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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Braden Turk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcos Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Turk's entrance music is Status Quo- Deeper and Down. A fine choice. Marcos Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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145 lbs
29 - 19 - 0 |
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167 cm
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146 lbs
17 - 15 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Braden Turk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcos Silva!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Turk. That one must have hurt.
Silva shoots in and drives through. Turk sprawls well.
Turk works the jab nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
Silva stuffs the takedown.
Silva throws a right hand that Turk ducks under and follows up with a left that Turk also avoids with ease.
Turk just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Turk dives in and scores a takedown into Silva's guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Turk from controlling successfully.
Turk in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've been hearing that Turk has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Turk is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
Turk is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
Turk trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Turk landing with the ground and pound.
Turk looking to pass the guard.
Turk lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turk throws a big right hand that misses.
Turk avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Turk connects with a couple of short punches.
Turk pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
Turk wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Turk stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Turk postures up.
Turk working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Turk passes Silva's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Turk.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Turk missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nice strikes from Turk there.
Turk tries to pass the half guard into mount. Silva knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Turk.
Turk sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva is not content to let Turk control the position.
Turk wants to free his trapped foot but Silva is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Silva is trying to stand up here but Turk is controlling him well.
Turk trying to mount his opponent but Silva defends it.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Turk wants to take a breather but Silva is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looks like he's trying to stand up.
Turk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Turk wants to take a breather but Silva is having none of it.
Silva taking some punishment here, with Turk in his half guard.
Silva is looking to control Turk's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Silva avoid being mounted?
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Silva is pressing down on Turk's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Turk throws a big elbow that misses.
Silva is trying to control the position but Turk postures up.
Turk postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Turk throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Turk in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turk working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Turk postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Turk controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Turk from controlling successfully.
Turk throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Turk trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Our spies down at at Combat Zone [15 Elite & Sauna inform us that Silva has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Turk loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Turk wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Turk throwing strikes but missing.
Silva has his feet on Turk's thighs here. He's pushed Turk off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Turk screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marcos Silva!
A very excited looking Marcos Silva made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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