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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Adriano Silva (ranked 1038 p4p, 37 weight class) and Jimmy Carruthers (ranked 2941 p4p, 132 weight class). Jimmy Carruthers will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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135 lbs
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145 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adriano Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jimmy Carruthers!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carruthers misses with a low kick.
Silva misses with a left hand
and Carruthers counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Silva really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Carruthers moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Carruthers ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Carruthers throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silva throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Carruthers cracks Silva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Carruthers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva misses with a body punch
and Carruthers counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Carruthers connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Carruthers counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Carruthers manages to avoid it.
Carruthers lands a jab to Silva's midsection.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carruthers throws a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Carruthers. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carruthers bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jimmy Carruthers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Carruthers scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silva misses with a leg kick
and Carruthers counters with a stiff right hand.
Carruthers dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Carruthers scores with a body shot.
Jimmy Carruthers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice jab there from Carruthers.
Silva lands with a right hand.
Silva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Left hook, right uppercut from Carruthers.
Silva scores with a takedown into Carruthers's guard.
Silva sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva forces his way into half guard.
Silva decides to return to a standing position.
Carruthers takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Silva connects with a body shot.
Carruthers scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silva doesn't seem bothered though.
Silva throws a hook but Carruthers avoids it easily.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Carruthers scores with a punch to the head.
Carruthers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carruthers lands with a straight right. Silva didn't see that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Carruthers.
Carruthers lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Carruthers scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Silva misses with a hook to the body
and Carruthers counters with a straight right hand.
Carruthers lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Silva is rocked!
Carruthers slips a jab from Silva.
Carruthers scores with a shot to the body.
Silva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Carruthers checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Carruthers uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Carruthers was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Carruthers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A low kick from Carruthers misses
and Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Carruthers preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Carruthers wants to stand but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva wants to control from the top but Carruthers keeps moving.
Carruthers is trying to keep Silva in close.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Carruthers works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva passes into half guard.
Nice strikes from Silva there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Carruthers taking some punishment here, with Silva in his half guard.
Carruthers is defending against the submission attempts here by Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Carruthers dominated that round.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Carruthers misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Carruthers misses with a leg kick.
Silva appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Carruthers fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva on the side of the head.
Carruthers slips a straight right by Silva.
Carruthers swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Carruthers jabs Silva to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Carruthers lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Silva backs up against the cage.
Carruthers throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Carruthers fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Carruthers throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Carruthers lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Carruthers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Silva shoots in for a double leg but Carruthers sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Carruthers displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Carruthers shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Carruthers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Carruthers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Carruthers moves away from the strike by Silva.
Carruthers misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
An inside leg kick from Silva misses.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva checks a leg kick nicely.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Carruthers will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Carruthers misses with a low kick.
Silva drops down looking for a counter takedown but Carruthers sprawls and moves away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Carruthers tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jimmy Carruthers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Carruthers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Carruthers cracks Silva with a good jab.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Carruthers moves out of range easily.
Carruthers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Carruthers has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Carruthers 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.
Carruthers connects with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carruthers misses the body punch
and Silva counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Carruthers!
Silva has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Carruthers just misses with a punch to the body.
Carruthers smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Carruthers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Carruthers looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Adriano Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Carruthers throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Carruthers moved out of range.
Silva throws a body punch but Carruthers moves out of range.
Carruthers avoids the head kick by Silva.
Carruthers lands a glancing blow to the side of Silva's head.
Carruthers with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Carruthers checks it well.
Carruthers feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Carruthers's calf.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Carruthers scores with a jab to the body.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Carruthers's front leg but catches the back leg as Carruthers tries to avoid it.
Carruthers throws a series of strikes that have Silva backpedaling.
Carruthers lands a jab to the nose.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Carruthers throws out the jab.
Silva moves out of range as Carruthers strikes.
Silva drops down looking for a counter takedown but Carruthers sprawls and moves away.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Carruthers.
Carruthers blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Carruthers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Silva fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Carruthers checks it well.
Carruthers appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Carruthers scores with a hook to the body. Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Carruthers ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Carruthers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Carruthers throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Carruthers.
Silva looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Carruthers just misses with a punch to the body.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Carruthers enables Silva to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Carruthers manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Silva seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Carruthers swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carruthers is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Silva content to stall in guard here.
Carruthers preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Silva advances position into side control!
Silva tries for a kimura but Carruthers is defending well.
That's two 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.
Carruthers trying to remain calm as Silva controls from the top position.
Adriano Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silva decides to stand back up.
Carruthers misses the shot to the body.
Silva drops down looking for a counter takedown but Carruthers sprawls and moves away.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Carruthers throws a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Carruthers was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva swings away with a body shot that misses
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Carruthers slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Carruthers scores with a nice right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carruthers lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Carruthers defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Silva gets a double leg takedown into Carruthers's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Carruthers working a defensive guard here.
Silva controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Carruthers keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva controlling from the top position.
Carruthers is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Carruthers really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Silva sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Carruthers is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ground and pound from Silva seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Silva taking a breather here.
Carruthers tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Silva wants to control but Carruthers is keeping him busy.
Adriano Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Carruthers knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Adriano Silva.
I think Carruthers has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Carruthers!
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