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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Silvestre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Yossarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Daniel Silvestre!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Yossarian!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvestre lands a jab.
Nice defenses there by Silvestre.
Silvestre looks to score with a jab to the body but Yossarian is just out of range.
Yossarian just misses with a punch to the body.
Silvestre stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Silvestre wants it to stay on the feet.
Yossarian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silvestre.
Silvestre throws a body punch but Yossarian moves out of range.
Silvestre avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yossarian feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silvestre's calf.
Silvestre with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Yossarian looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silvestre is fending him off so far but Yossarian persists. Nope, Silvestre circles away and we're back to standing.
It looked like Silvestre wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A jab lands there for Silvestre.
Silvestre drops Yossarian with a right and a left! Silvestre comes rushing in but Yossarian regains his composure and manages to keep Silvestre in guard.
Yossarian is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yossarian looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Silvestre passes into half guard.
Yossarian is still in real trouble! Can Silvestre finish him?
Silvestre postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Yossarian to stand up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvestre swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Yossarian seems to have recovered his senses.
Silvestre lands a lovely overhand right.
Silvestre will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
No joy there for Silvestre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silvestre avoids a kick to the body.
Silvestre throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yossarian is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Silvestre takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Yossarian has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Silvestre with a hook.
Yossarian does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A leg kick checked by Silvestre.
Silvestre is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Yossarian.
Silvestre misses with a hook
and Yossarian counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silvestre's knee momentarily.
Yossarian wants to clinch.
Yossarian changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvestre moves out of range of the strikes.
Yossarian manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Silvestre on his heels. He'll look to pass Silvestre's guard now, I'm sure.
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!
Yossarian trying to control the position from guard on top but Silvestre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silvestre is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Silvestre keeping moving, preventing Yossarian from controlling successfully.
Silvestre can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Yossarian controls the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian trying to control the position from guard on top but Silvestre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Yossarian trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Silvestre manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Yossarian is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Yossarian is still trying to improve position.
Silvestre sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Yossarian wants to sweep here but Silvestre controlling him for the moment.
Yossarian trying to keep a closed guard but Silvestre is proving a slippery customer.
Silvestre wants to stand but Yossarian has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Daniel Silvestre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silvestre has managed to clinch.
Silvestre pushes Yossarian back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silvestre tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silvestre misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Silvestre dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Silvestre catches Yossarian with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Yossarian slips a straight right by Silvestre.
Silvestre takes one on the button.
Silvestre is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Yossarian.
Yossarian looks to score with a jab to the body but Silvestre is just out of range.
Silvestre checks the leg kick nicely there.
Silvestre lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Yossarian throws a body punch but Silvestre moves out of range.
Silvestre is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Yossarian.
Yossarian misses the jab.
Yossarian scores with a jab to the body.
Silvestre throws a leg kick but Yossarian sees it coming and moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silvestre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sloppy strikes from Yossarian. Those never looked like landing.
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!
Silvestre takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Yossarian checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvestre lands a nice shot to the body.
Silvestre throws a body punch but Yossarian moves out of range.
Silvestre scores with a jab to the jaw.
Yossarian fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silvestre checks it well.
Silvestre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Yossarian moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yossarian tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Yossarian pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silvestre is out of range and Yossarian settles back down.
Good exchange - Yossarian coming out on top.
Silvestre throws a head kick but Yossarian moves out of range.
Yossarian works Silvestre's body with a nice hook.
Silvestre misses with a leg kick.
Silvestre throws the kick towards the body but Yossarian avoids it.
Yossarian throws a series of punches but Silvestre moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Silvestre. Those never looked like landing.
Silvestre blocks a jab.
Yossarian bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silvestre's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silvestre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yossarian.
Silvestre is looking for a counter combo.
Silvestre lands a front kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Yossarian finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Silvestre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yossarian manages to avoid it.
Silvestre is looking to clinch but Yossarian is avoiding it.
Yossarian tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yossarian. Silvestre does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silvestre tries a low kick but Yossarian avoids it.
Yossarian throws a lazy right hand but Silvestre sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Silvestre misses the target.
Yossarian throws a front kick aimed at Silvestre's knee but Silvestre avoids it well.
A combination from Yossarian does no damage.
Yossarian thumps Silvestre with a low kick.
Daniel Silvestre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silvestre scores with a nice strike.
Yossarian moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Yossarian looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silvestre is fending him off so far but Yossarian persists. Nope, Silvestre circles away and we're back to standing.
Silvestre was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Silvestre misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Silvestre misses.
Yossarian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yossarian is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Yossarian fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Silvestre throws a leg kick but Yossarian sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Yossarian uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silvestre.
Silvestre throws a jab but it's blocked by Yossarian.
Silvestre scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A thudding body kick lands there by Yossarian!
Silvestre takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silvestre fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Yossarian checks it well.
Silvestre lands a jab to Yossarian's midsection.
Yossarian on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Yossarian takes a kick to the side of the head.
Yossarian scores with a kick to the midsection.
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!
Silvestre throws a body shot but no joy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Silvestre lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Yossarian has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yossarian and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian lands with a nice body kick.
Silvestre throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silvestre takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Yossarian connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Silvestre's hands.
Yossarian shoots for a double leg takedown but Silvestre sprawls well. He's pushed Yossarian's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Daniel Silvestre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Yossarian.
Yossarian lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silvestre backs up against the cage.
Silvestre throws the left hand but Yossarian avoids the punch easily.
Yossarian tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Yossarian throws a wild body kick that Silvestre sees coming a mile off.
Silvestre fires out a quick counter leg kick but Yossarian just manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silvestre. Yossarian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silvestre misses with a low kick as Yossarian jumps back.
Yossarian misses with a low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yossarian is looking to score with low kicks.
Silvestre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yossarian feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silvestre's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but John Yossarian will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!
Yossarian lands with a shot to the body.
Silvestre stalks Yossarian and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Yossarian's face. Yossarian staggers backwards, shaken.
A head kick from Silvestre lands but Yossarian takes it in his stride.
Yossarian lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Yossarian on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Yossarian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silvestre misses with a leg kick
enabling Yossarian to counter with a crisp jab.
Silvestre tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Yossarian paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A punch combination from Yossarian misses.
Silvestre slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silvestre paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Silvestre throws a nice inside leg kick.
Yossarian will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silvestre half committed to a counter leg kick.
A jab from Yossarian finds it's way through Silvestre's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Silvestre lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Yossarian has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Yossarian and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Silvestre checks the leg kick nicely there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yossarian.
Yossarian has a takedown stuffed.
Yossarian pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silvestre does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Yossarian changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A leg kick checked by Yossarian.
Yossarian feints the counter takedown.
Yossarian misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Silvestre has Yossarian up against the cage in a clinch.
Silvestre lands a right hand.
Yossarian lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvestre stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Yossarian is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Silvestre pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Daniel Silvestre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Yossarian.
Silvestre on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yossarian working aggressively here.
Silvestre pressing his opponent against the cage.
Yossarian takes a shot to the head.
Silvestre blocks an uppercut.
Yossarian misses with an elbow strike.
Silvestre misses with some punches.
Silvestre misses with a hook to the ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silvestre blocks an uppercut.
Silvestre lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yossarian misses with a knee to the head.
Silvestre lands a left hand.
Silvestre throws a head punch that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Silvestre.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Yossarian.
Yossarian misses with a punch to the body.
Silvestre lands a nice shot to the body.
Yossarian takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yossarian tries to score a body lock takedown but Silvestre shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Silvestre tries to throw a body punch but Yossarian avoids it by throwing Silvestre back against the cage.
Yossarian misses with a hook from the clinch.
Yossarian is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silvestre is defending well for now.
Silvestre lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yossarian.
Yossarian blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silvestre.
Yossarian takes an elbow to the temple.
Yossarian breaks from the clinch.
A jab from Silvestre finds it's way through Yossarian's defenses.
Yossarian takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silvestre takes a swing at Yossarian's ribcage but misses.
Yossarian tries a quick counter leg kick but Silvestre is wise to it.
Silvestre drops Yossarian with a left and a right! Oh, Yossarian is hurt - Silvestre dives into side control looking to finish!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!
Silvestre has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yossarian throws a front kick that sends Silvestre stumbling back into the cage.
Silvestre swings for the body but Yossarian moves out of range.
Silvestre throws a hook but Yossarian blocks it.
Silvestre tries to keep at a distance but Yossarian has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yossarian misses with a punch to the body.
Yossarian changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silvestre fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Yossarian throws a body kick that misses.
Yossarian will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yossarian throws a shot from downtown. Silvestre moves away and avoids it.
Yossarian checks a low kick from Silvestre.
Yossarian feints the counter takedown.
Silvestre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yossarian can do to turn this around?
A head kick misses from Yossarian.
Yossarian slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Silvestre clearly takes 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.
Silvestre drives through and clinches with Yossarian against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yossarian.
Silvestre blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silvestre lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yossarian is trying to pull guard but Silvestre turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Yossarian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Silvestre.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silvestre.
Silvestre taking a breather.
Yossarian lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yossarian taking a breather.
Silvestre lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Yossarian.
Silvestre leaning his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silvestre lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silvestre digs a right hand into Yossarian's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Yossarian's gas tank.
Yossarian is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
A short uppercut from Silvestre.
Silvestre lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvestre swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silvestre pushes Yossarian against the cage. Silvestre is working some dirty boxing. Silvestre pushes off with a quick right hook! Yossarian goes down! Yossarian tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Silvestre moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daniel Silvestre!
Daniel Silvestre is the new featherweight champion!
Daniel Silvestre seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
John Yossarian was interviewed post fight and said 'Where are the Snowdens of yesteryear?'.
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