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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Gunnarsson (ranked 5387 p4p, 480 weight class) and Shogun Silva (ranked 5323 p4p, 475 weight class). Shogun Silva will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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188 cm
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207 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Magnus Gunnarsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shogun Silva!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Gunnarsson.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gunnarsson lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva walks into a jab.
Silva goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Magnus Gunnarsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gunnarsson manages to avoid it.
Gunnarsson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Gunnarsson forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Silva prevents a body shot from Gunnarsson.
Gunnarsson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Silva to keep the fight standing.
Gunnarsson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Silva clinches up against the cage.
Gunnarsson struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
I was talking to Gunnarsson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gunnarsson tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Magnus Gunnarsson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva works on Gunnarsson's body with a couple of short punches.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Gunnarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gunnarsson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Gunnarsson fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Gunnarsson fails to land.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gunnarsson manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Gunnarsson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gunnarsson controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.
Gunnarsson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunnarsson is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Silva frees his head nicely. Oh but Gunnarsson has switched to an armbar! Silva is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Magnus Gunnarsson!
After winning the bout, Magnus Gunnarsson 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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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
59% |
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