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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nakki Fakiiri (ranked 1018 p4p, 126 weight class) and Richard Silva (ranked 1931 p4p, 220 weight class). Fakiiri kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Limp Bizkit- BREAK STUFF. Silva has chosen Architects-Doomsday as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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265 lbs
28 - 13 - 0 |
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227 lbs
21 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nakki Fakiiri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Silva!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fakiiri lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Fakiiri throws a low kick, looking for Silva's leg but Silva calmly moves out of range.
Fakiiri with a hook.
It looks like Richard Silva has been cut.
Fakiiri misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva lands a jab.
Some wild striking there from Fakiiri.
Fakiiri wants to clinch.
Silva is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fakiiri fails to land with a series of punches.
Fakiiri tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fakiiri forces Silva back against the ropes and clinches.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Fakiiri creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fakiiri is pressed up against the ropes. Silva has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Fakiiri down to the mat. Fakiiri avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fakiiri throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fakiiri misses with the combination.
Silva gets a takedown into half guard.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fakiiri's head.
Silva lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Silva prevents Fakiiri from standing back up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Silva looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Silva stops Fakiiri from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Fakiiri sees it coming and defends easily.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Silva connects with a nice short shot to Fakiiri's temple.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva throwing shots but Fakiiri is blocking nicely.
Fakiiri pushes Silva off looking to stand but Silva dives back in and keeps control.
Silva is working for a kimura but Fakiiri is defending it quite comfortably.
Silva looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Fakiiri with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Silva lands a nice short elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Richard Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Richard Silva's cut.
That's time! Fakiiri's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Fakiiri scores with a head kick. Silva tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Fakiiri moves out of range easily.
Fakiiri doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Fakiiri wants to clinch
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Silva is looking to slow Fakiiri down with leg kicks.
Fakiiri fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A shot to the liver by Fakiiri. Beautiful body shot.
Fakiiri drives through and clinches with Silva against the ropes.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fakiiri misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fakiiri lands an elbow inside.
A short right from Fakiiri.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fakiiri lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Fakiiri.
Silva slows down the pace here.
Fakiiri throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fakiiri lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fakiiri can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Fakiiri fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Fakiiri misses with the head strike.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Fakiiri blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fakiiri misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fakiiri lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva pushes Fakiiri back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fakiiri tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Fakiiri misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva working aggressively here.
Fakiiri tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Fakiiri back against the ropes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fakiiri tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Fakiiri back against the ropes.
Nakki Fakiiri has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fakiiri scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fakiiri swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Fakiiri doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Fakiiri tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Fakiiri misses with a punch to the body.
Fakiiri swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva breaks from the clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Silva.
Fakiiri wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Fakiiri's head but Fakiiri sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nakki Fakiiri dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Richard Silva's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Fakiiri.
Nakki Fakiiri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fakiiri tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A combination from Fakiiri does no damage.
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Fakiiri pinned against the ropes. Fakiiri gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fakiiri misses with a looping right.
Silva is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Fakiiri throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fakiiri tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Danga de danga de dang - Silva scores with a four punch combination!
Fakiiri tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Fakiiri fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fakiiri tries to clinch up
and Silva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Silva prevents Fakiiri from standing back up.
Silva seems to be working for a kimura but Fakiiri defends the submission attempt.
Fakiiri pushes Silva off looking to stand but Silva dives back in and keeps control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richard Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fakiiri kicks Silva off and gets back to his feet.
Fakiiri clinches up against the ropes.
Fakiiri misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fakiiri using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Silva.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Fakiiri has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Silva in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Richard Silva.
I think Silva 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Nakki Fakiiri!
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Nakki Fakiiri!
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Richard Silva!
Nakki Fakiiri wins by split decision!
During a confident post fight interview, Nakki Fakiiri thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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