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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marco Silva (ranked 2916 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Barker (ranked 24729 p4p, 0 weight class). William Barker will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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BJJ White Belt
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Barker!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barker swinging wildly here.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Barker.
Barker throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Barker fails to land with a series of punches.
Barker misses with a wild combination.
Barker is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Silva.
Barker throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Marco Silva has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
A head kick misses from Barker.
Silva throws a hook but Barker avoids it easily.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silva blocks a jab.
As Barker looks to move away, Silva throws a big counter combo but Barker just gets out of the way.
A head kick by Barker misses
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Barker darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Silva.
Silva lands an elbow just above Barker 's eye.
Silva taking a breather.
Silva is working Barker over against the cage.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva pushes Barker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barker takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barker blocks it with crossed arms.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barkers head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Barker tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva presses Barker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Barker is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barker is defending well for now.
Silva pushes Barker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barker's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Barker in his tracks for a moment.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Barker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Barker tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Barker has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Barker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Barker takes an elbow to the temple.
Barker tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Barker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silva.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silva.
Silva has Barker pressed against the cage, preventing Barker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Barker backwards.
Barker letting Silva take a breather here.
A bit of stalling here from Silva.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Silva for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Barker is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Barker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva stalling against the cage.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Barker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva digs a right hand into Barker's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Barker's gas tank.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva lands a body punch.
Barker letting Silva take a breather here.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barker backwards.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A frustrated look appears on Barker's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Barker is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Barker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barker is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva lands a left hand.
Barker tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva works on Barker's body with a couple of short punches.
Silva stalls.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marco Silva's cut.
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.
A punch combination from Barker misses.
Barker misses with a double jab.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barker can do to turn this around?
Barker misses with a wild combination.
Silva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva misses with a kick to the body.
Barker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barker was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Barker moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Sloppy strikes from Barker. Those never looked like landing.
Barker feints a jab promting Silva to slip. Barker then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Silva slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Barker misses with a two punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barker throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Barker is breathing heavily.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Barker's sensitive parts.
Barker fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice uppercut there from Barker.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barker misses with a head kick.
William Barker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Barker uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva clinches up with Barker and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva lands a body shot.
A short left from Silva.
Barker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Barker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva lands a left hand.
Barker tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Silva lands a body shot.
Silva gets through Barker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barkers head.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Barker is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barker backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice elbow from Silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barker's defenses.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barker backwards.
Barker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barker's defenses.
A short right from Silva.
Silva pushes Barker back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barker backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silva.
Barker tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Barker wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Barker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barker's defenses.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barker backwards.
Barker takes an elbow to the temple.
A frustrated look appears on Barker's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Barker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barkers head.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barker backwards.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva has Barker pressed against the cage, preventing Barker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barker's efforts to push away.
Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Silva has Barker pressed against the cage, preventing Barker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Silva.
A body shot lands from Silva.
Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Barker up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barker can't break the clinch.
Silva keeps control of Barker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barker backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Barker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva has Barker pressed against the cage, preventing Barker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barker is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Barker is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva slowing the pace effectively.
Silva lands an elbow just above Barker 's eye.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short left from Silva.
Barker can't break the clinch.
Barker wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Nice elbow from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marco 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.
Barker swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a low kick, right behind Barker 's knee.
Barker misses with a combination
and Silva counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Barker in his tracks for a moment.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barker backwards.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Barker avoids the damage to the body.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Marco Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Barker can't break the clinch.
Barker wants to break free but Silva has control.
Barker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Silva.
Nice body punch from Silva - that landed with a thud.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barker backwards.
Barker tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barker backwards.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva lands an elbow just above Barker 's eye.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barkers head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short uppercut from Silva.
Barker is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Barker backwards.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Barker tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Barker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Barker tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Barker's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva lands a left hand.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva stalling in the clinch.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Barker shrugs off.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short right from Silva.
Barker tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Barker's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Barker takes an elbow to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Barker's efforts to push away.
Silva lands a left hand.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Barker has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silva.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barker tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Barker is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Barker working hard to break the clinch.
Barker has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva keeps control of Barker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Barker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Barker is blocking nicely.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barker backwards.
Barker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Barker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva is working Barker over against the cage.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Barker backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
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!
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Barker dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Silva has Barker pressed against the cage, preventing Barker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barker wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva has Barker pressed against the cage, preventing Barker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Barker takes an elbow to the temple.
William Barker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marco Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Barker misses with a punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Silva!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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