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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doug Glatt (ranked 2222 p4p, 232 weight class) and Richard Silva (ranked 2534 p4p, 249 weight class). Glatt comes to the cage accompanied by Killed by death. 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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227 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Lethal high kicks
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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
16 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Doug Glatt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Silva!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glatt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Glatt scores with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Glatt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Glatt cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
Nice body kick there by Glatt.
Glatt scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Glatt.
A head kick from Silva lands but Glatt takes it in his stride.
Silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Glatt throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Glatt throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva scores with a jab to the body.
Silva takes a swing at Glatt's ribcage but misses.
Glatt turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Glatt.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Glatt keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Glatt misses with a hook
and Silva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Glatt misses with a head kick.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Glatt moves away.
Glatt throws a quick counter head kick but Silva was just out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Glatt.
Doug Glatt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Glatt throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva slips a jab from Glatt.
A nice side step and Silva releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A big right from Silva misses.
Glatt walks into a left hand.
Silva throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Glatt throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Glatt throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Glatt throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Glatt jabs at Silva's body.
Some bone on bone action there as Silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Glatt throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Glatt throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Glatt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Glatt's head back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glatt is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Silva darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Glatt makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Silva blocks a jab.
Glatt misses with a body shot.
Silva checks a leg kick.
Glatt lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Glatt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Silva takes one on the button.
Glatt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Glatt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Glatt lands with a nice body kick.
Glatt cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
Glatt throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva avoids the head kick by Glatt.
Silva is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Glatt rather than just go for the knockout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Glatt tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Glatt swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva cracks Glatt with a good jab.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Glatt has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Glatt misses with a low kick.
A nice side step and Silva releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Glatt misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Glatt throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
It looks like Richard Silva has been cut.
Glatt looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
Glatt lands a really nice looking cross but Silva seems unphased.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Glatt 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.
Glatt blocks the body kick.
Silva staying out of range there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Glatt paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Silva blocks a head kick by Glatt.
Silva unleashes a big counter combination but Glatt bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Glatt.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Good work by Silva as he checks the leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Silva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Glatt throws a chopping leg kick but Silva manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Silva cracks Glatt with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silva scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Glatt doesn't seem bothered though.
Silva slips a straight right by Glatt.
Silva takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Glatt throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva swings for the body but Glatt moves out of range.
A slow jab from Glatt misses its intended target.
Doug Glatt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Glatt lands with a slapping head kick.
Silva lands a high kick!
Glatt needs to keep his hands up - Silva had a free shot at his head there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva moves away from the strike by Glatt.
Glatt tries a head kick but it misses.
Glatt goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Glatt misses with a body shot.
Silva looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Doug Glatt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richard Silva's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
Glatt throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Glatt blocks a leg kick.
Glatt throws a nice head kick!
Glatt goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva slips under a jab.
Glatt lands a lovely overhand right.
Glatt misses with a head kick.
Glatt misses with a low kick.
Silva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Glatt checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Glatt throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Glatt takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Silva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Glatt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Silva scores with a hook.
Glatt throws a leg kick that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva moves away from the strike by Glatt.
A big left from Glatt misses.
A jab from Glatt does it's job there.
Silva throws a right and a left that Glatt avoids nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva moves away from the strike by Glatt.
Glatt misses with a hook to the body
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Silva - that will leave a mark!
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Glatt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A big left from Silva misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Glatt. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva with the counter takedown but Glatt avoids it easily.
Silva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Glatt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva misses with a kick to the body.
Nice jab there from Silva.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Glatt scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Glatt goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva goes for a takedown in the clinch but Glatt prevents it.
Glatt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva moves out of range as Glatt strikes.
Glatt is looking to chop away at Silva's legs.
Glatt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
A head kick misses from Glatt.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Glatt.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Glatt circles away quickly and effectively.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Silva crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Glatt - the referee stops the clock and Silva gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Glatt. Silva manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Glatt off balance momentarily.
Glatt connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Silva momentarily.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva checks a low kick from Glatt.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Glatt.
Glatt connects with a high kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a front kick but Glatt steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Glatt with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Glatt with a jab.
Glatt dips to his left and cracks Silva with an uppercut!
Silva throws a head kick but Glatt moves out of range.
Glatt misses with a head kick.
Glatt throws a half hearted mid kick.
Glatt throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Glatt takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Glatt throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a head kick.
Glatt throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a nice double leg into side control. Glatt won't be happy with that.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Glatt is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Silva off and has taken his back!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glatt is riding his opponent, not letting Silva buck him off.
Glatt is hanging on to Silva's back as he tries to escape.
I would not like to be Silva right now.
Glatt tries to keep control of the position but Silva is staying busy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
We've been hearing good reports from Glatt's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Glatt tries to get the hooks in deep but Silva pushed the leg off.
Doug Glatt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Doug Glatt will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Richard 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. This is the final round!
Silva takes a swing at Glatt's ribcage but misses.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice body kick there by Glatt.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Silva raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Glatt thumps Silva with a low kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Glatt.
Glatt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Glatt swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Glatt lands a head kick. Silva smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Glatt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Glatt lands with a kick to the ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Glatt misses with a body kick.
Silva unleashes a big counter combination but Glatt bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Glatt throws a counter high kick but Silva was just alert enough to avoid it.
A bone on bone clash there as Glatt blocks the leg kick.
Glatt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Glatt throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Glatt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Glatt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Glatt staying out of range there.
Glatt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Glatt scores with a head kick.
A left lands for Silva.
Glatt throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva 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.
Glatt throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Glatt throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva defending well as Glatt loads up on a big left hand.
Glatt throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Silva feints the counter takedown.
Glatt throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva defending well as Glatt loads up on a big left hand.
Silva has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Glatt.
A big left from Glatt misses.
Silva's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Glatt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Glatt throws a sloppy head kick
and Silva counters with a single leg into guard. Glatt didn't expect that.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Glatt preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva working some strikes from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Glatt looking to control.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Glatt has wrist control.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Silva throws a big elbow that misses.
Silva stands up over Glatt, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva working some strikes from top position.
Silva working some strikes from top position.
Silva is fighting to break Glatt's control of his arms but Glatt is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Silva stands up over Glatt, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Glatt looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
Silva throws a strike but Glatt rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Silva can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Glatt controls the pace.
Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Glatt can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Glatt can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Glatt works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Glatt with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Silva actively working from the bottom here.
Richard Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Still in half guard, Glatt seems content to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Doug Glatt showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Glatt has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Doug Glatt!
A very excited looking Doug Glatt made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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