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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Derick Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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200 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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189 lbs
7 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Derick Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rafael Silva!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rose sprawls well. Rose wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Rose fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva closes the distance but Rose moves to the side
and Rose counters with a nice body shot.
Rose lands a glancing blow to the side of Silva's head.
Rose closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Silva to the mat! Silva manages to get full guard.
Rose trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva wants to stand up but Rose is controlling him.
Rose throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rose wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rose drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Rose jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rose chips away with some ground and pound.
Rose trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to stand but Rose is controlling the position.
Rose trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but Rose is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Rose from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Derick Rose just wasn't active enough.
Silva tries to clinch but Rose moves out of range.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Rose counter with a right hand.
It looks like Rafael Silva has been cut.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Rose goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rose bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rose avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rose shoots in and drives through. Silva sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derick Rose. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rose tries to score a power double leg takedown but Silva sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Rose somewhat.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Rose moved away.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Rose swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Rose swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rose shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
I was talking to Rose's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rose blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rose has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Rose.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Rose.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva tries a body shot but Rose blocks it.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Rose gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Silva.
Rose on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rose gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Silva regains guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Rose from controlling successfully.
Rose stops Silva from standing up.
Rose is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Rose has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Silva is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Rose yanks on the arm and Silva is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Rose.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Derick Rose!
Derick Rose seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
52% |
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