids them well.
Silva controlling the position easily from mount.
Silva throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Santos because Silva loaded up on that one.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva thowing shots but they're missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Silva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sergio Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Santos cracks Silva with an open hand slap.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
Silva moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Santos should have avoided that one.
Silva drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Silva remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Silva.
Santos trying to remain calm as Silva controls from the top position.
Silva works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Santos defending against the ground and pound.
Silva tries to score with some ground and pound. Santos controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Santos defending against the ground and pound.
Silva is staying tight to Santos's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ground and pound from Silva seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santos keeps working.
Santos dodges the ground and pound from Silva.
Silva trying to control the position but Santos is working away.
Santos is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Silva is controlling him well.
Silva remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva throws an elbow but Santos slips to the side and avoids it well.
Silva working the strikes but Santos uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Santos's head.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is looking to get back to is feet but Silva passes into side control.
Silva working the ground and pound but Santos is defending the strikes.
Silva tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Santos defending against the ground and pound.
Silva in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Silva throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Silva tries to score with some ground and pound. Santos controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Silva misses with the ground and pound.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva throws a strike aimed at the side of Santos's head but Santos avoids it well.
Silva looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Santos is avoiding damage well.
Silva throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Silva advances nicely into full mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Silva there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Silva sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Silva throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Santos because Silva loaded up on that one.
Silva controlling the pace for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Santos holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Silva tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Silva misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva looking to finish with strikes here!
Sergio Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Santos blocking the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago 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 Andi Peters scores the fight for Thiago Silva!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Thiago Silva!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Thiago Silva!
Thiago Silva wins by unanimous decision!
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