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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taite Abrams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafinha Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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206 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Taite Abrams!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rafinha Silva!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abrams throws a head kick that misses
and Silva counters with a right hand to the body.
Silva blocks the body kick.
A head kick from Abrams lands but Silva takes it in his stride.
It looks like Rafinha Silva has been cut.
Abrams lands with a slapping head kick.
Silva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Abrams. That did some damage!
Abrams swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva.
Abrams tries to clinch up
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Abrams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Abrams on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Abrams with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Abrams tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Abrams.
Abrams throws a head kick that Silva semi-blocks.
Silva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Abrams tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva works the jab nicely.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Abrams misses with a body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Abrams.
Silva checks the leg kick.
Silva looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Abrams wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Abrams moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Abrams scores with a head kick. Silva tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Abrams tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva connects with a jab.
Silva connects with a nice looking jab.
Abrams throws a sloppy head kick
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Abrams throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Abrams wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
and Abrams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva lands a slapping body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Abrams misses the target.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Abrams is just out of range.
As Silva tries to get set, Abrams tries to push him back and clinch up but Silva manages to avoid the attempt.
Silva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Abrams misses with a head kick.
Abrams throws a head kick that misses.
It seemed like Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Silva avoids the head kick by Abrams.
Abrams tries to clinch up.
Nice cross by Silva.
Abrams misses with a head kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Abrams down.
Abrams tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva blocks a head kick by Abrams.
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Abrams is able to avoid easily.
Silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Abrams is out of range.
Silva throws a good cross that connects.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Abrams had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Abrams stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands with a shot to the body.
Abrams is breathing heavily.
Good standup being displayed there by Silva as he connects with a hook.
Abrams darts in trying to clinch
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva misses with a kick to the body.
Abrams seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Abrams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Abrams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Abrams.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Abrams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva avoids the head kick by Abrams.
Abrams scores with a head kick. Silva tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Abrams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Abrams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Abrams. Abrams circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice hook to Abrams's body. Abrams takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
An inside leg kick from Silva misses.
Abrams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva misses with a hook. Abrams ducked under it nicely.
Abrams seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Abrams shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Abrams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Abrams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva lands with a hook. Abrams tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Abrams throws a head kick that misses
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Abrams misses with a wild combination.
Silva blocks a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Silva walks into a jab.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Abrams tries to land a body kick
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafinha Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rafinha Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Abrams takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Abrams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva lands a glancing blow to the side of Abrams's head.
Abrams wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva works over Abrams's head and body with a nice combination.
Abrams scores with a leg kick.
Silva cracks Abrams with a right hand to the side of the head.
Abrams pushes Silva away with a front kick.
Abrams misses with an uppercut.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silva! But no joy.
Silva gets tackled into the ropes by Abrams. Abrams maintains the clinch.
Abrams fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abrams works on Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Abrams backwards.
Abrams misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Abrams misses with some punches.
Abrams goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abrams looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Abrams swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Our sources have told us that Abrams has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Abrams throws a head punch that misses.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Abrams misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Abrams has double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Abrams just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Abrams.
Silva has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Abrams seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Silva can turn it around.
Abrams misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva blocking some punches.
Abrams creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Abrams fails to land.
Silva tries to work over Abrams's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Abrams throws an elbow but misses.
A short body shot lands from Abrams as the two fighters clinch.
Abrams misses with an elbow strike.
Come on Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silva lands with a left 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 blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Abrams throws a low kick but Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva checks a low kick from Abrams.
Abrams looks to throw a body kick
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
Abrams throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva jabs at Abrams's body.
Silva looks for the body kick but Abrams saw that one coming.
Abrams wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Silva. Beautiful body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.
Abrams scores with a nice right hand.
Silva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Abrams's head backwards.
Silva connects with a crisp jab.
Abrams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Abrams misses with a hook
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Abrams throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva connects with a body shot.
Silva with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Abrams's sensitive parts.
Abrams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Abrams moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva sizes up Abrams with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Abrams tries to move into range but Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Abrams at a distance.
Abrams throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silva scores with a nice head shot.
Silva digs a good hook to Abrams's body.
Abrams sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Silva jabs Abrams to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Abrams stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice uppercut lands for Silva. That snapped Abrams's head back.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Abrams looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Abrams takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A head kick misses from Abrams.
Abrams walks into a left hand.
Abrams is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Abrams at a distance.
Silva lands a big right hand that sends Abrams crashing to the mat! Silva stays standing though and waves Abrams back to his feet!
Oh Abrams is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva scores with a jab to the body.
Silva sends Abrams crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Silva is motioning to the referee to let Abrams up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafinha Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rafinha Silva's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Abrams walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Abrams limp body while Silva jumps on to the ropes and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rafinha Silva!
Rafinha Silva is the new light heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Rafinha Silva thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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