Play by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary

Event: IFC Fight Night-Silva v Steven
Date: Nov 23, 2021

#R1#
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Stevenson off balance momentarily.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Stevenson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sean Stevenson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL#
Silva forces Stevenson back against the cage and clinches.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Silva is leaning against Stevenson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Stevenson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stevenson looks winded!
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Silva digs a right hand underneath Stevenson's ribcage. Stevenson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Silva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Silva is working Stevenson over against the cage.#T1#
Silva lands a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Stevenson's ribcage.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva landing knees to the head. #CUT#It looks like Sean Stevenson has been cut.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
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 unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva lands a knee to the head. #ROC#Stevenson is rocked!
A hook to the body from Silva.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Stevenson blocks with his arms. #T2#
Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Stevenson's head.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stevenson takes a shot to the head.
Stevenson is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Silva pushes Stevenson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva pushes Stevenson against the cage. Silva is working some dirty boxing. Silva pushes off with a quick right hook! Stevenson goes down! Stevenson tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Silva moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cairo Silva!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Cairo Silva made sure he mentioned EFC Threads, along with how happy he was to win his fight.

Event: EFC 22
Date: Aug 05, 2021

#R1##CL#
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Pulkkinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pulkkinen or not. #BC2#
Pulkkinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#CL#
Silva clinches up with Pulkkinen and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Pulkkinen looks winded!
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pulkkinen's elbow. #BC2#
Pulkkinen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pulkkinen moves forwards but Silva connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Silva misses with a leg kick.
Pulkkinen fails in his attempt to clinch. #CL#
Silva closes the distance and pushes Pulkkinen back into the cage.
Pulkkinen misses with some punches. #BC2#
Pulkkinen breaks from the clinch.
Silva misses with a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cairo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Pulkkinen avoids the head kick by Silva.
We've been informed that Pulkkinen has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Pulkkinen is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.#T1##CL2#
Silva gets tackled into the cage by Pulkkinen. Pulkkinen maintains the clinch.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.#BC2#
Pulkkinen manages to break the clinch.
Pulkkinen lands a nice looking body kick.
Pulkkinen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pulkkinen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva wants to clinch up but Pulkkinen keeps it at a distance.
Silva tries to clinch up but Pulkkinen circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva wants to clinch up but Pulkkinen keeps it at a distance.#CL#
Silva clinches with his opponent.
Pulkkinen has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Pulkkinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pulkkinen.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Pulkkinen's head.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Pulkkinen controls the action.
Pulkkinen misses with a punch on the inside.
Pulkkinen pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.#T2#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pulkkinen scores with a hook to the body.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva blocks a body shot from Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen lands an uppercut.
Silva looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Pulkkinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Pulkkinen tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Pulkkinen back against the cage.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses. #BC2#
Pulkkinen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva tries to clinch there but Pulkkinen circles away.
Pulkkinen moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva throws a jab when Pulkkinen was well out of range.
Silva connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Silva with the inside leg kick.
Silva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Silva looks for the body kick but Pulkkinen saw that one coming. #T3#
Silva lands a lovely overhand right.
Silva wants to clinch up but Pulkkinen keeps it at a distance.
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick. #CL#
Silva pushes Pulkkinen up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Pulkkinen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pulkkinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pulkkinen lands with a light punch inside.
Pulkkinen misses with a body punch.
Pulkkinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pulkkinen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards. #BC2#
Pulkkinen breaks the clinch.
Pulkkinen tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Pulkkinen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Pulkkinen circles away.
Pulkkinen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Pulkkinen sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.#CL2#
Pulkkinen takes the fight into the clinch. #T4#
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pulkkinen backwards.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pulkkinen is defending well for now.
Pulkkinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva tries to work over Pulkkinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #BC2#
Pulkkinen breaks the clinch.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pulkkinen is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva misses with a hook. Pulkkinen ducked under it nicely.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pulkkinen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pulkkinen tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Pulkkinen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Pulkkinen is able to avoid easily.#CL2#
Pulkkinen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silva.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cairo Silva will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.#R2#
Silva looks to land a left hand but Pulkkinen moved out of range nicely.
Pulkkinen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Silva misses with the body kick
and Pulkkinen counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva throws a hook but Pulkkinen avoids it easily.
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Pulkkinen moves out of range of the body kick.
Pulkkinen tries to land a front kick but Silva steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Silva swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Pulkkinen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva misses with a low kick as Pulkkinen jumps back.#CL#
Silva pushes Pulkkinen up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pulkkinen. #BC2#
Pulkkinen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pulkkinen's sensitive parts. #CL2#
Pulkkinen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.#T1#
Silva misses with a body punch.
Pulkkinen misses with a body punch.
Cairo Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pulkkinen misses with a body punch. #BC2#
Pulkkinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That kick from Silva tenderised Pulkkinen's leg. Pulkkinen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silva blocks a jab.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Silva feints and then cracks Pulkkinen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pulkkinen down.
Silva lets loose with a powerful body kick. Pulkkinen will feel that in the morning.
Silva tried to score with a low kick but Pulkkinen checks it.
Silva misses with a body kick. #CL2#
Pulkkinen pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Silva here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Pulkkinen works on Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice left hand lands by Pulkkinen.
Pulkkinen can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Pulkkinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pulkkinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. #T2#
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pulkkinen is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pulkkinen has his back to the cage. #BC2#
Pulkkinen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#CL#
Silva closes the distance and pushes Pulkkinen back into the cage.
Pulkkinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. #ROC2#Silva is rocked!
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pulkkinen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pulkkinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pulkkinen works on Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.#BC2#
Pulkkinen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pulkkinen lands with a right and another and another! Silva is in big trouble! Pulkkinen lands again and this time it's lights out for Silva! A quality knockout there for Pulkkinen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Sepi Pulkkinen!
Sepi Pulkkinen is the new super heavyweight champion!
Sepi Pulkkinen was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.

Event: EFC 21
Date: Jul 29, 2021

#R1#
Pulkkinen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pulkkinen throws a right and a left that both miss.
A big left from Silva misses.
Pulkkinen tries to clinch up.
Silva cracks Pulkkinen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pulkkinen throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva half committed to a counter leg kick.
Pulkkinen misses with a kick to the body.
We've been informed that Pulkkinen has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Silva misses with a hook.#KD2#
Oooooh!!! Pulkkinen has knocked Silva down with a huge combo! Pulkkinen steps away and waves a wobbly Silva back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!#ROC2#Silva is rocked!#CUT2#It looks like Cairo Silva has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab lands there for Silva.
Pulkkinen avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pulkkinen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pulkkinen lands a brutal head kick. Silva looks out on his feet and Pulkkinen throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Sepi Pulkkinen!
Sepi Pulkkinen decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.

Event: EFC 18
Date: Jun 29, 2021

#R1#
Austin slips a straight right by Silva.
Silva misses with a right hand
and Austin counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva lands with a nice body punch.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Austin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silva scores with a kick to the body.
Austin misses with a left hand
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. #CUT2#It looks like Kyle Austin has been cut.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Austin in his tracks.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target. #CL2#
Silva pushes Austin up against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Austin prevents a body shot from Silva.
Austin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Austin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Austin backwards. #T1#
Austin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Austin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Austin tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Austin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva working aggressively here.
Silva's coach down at EFC Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Silva's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
Silva lands a huge knee in the clinch and it's knocked Austin out! Massive knee - he's celebrating with his corner and the crowd showing their appreciation!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Cairo Silva!
Cairo Silva is the new light heavyweight champion!
Cairo Silva made sure to mention his sponsor, EFC Threads in his post fight interview.

Event: EFC 17
Date: Jun 17, 2021

#R1#
Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Pulkkinen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva moves out of range as Pulkkinen throws a body kick.
Silva feints a counter leg kick.#CL#
Pulkkinen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pulkkinen avoids it.
Pulkkinen wants to break free but Silva has control. #BC#
Pulkkinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cairo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pulkkinen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silva bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pulkkinen's head.
Pulkkinen checks a leg kick.
Pulkkinen appears to be looking for a big counter.
Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Pulkkinen's hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Pulkkinen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva misses with a right hand
enabling Pulkkinen to counter with a crisp jab. #T1#
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pulkkinen's sensitive parts.
We've been told by Pulkkinen's head coaches at Simply The Best that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Silva throws a hook but Pulkkinen avoids it easily.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Silva throws out a leg kick but Pulkkinen moves out of range and Silva only half commits.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Pulkkinen.
We've been informed that Silva has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Pulkkinen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.#T2#
Pulkkinen darts in trying to clinch
and Silva counters with a nice body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Pulkkinen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Pulkkinen doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#CL#
Pulkkinen has managed to clinch.
Pulkkinen is trying to break free.
Pulkkinen prevents a body shot from Silva. #BC#
Pulkkinen manages to break the clinch.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Pulkkinen seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Silva throws a body punch but Pulkkinen moves out of range.
Pulkkinen feinted there with a counter leg kick.#T3#
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Pulkkinen tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. #CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva missing with knees to the body. #BC#
Pulkkinen breaks the clinch.
Pulkkinen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva sizes up Pulkkinen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. #CL2#
Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside. #BC#
Pulkkinen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Pulkkinen counters with a two punch combo.
Pulkkinen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Pulkkinen's head back. #ROC2#Pulkkinen is rocked!#T4#
Silva with a nice calf kick.
Oh Pulkkinen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Are you kidding me?! Silva ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Pulkkinen clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cairo Silva!
Cairo Silva is the new super heavyweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Cairo Silva started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

Event: EFC 15
Date: May 30, 2021

#R1#
A jab lands there for Brown.
A bone on bone clash there as Silva blocks the leg kick.
Brown throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
A low kick from Brown is predictable there
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.#CUT2#It looks like John Brown has been cut.
Brown throws a push kick but Silva slaps the foot to one side.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brown.
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
A jab from Silva misses.
It looked like Brown wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Brown takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little feinted left hand from Brown on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Silva scores with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Brown throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva scores with a kick to the body. #T1#
Brown takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick #CL2#
and Silva counters by clinching up.
Silva pushes Brown back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. #BC#
Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva wants to slow Brown down by chopping away at his legs.
Brown keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Silva with a nice cross.#ROC2#Brown is rocked!
Silva scores with a kick to the body.
Brown throws a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown tries to land a leg kick but Silva saw it coming and moves away.
Brown slips under a jab.
Brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.#T2#
Brown is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Brown tries to score with a low kick but Silva moves his leg out of the way.#CL2#
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Oh Brown is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Brown blocks an uppercut.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Brown - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Silva, and another! Brown is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Cairo Silva!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Cairo Silva waved his t-shirt featuring EFC Threads's logo in front of the cameras.

Event: See what happens larry
Date: Oct 03, 2020

#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Zoid. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Silva misses the jab.
Zoid is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Silva connects with an inside leg kick.
Zoid with the inside leg kick.
Zoid thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Silva if he has to take too many more of those.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Zoid.
Zoid lands with a nice body punch.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Zoid throws out a counter right but Silva avoids it with no problem.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zoid uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Zoid dips to his left and cracks Silva with an uppercut!
Silva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Zoid staying out of range there.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Zoid moves his leg out of the way.
Zoid throws a fast counter high kick but Silva manages to duck under it in time.#T1#
Zoid ducks right into an uppercut from Silva.
Zoid moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zoid connects with a looping right hand.
Zoid avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Zoid looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Silva throws a wild body kick that Zoid sees coming a mile off.
Zoid takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A low kick from Zoid is predictable there
and Silva counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Silva misses with a body punch
and Zoid connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva misses with a left hand
and Zoid connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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!
An inside leg kick lands from Zoid.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Zoid pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zoid sees it coming and avoids it easily.#T2#
Zoid throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Zoid moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva feints and then cracks Zoid's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Zoid down.
A punch lands to the side of Zoid 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silva finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Zoid's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Silva falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harold Zoid!
Harold Zoid bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.

Event: say hallo to my littlle friend
Date: Sep 05, 2020

#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Finau tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Finau fails with the takedown.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silva! But no joy.
Finau misses with a few strikes there.
Finau tries a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Finau looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Finau persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Finau's jab looks to have found its range, popping Silva under the eye.
Finau connects with a body shot.
Silva walks into a straight right hand from Finau.
Finau lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Finau lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#CL2#
Silva darts in and clinches Finau up against the cage.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Finau blocks a punch to the side of the head. #TD#
Finau has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Silva uses from the top position.
Silva wants to get up but he can't break Finau's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Silva preventing the sweep. #T1#
Finau is working hard here to advance position.#SU2#
Silva decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Silva tries to clinch there but Finau circles away.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably #TD#
and Finau counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Silva!
The strikes coming from Finau are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Silva takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Finau with the ground and pound but Silva regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Finau missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Finau wants to free his trapped foot but Silva is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Finau missing with the ground and pound from half guard. #T2#
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Silva is trying to stand.
Finau winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Finau.
Finau not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Finau trying to mount his opponent but Silva defends it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva is staying active underneath Finau, who seems content to just control the action from this position. #SUB#
Finau wants to work for an arm triangle but Silva is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Finau thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. #T3#
Finau looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Finau scores with a couple of nice shots.
Silva pushes Finau off looking to stand but Finau dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Finau not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Finau throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Finau thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Finau sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Finau with the ground and pound but Silva uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Finau from controlling successfully.
Finau loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. #T4#
Finau prevents Silva from getting back to his feet.
Finau throws a strike but Silva rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVB#
Finau is trying to keep Silva in close.
Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Finau is proving hard to escape from.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Finau holds on and takes a little breather.
Silva would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Finau is adopting a defensive guard.#REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Finau is trying hard to land a takedown here. Silva sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vaai Finau. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Finau chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vaai Finau dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.#R2#
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Finau is out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Finau misses the target.
A head kick by Finau misses
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.#CUT2#It looks like Vaai Finau has been cut.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Donk. Finau catches Silva right on the button with a cross.
Finau paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Vaai Finau is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva misses with a leg kick.
Finau cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.#TD#
Finau shoots in and gets a takedown into Silva's guard.#ES2#
The fighters are working up against the cage. Silva manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Finau in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Finau tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Silva tried to score with a low kick but Finau checks it.
Silva throws a low kick but Finau moves out of range easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.#T1#
Finau misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters with a good low kick that Finau was not able to check.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Finau should have avoided that one.
Finau throws a right hand that misses
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand. #ROC2#Finau is rocked!
Silva throws a pinpoint strike between Finau's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Finau crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Silva scores a great knockout victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cairo Silva!

Event: smell of napalm in the morning
Date: Aug 08, 2020

#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!#CL2#
Silva has managed to clinch.
Silva gets through Tatum's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.#CUT2#It looks like Jayson Tatum has been cut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Tatum effectively controlling the action here.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Tatum.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Tatum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tatum stalling in the clinch but Silva improves position.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tatum lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Tatum takes a shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.#BC#
Tatum's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tatum blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tatum throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Silva's head.
Tatum darts in looking for a takedown but Silva gets double underhooks and turns Tatum into the ropes.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tatum. #T1#
Tatum takes a jab right on the kisser.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tatum has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jab, jab by Tatum - just one landing.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Tatum.
Tatum misses with an attempted mid kick.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Tatum cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tatum checks a low kick from Silva.
Tatum throws a half hearted mid kick.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tatum.
Tatum avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Tatum was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tatum takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure. #CL2#
Silva clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Tatum. #T2#
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tatum looking to stall.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from Silva.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Tatum is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Tatum misses with a punch to the body.
Tatum lands a right hand.
Tatum misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tatum.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tatum blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Tatum scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land. #T3#
Tatum lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Silva tries to work over Tatum's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tatum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tatum.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tatum.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva lands a body shot.
Tatum is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tatum has his back to the ropes.
Tatum blocking some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as Tatum tries to tie him up.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tatum's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. #T4#
Tatum on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva lands a right hand.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Tatum struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Tatum is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Tatum into the ropes.
Tatum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tatum is pushing Silva up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Tatum avoids the damage to the body.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tatum lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cairo Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jayson Tatum's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R2#
Tatum takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tatum stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
Tatum moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Cairo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good work by Tatum as he checks the leg kick.
Tatum shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tatum.
Tatum throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Silva takes a swing at Tatum's ribcage but misses.
Cairo Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Tatum misses with a few strikes there.
Tatum is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
A good leg kick by Tatum. #T1#
Silva walks forward, straight into a front kick from Tatum.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Silva slaps away a takedown attempt from Tatum, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Good exchange - Silva coming out on top.
Tatum connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tatum darts in trying to clinch
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Silva.
Tatum misses with a straight left.
Silva defending well as Tatum loads up on a big left hand.
Tatum has his takedown stuffed
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jayson Tatum. That's going to take a lot out of him.#T2#
A chopping leg kick lands by 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!#CL2#
Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Tatum lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tatum is pushing Silva up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Tatum avoids it by throwing Silva back against the ropes.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
A body shot lands from Tatum.
Tatum throws a knee to the head but misses. #T3#
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva is leaning against Tatum and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tatum working aggressively here.
Tatum prevents a body shot from Silva.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Tatum controls the action.
Tatum blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tatum wants to stall.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tatum.
Tatum blocks a punch to the side of the head. #T4#
Tatum stalling in the clinch but Silva improves position.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tatum blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Tatum backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva lands a left hand.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Tatum.
Tatum blocking some punches.
Tatum on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Tatum is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tatum has his back to the ropes.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tatum is defending well for now.
Tatum has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cairo Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jayson Tatum's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!#R3#
Tatum displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Silva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Silva scores with a jab to the head.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva wants to land a leg kick but Tatum is out of range.
Silva dips to his left and cracks Tatum with an uppercut!
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tatum throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva throws a shot to the body.
Tatum fails to land with a series of punches.
Tatum misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body. #T1#
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tatum takes a step back to recover.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva wants to clinch but Tatum slips to the side
and Tatum counters with a nice leg kick.
Jab, jab by Silva - just one landing. #CUT2#Jayson Tatum's cut is getting worse.
Tatum throws a body kick that misses.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tatum in his tracks.
Silva lands a head shot.
Silva cracks Tatum on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Tatum falls backwards against the ropes. Silva follows up with more strikes that drop Tatum to his knees. Silva keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Tatum! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cairo Silva!

Event: GC 331 Honda vs Hoarse
Date: Jan 25, 2020

#R1#
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Grill's calf.
Grill swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Grill appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.#CL2#
Silva clinches up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grill. #BC#
Grill breaks the clinch.
Cairo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Grill cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Grill looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Grill lands the left hand.
Grill uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
A jab from Grill misses.
Grill keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Grill thows a leg kick but Silva checks it
and Silva counters with a left and a right that stings Grill.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grill scores with a slapping inside leg kick.#T1#
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Grill throws a body shot but no joy.
Grill keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Grill blocks a head kick by Silva.
Grill throws a front kick aimed at Silva's knee but Silva avoids it well.
Silva blocks a jab.
It seemed like Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A low kick from Silva is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Grill slips under a jab from Silva.
Grill displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Grill throws a leg kick but Silva moved away.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Grill is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A clash of legs there as Grill blocks the low kick.
No joy there for Grill, who threw a few shots but didn't land. #T2#
Silva throws the kick towards the body but Grill avoids it.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Grill sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Grill half committed to a counter leg kick.
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Grill misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Grill moves away and avoids it.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Grill lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva scores with a nice right hand. #CL2#
Grill tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Grill blocks a body shot from Silva.
A right handed body shot lands from Silva. #T3#
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Grill's efforts to push away.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Grill.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Grill.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Grill is blocking nicely.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grill wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Grill wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it. #T4#
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Grill is defending well for now.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva working aggressively here.
Grill managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Grill controls his hands.
Grill is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Grill uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva misses with some punches.
Grill lands a shoulder strike.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Grill lands with a left to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cairo Silva dominated that round.
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.
#R2#
Grill avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grill.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Grill misses with a straight right.
And Silva responds with a good body kick, but Grill manages to step out the way in time.
Grill cracks Silva with an open hand slap.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grill lands with a good body shot.
Grill slips a jab from Silva.
A low kick from Silva is predictable there
and Grill counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grill lands with an overhand left.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva throws a good cross that connects.
Grill slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.#T1#
Grill throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Grill moves out of range of the strikes.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Silva in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Grill motions for Silva to come forward. Grill throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Grill ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Grill saw that one coming.
Silva avoids the body shot from Grill.
Grill scores with a punch to the head.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. #CL2#
Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Grill lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. #BC#
Grill manages to break the clinch.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Grill slips the punch.
Grill throws a chopping leg kick but Silva manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Grill misses with a body punch
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.#T2#
A decent looking cross lands there for Grill.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Grill moved out of range nicely.
Grill blocks a low kick nicely.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
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!
Grill swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grill blocks the body kick.
Grill looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Grill on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Silva walks into a left hand.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Grill swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Grill throws a low kick, looking for Silva's leg but Silva calmly moves out of range.
Silva unleashes a big counter combination but Grill bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
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.#CL2#
Silva moves into the clinch.
Grill is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.#T3#
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Grill blocks it with crossed arms.
Grill blocks an uppercut.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Grill blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grill looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva misses with some punches.
Grill blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grill blocks an uppercut.
Cairo Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.#BC#
Grill breaks the clinch.
Grill slips a jab from Silva.
Grill was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Grill checks a leg kick nicely.
Grill throwing a counter right hand but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva misses with a looping left.
An attempted straight right counter from Grill misses the target.#T4#
Grill gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
An inside leg kick from Grill misses.
Grill throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grill counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva throws a poor cross that misses
and Grill counters with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grill throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Silva checks a low kick from Grill.
Grill darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Grill misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
An inside leg kick lands from Grill.
Silva thows a leg kick but Grill checks it
and Grill connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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 Bob Grill will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
#R3#
Grill lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Grill pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silva is out of range and Grill settles back down.
Cairo Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Grill looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Silva throws the left hand but Grill avoids the punch easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Grill misses its target.
Silva lands a jab.
A clash of legs there as Grill blocks the low kick.
Grill scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Silva connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Grill throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silva on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL2#
Silva rushes Grill and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva misses with some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#BC#
Grill escapes the clinch and we're back to striking. #T1#
Grill wants to land a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
Grill fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Grill misses with a body shot.
That kick from Silva tenderised Grill's leg. Grill is trying to keep his angry face on.
Grill takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Grill moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Grill pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva throws an off balance right hand
and Grill counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Grill fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silva checks it well.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Grill, as that shot connected.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Silva, as that shot connected. #T2#
A big right from Silva misses.
Grill walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva misses with a leg kick.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Grill in his tracks.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grill circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva moves out of range as Grill strikes.
Grill takes one to the chin there.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Grill saw that one coming.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Grill moved out of range.
Silva moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Grill misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
A jab from Grill misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva. #T3#
Grill moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Grill avoids a kick to the body.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Good work by Grill as he checks the leg kick.
Silva throws a hook but Grill blocks it.
Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Grill slips under a jab.
Grill just misses with a punch to the body.
Grill tries to work over Silva's front leg with a kick but Silva checks it.
Silva lunges at Grill with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Grill's hand.
Grill connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Silva misses with a hook
and Grill counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva throws a hook but Grill blocks it.
Grill swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.#T4#
Silva lands a big head kick that sends Grill to the canvas! Silva follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cairo Silva!

Event: GC 326 Dassler vs Torturro
Date: Dec 14, 2019

#R1#
Silva lunges at Walcott with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Walcott's hand.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Walcott moves away from the strike by Silva.
Walcott feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Walcott blocks a jab.
Silva misses with a hook. Walcott ducked under it nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
A nice side step and Walcott releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Walcott looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Walcott tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Walcott.
Walcott moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Cairo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walcott lands a jab to Silva's midsection.
Silva tries to work over Walcott's front leg with a kick but Walcott checks it. #CL#
Silva moves into the clinch.
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!
Walcott tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walcott's elbow. #T1#
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Walcott is struggling to control the position.
Walcott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Walcott.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walcott's elbow.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva working aggressively here.
Stalling in the clinch from Walcott.
A short right from Walcott on the inside.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Walcott working aggressively here.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Walcott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Walcott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walcott takes a shot to the head.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses. #T2#
Walcott blocks an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right from Silva.
Walcott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Walcott avoids it.
Walcott goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Walcott cracks Silva with a nice body shot.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Walcott.
Walcott tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Walcott tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Walcott lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva blocks a body shot from Walcott.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Walcott avoids it.
Walcott lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva avoiding damage as Walcott throws knees to the body. #T3#
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Walcott is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Walcott tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Walcott back against the cage.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Walcott misses with a punch to the body.
A right hand to the body from Walcott.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Nice body punch from Walcott.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walcott lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Walcott blocks an uppercut.
Walcott blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Walcott tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Walcott scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Walcott tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Walcott blocks a body shot from Silva.
Walcott misses with a punch on the inside. #T4#
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
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!
Walcott working aggressively here.
A shot in the inside from Walcott.
Walcott lands an uppercut.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva working aggressively here.
Walcott is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Walcott has his back to the cage.
Walcott tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Walcott back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Walcott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Walcott backwards.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Walcott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walcott lands a shoulder strike.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cairo Silva dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Walcott is able to avoid easily.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Walcott scores with a three punch combo!
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
Walcott chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva cracks the inside of Walcott's front leg.
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
Walcott tries to land a front kick but Silva steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Walcott chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Walcott.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Walcott can do to turn this around?
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot. #CL#
Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Walcott will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Silva up against the cage.
Silva cracks Walcott with a nice body shot.
Cairo Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.#T1#
Silva misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Walcotts head.
Walcott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Walcott avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Walcott blocks it.
Walcott lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Walcott is breathing heavily.
Walcott doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Walcott prevents a body shot from Silva.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Walcott.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Walcott's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Walcott tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Walcott back against the cage. #T2#
Walcott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Walcott fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva digs a right hand into Walcott's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Walcott's gas tank.
Walcott's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva lands a body shot.
Nice body punch from Silva.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Walcott.
Silva lands a left hand.
Walcott blocks a body shot from Silva.
Walcott misses with a hook from the clinch. #T3#
Walcott goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Walcott swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Walcott takes a shot to the head.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Walcott blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Walcott avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Walcott.
Walcott stalling in the clinch but Silva improves position.
Silva blocks a body shot from Walcott.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Walcott backwards.
Walcott lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Silva or not.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walcott throws a head punch that misses. #T4#
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Walcott misses with a punch on the inside.
Walcott tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Walcott pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Walcott avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Walcott backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Walcott lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Walcott backwards.
Walcott managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Walcott lands a body punch.
Walcott misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Walcott throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cairo Silva dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Silva tries to move into range but Walcott moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The fighters circle momentarily. Silva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Walcott moved out of range.
Walcott feints a counter leg kick.
Walcott works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Walcott.
Silva throws the left hand but Walcott avoids the punch easily.
Walcott lands a nice looking body kick.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Walcott throws a half hearted mid kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Walcott. That did some damage!
Some bone on bone action there as Walcott checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Walcott wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silva on the wrong end of a kick to the body. #T1#
Silva thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Walcott if he has to take too many more of those.
Silva tries to work over Walcott's front leg with a kick but Walcott checks it.
Walcott takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Walcott. That did some damage!
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Walcott throws a solid leg kick but Silva takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Walcott.
Walcott takes one to the side of the head.
Walcott throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Silva misses with a kick to the body.
A nice side step and Walcott releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Silva throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Walcott to counter with a crisp jab.
Silva lands with an overhand left.#CL#
Silva moves into range and clinches up with Walcott.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Walcott tries a body shot but Silva blocks it. #T2#
Walcott on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Walcott blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cairo Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walcott lands with a right to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Walcott tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Walcott tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Walcott tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Walcott lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Walcott.
Walcott is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Walcott has his back to the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Walcott throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Joe Walcott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T3#
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Walcott can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Walcott throws a head punch that misses.
Walcott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Walcott lands a body shot.
Walcott throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Walcott.
Walcott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Walcott misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Walcott slows down the pace here. #T4#
Walcott misses with a body punch.
Silva prevents a body shot from Walcott.
Walcott misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva cracks Walcott with a nice body shot.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Walcott trying to land knees to the body.
Silva blocks a body shot from Walcott.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Walcott misses with a body punch.

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 Cairo Silva.
Well Silva 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cairo Silva!
The defeated Joe Walcott had this to say: 'WTF?!? Gamma is a joke. Anyway Pit Bull Development is the best. I am always so focused because of that shit. Anyone who says different can suck a dick.'.

Event: GC 320 Megaton vs Gomu
Date: Nov 02, 2019

#R1#
Good work by Crawford as he checks the leg kick.
Crawford bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Crawford has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Mary Gracies Jiu Jitsu in the buildup to the fight.
Crawford gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.
Crawford fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Crawford manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Silva throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice shot lands for Crawford.
Crawford ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
A combination from Crawford does no damage.
Crawford tries to land a leg kick but Silva saw it coming and moves away.
Silva now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Silva moves out of range as Crawford throws a body kick.
Crawford scores with a nice strike.
Silva looks to land a combination but Crawford avoids it well.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Crawford at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#CL2#
Silva rushes Crawford and presses him up against the cage.
Silva working Crawford over with knees to the body.
Crawford fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crawford.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crawfords head.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva cracks Crawford with a nice body shot.#T1#
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Crawford.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Crawford backwards.
Silva lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crawford.
Crawford struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Crawford.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Crawford creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Crawford creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Crawford. #BC#
Crawford breaks the clinch.
Crawford throws a front kick that sends Silva stumbling back into the cage.
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 goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Crawford scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.#T2#
Crawford chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Crawford misses with a low kick as Silva jumps back.
A shot to the liver by Crawford. Beautiful body shot.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Crawford ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva jabs Crawford to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A nice leg kick lands there from Crawford.
Crawford fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Silva tries a low kick but Crawford avoids it.
Silva throws a series of punches but Crawford moves out of range.
Silva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Crawford cracks Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Crawford takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Crawford defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Crawford tries to land a leg kick but Silva saw it coming and moves away.
That kick from Crawford tenderised Silva's leg. Silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silva blocks the body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Crawford.
Crawford throws a low kick but Silva avoids it.#T3#
Silva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Crawford throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Crawford ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Crawford keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Crawford.
Crawford is looking to counter with a body kick.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Crawford.
Crawford moves forwards but Silva connects with a nice, crisp jab.#CL2#
Silva clinches with his opponent.
Crawford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crawford is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from Crawford fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crawford.
Silva prevents a body shot from Crawford.
Crawford working aggressively here.
Crawford misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva digs a right hand underneath Crawford's ribcage. Crawford let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Crawford backwards.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crawford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #T4#
Crawford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Crawford working aggressively here.
Crawford goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crawford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Crawford backwards.
Silva tries to work over Crawford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crawford softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Crawford fails to land.
Crawford makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Crawford blocks an uppercut.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crawford scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Crawford working aggressively here.
Crawford tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crawford misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Cairo Silva will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Crawford throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Crawford throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Crawford is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Crawford checks a low kick from Silva.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Silva throws the left hand but Crawford avoids the punch easily.
Crawford scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva misses the jab.
Crawford keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva moves out of range of the leg kick from Crawford.
A low kick from Crawford is predictable there
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Crawford's head but Crawford sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice straight punches there by Crawford. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Crawford.
Crawford fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Crawford scores with a shot to the body.
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 fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Crawford.
Silva scores with a head kick.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Crawford momentarily. #T1#
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Crawford lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jay Crawford is winning the standup battle so far.
A lazy left from Crawford finds it's target.
Crawford works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Crawford blocks a jab.
Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Crawford swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range. #ROC2#
Crawford is rocked!
Crawford throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Oh Crawford is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva tries to land a front kick but Crawford steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Crawford seems to have got his legs back now.
Crawford lands with a kick to the temple. Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Crawford moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crawford bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nice jab there from Crawford.
Crawford takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Silva misses with a wild body shot. #T2#
Crawford walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Decent striking displayed by Crawford there.
Silva throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Crawford is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Crawford lands an overhand right.
Crawford bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
Crawford slips a jab from Silva.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crawford moves away.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick.
Crawford fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Crawford stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Crawford takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Crawford.
A lazy left from Crawford finds it's target.
Crawford looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Crawford blocks the body kick. #T3#
Silva feints and then cracks Crawford's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Crawford down.
Crawford steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Crawford scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice cross by Crawford.
Crawford scores with a jab to the body.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Crawford. Crawford obviously looking to wear him down.
Crawford connects with a leg kick. Silva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Crawford slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A good leg kick by Crawford.
Crawford throws a front kick that sends Silva stumbling back into the cage.
Crawford throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Crawford lands a right hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Crawford. Crawford obviously looking to wear him down.
Crawford throws a body kick that misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Crawford blocks the leg kick.
Crawford throws a leg kick but Silva checks it.
Silva's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.#T4#
Silva checks the leg kick.
Donk. Crawford catches Silva right on the button with a cross.
Crawford keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Crawford throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Crawford. That did some damage!
Crawford delivers a nice body kick.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crawford.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Silva in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Crawford misses with the body kick
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Crawford blocks the body kick.
Crawford appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That kick from Crawford tenderised Silva's leg. Silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crawford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crawford attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Silva appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Crawford moves his leg out of the way.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Crawford dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
#R3#
Crawford throws an off balance right hand
and Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Crawford.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Crawford throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva blocks the body kick.
Crawford misses with a body kick.
Crawford throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva misses with a straight right.
The fighters circle momentarily. Silva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Crawford has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Crawford there as he acknowledges the shot.
Crawford misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva throws out a counter right but Crawford avoids it with no problem.
A jab from Silva misses.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Crawford misses.
Crawford scores with a shot to the body.
Nice shot by Crawford.
Crawford throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Crawford ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva blocks a low kick nicely.#T1#
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Silva lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Crawford has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Crawford and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva misses with an attempted mid kick.
Crawford appears to be looking for a big counter.
Crawford moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Crawford looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Crawford misses with a low kick.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crawford was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Crawford throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Crawford moves away and avoids it.
Crawford tried to counter with a leg kick but Silva avoided it.
Crawford ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.#CL2#
Crawford gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Crawford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crawford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crawford blocks an uppercut.
Crawford avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head. #BC#
Crawford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#T2#
Crawford on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Crawford.
A punch lands to the side of Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Crawford slips a jab from Silva.
Crawford lands with a right hand.
Crawford pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Crawford is out of range.
Crawford swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Silva swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Crawford.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Crawford stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Crawford bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
A nice inside leg kick there by Crawford. That's going to slow Silva down.
Crawford staying out of range there.
Crawford connects with an inside leg kick.
Crawford uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Crawford checks a leg kick.
Crawford is looking to counter punch.
Some bone on bone action there as Silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crawford.
Jay Crawford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#T3#
Crawford gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.
Silva is looking to score with low kicks.
Silva takes a swing at Crawford's ribcage but misses.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Crawford's front leg but catches the back leg as Crawford tries to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Crawford saw that one coming.
Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Silva throws a jab when Crawford was well out of range.
Crawford throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Crawford is out of range.
Crawford throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Crawford darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Crawford throws a low kick but Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Crawford 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.
A little jabbing left from Silva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Silva thumps Crawford with a low kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crawford is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks. #T4#
Crawford throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Silva is looking to slow Crawford down with leg kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Silva swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Crawford.
Crawford looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Crawford moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Crawford feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
Crawford lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Crawford finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head. #CL2#
Silva darts in and clinches Crawford up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crawford blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crawford struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Cairo Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Crawford blocking some punches.
Crawford misses with a punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Cairo 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Cairo Silva!

Event: EFC Bangsit vs De Silva 2
Date: Sep 21, 2019

#R1#
Silva throws a hook but Tropical avoids it easily.
Tropical swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Tropical throws a right hand that misses
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Tropical moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tropical throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tropical has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tropical throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tropical moves out of range of the strikes.
Tropical checks a leg kick nicely.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silva tries to clinch but Tropical is having none of it.
Tropical is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Silva with a body shot.
Tropical throws out a leg kick but Silva moves out of range and Tropical only half commits.
Tropical displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
We've been told by Silva's head coaches at The Basement that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Tropical connects with a looping right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Tropical is out of range and Silva settles back down. #T1#
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Tropical slips the punch.
Tropical looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva swings for the body but Tropical moves out of range.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Tropical ducks down to avoid it.
Tropical has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
Tropical avoids the body shot from Silva.
Silva walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tropical checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tropical misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva lands a jab to the head.
Silva thuds his right hand into Tropical's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Tropical saw that one coming.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss! #T2#
Tropical works Silva's body with a nice hook.#CL#
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Tropical managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva keeps control of Tropical as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. #BC2#
Tropical breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva lands with a cross.
Silva throws the left hand but Tropical avoids the punch easily.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big right from Silva misses.
Tropical throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tropical with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva lands with a right hand.
Silva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tropical connects with a good right hand that stumbles Silva. Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.#T3#
Tropical slips under a jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tropical.
Tropical misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tropical.
It seemed like Tropical was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cairo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Tropical.
Tropical throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tropical counters with a stiff right hand. #CL#
Silva clinches.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tropical backwards.
Tropical prevents a body shot from Silva.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tropical.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Tropical is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tropical swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tropical blocks an uppercut. #T4#
Tropical has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tropical blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva pushes Tropical back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tropical.
Tropical wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva misses with a body punch.
Silva prevents Tropical from breaking the clinch.#BC2#
Tropical breaks from the clinch.
Silva throws a right and a left that Tropical avoids nicely.
Tropical now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Silva blocks a jab.
Silva jabs Tropical right on the nose. Tropical blinks but takes it well.
Tropical takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tropical avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
An inside leg kick from Silva misses.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Tropical pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cairo Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2#
Silva looks to throw the jab but Tropical is out of range.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Silva sizes up Tropical with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Tropical works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A little jabbing left from Tropical on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Silva scores with a jab to the head. #KD2#
Tropical sends Silva crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Tropical is motioning to the referee to let Silva up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!#ROC2#
Silva is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva throws a jab when Tropical was well out of range.
Tropical tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Tropical staying out of range there.
Tropical works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tropical.#T1#
Tropical is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Tropical shuts the power down on Silva. Lights out, game over! Tropical is your winner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Pollo Tropical!
Pollo Tropical decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.

Event: EFC Izmir vs Pulu
Date: Aug 31, 2019

#R1#
Kakoullis slips under a jab.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Kakoullis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kakoullis dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Silva has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Silva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.#CL2#
Silva has Kakoullis up against the cage in a clinch.
Kakoullis tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kakoullis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
A short right from Kakoullis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.#BC#
Kakoullis manages to break the clinch.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kakoullis.
Cairo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kakoullis checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kakoullis throws a big counter combination but Silva scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kakoullis sees it coming and avoids it easily.#T1#
Kakoullis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kakoullis throws a poor cross that misses
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kakoullis has been working on his boxing with his coaches at UnderGround Boxing Facility in the buildup to the fight.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Kakoullis slips the punch.
Kakoullis was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Silva's corner calls for a 1-2. Silva obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kakoullis.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Kakoullis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kakoullis digs a good body shot into Silva's ribs.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kakoullis misses with a looping right.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Kakoullis is out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Silva throws a hook but Kakoullis avoids it easily.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kakoullis.
Kakoullis throwing a counter right hand but Silva manages to avoid it.#T2#
Silva throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Kakoullis to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kakoullis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Kakoullis with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Kakoullis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kakoullis throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Kakoullis ducks down to avoid it.
Kakoullis connects with a body shot that sends Silva's belly button to the back.
Kakoullis gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but Kakoullis moves away
and Kakoullis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva throws a right and a left that Kakoullis avoids nicely.
Kakoullis blocks a jab.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva works the jab nicely.#CUT2#
It looks like Sotiris Kakoullis has been cut.#T3#
Silva throws a leg kick
and Kakoullis counters with a stiff right hand.
Kakoullis jabs Silva right on the nose. Silva blinks but takes it well.
Kakoullis uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Silva has time to react.#ROC#
Silva is rocked!
Silva feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kakoulliss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Kakoullis finish him?
Silva throws a body kick that misses.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Kakoullis slips the punch.
Silva slips under a jab.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Kakoullis moved out of range.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Kakoullis.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva looks to land a combination but Kakoullis avoids it well.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
letting Kakoullis counter with a right hand.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kakoullis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva tries to counter by closing the distance.
Kakoullis misses with an uppercut.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silva! But no joy.#T4#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva misses with a left hand
and Kakoullis counters with a nice uppercut.
Kakoullis drops Silva with a huge uppercut! Silva drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Kakoullis is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sotiris Kakoullis!

Event: EFC Panda vs Takeishi
Date: Aug 03, 2019

#R1#
Lee moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Lee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Silva blocks a head kick by Lee.
A jab from Lee does it's job there.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lee.
Silva has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Basement in the buildup to the fight.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lee was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lee stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Lee.
Silva moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromLee.
Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.#T1#
Lee throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lee follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lee.
Silva moves away from the strike by Lee.
Lee misses with a kick to the body.
Lee on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lee is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Silva with a body shot.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Silva lands with a good body shot.
Lee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Lee misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Silva is looking to counter with head kicks.
Lee throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Lee avoids the head kick by Silva.
Lee throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range. #T2#
Silva misses the body punch
and Lee counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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 throws a head kick that misses
and Lee counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Lee's front leg but catches the back leg as Lee tries to avoid it.
Lee throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Lee walks into a jab.
Silva misses with a left hand
and Lee counters with a big head kick but Silva shrugs it off.
Lee defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Lee tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lee fakes the leg kick and cracks Silva in the body.
Lee cracks Silva with a good jab.
Lee throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Lee avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lee misses with an uppercut.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva half committed to a counter leg kick.
Lee loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.#T3#
Lee scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silva doesn't seem bothered though.
Lee throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Lee uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Lee's shoulder, as Lee tries to avoid the shot.
Silva throws the left hand but Lee avoids the punch easily.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lee.
A right-left combo lands from Silva.
Lee lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lee throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Silva wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lee misses with a wild body shot.
Lee fails to land with a series of punches.
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 cracks a nice hook into Lee's ribs.#T4#
Lee uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Lee throws a push kick but Silva slaps the foot to one side.
Lee misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely. #CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Lee blocks it.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lee tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Lee back against the cage.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lee stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silva.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lee lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lee. #BC2#
Lee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lee works Silva's body with a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cairo Silva will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Lee slips a straight right by Silva.
Lee lands the left hand.
Silva lands a really nice looking cross but Lee seems unphased.
Lee bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Silva throws a jab when Lee was well out of range.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva throws a hook but Lee blocks it.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Lee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva misses with a low kick as Lee jumps back.
Silva lands with a nice combination. Lee backs away looking to recover.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Lee moved out of range nicely.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Lee was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.#T1#
Lee circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lee counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silva's knee momentarily.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Silva paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lee scores with a leg kick.
Silva throws out a powerful jab.
Good work by Silva as he checks the leg kick.
Lee lands a high kick!
Silva throws out a loose jab but Lee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lee throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.#CL#
Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva tries a body shot but Lee blocks it.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside. #T2#
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lee.
Silva has Lee pressed against the cage, preventing Lee from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lee lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lee.
Lee lands a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Lee working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lee tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lee scores with a nice hook to the head.#ROC2#
Silva is rocked!
Lee working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A right handed body shot lands from Lee.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lee lands a body punch.
Lee pushes Silva against the cage. Lee is working some dirty boxing. Lee pushes off with a quick right hook! Silva goes down! Silva tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Lee moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Boo Lee!
An out of breath Boo Lee thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

Event: EFC Pato vs Alcala
Date: Jun 29, 2019

#R1#
Bailey cracks Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bailey has time to react.
Silva throws the left hand but Bailey avoids the punch easily.
Bailey with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bailey throws a head kick that misses #CL2#
and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva. #BC#
Bailey escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Bailey should have avoided that one.
Silva connects with a crisp jab.
Bailey takes one to the side of the head.
Silva has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bailey takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bailey gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Silva gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cairo Silva!

Event: EFC Maneno vs Hepple
Date: May 25, 2019

#R1#
Tsuruta throws a combination. Silva tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Tsuruta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Tsuruta looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tsuruta rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Tsuruta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silva throws a leg kick but Tsuruta moved away.
Despite the aggression on Tsuruta's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tsuruta takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Silva's corner calls for a 1-2. Silva obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tsuruta blocks a low kick nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick
and Tsuruta counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva throws a hook but Tsuruta avoids it easily.
Tsuruta takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tsuruta counters with a straight right hand.#T1#
Tsuruta staying out of range there.
Tsuruta's corner calls for a 1-2. Tsuruta obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. #ROC2#
Silva is rocked!
Tsuruta slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva dodges the punch combination from Tsuruta.
Silva clobbers Tsuruta with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tsuruta slips under a jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Tsuruta misses.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Tsuruta's head but Tsuruta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tsuruta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Tsuruta misses with a hook.
Tsuruta moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Silva throws an off balance right hand
and Tsuruta counters with a crisp right that sends Silva to the canvas! Tsuruta follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tomomi Tsuruta!

Event: EFC Stewart vs Pichushkin 2
Date: Apr 27, 2019

#R1#
A slow jab from Penn misses its intended target.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Penn is looking to score with low kicks.
Silva tries to counter by clinching up but Penn breaks away and moves out of range.
Penn thuds his right hand into Silva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Penn throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Penn. That one must have hurt.#CL#
Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Penn.
Penn wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good body shot from Silva.
We've been informed that Penn has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Penn.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch. #T1#
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
I was talking to Silva's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva working aggressively here.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Penn.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Penn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Penn's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Penn.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva. #T2#
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Penn.
Penn blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short uppercut from Silva.
Penn is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Penn wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Penn is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Penn is defending well for now.
Penn lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Penn.
Penn managing to block the knees to the body from Silva. #T3#
Silva working aggressively here.
Penn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Penn.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Penn.
Penn prevents a body shot from Silva.
Penn is trying to break free.
Penn blocking some punches.
Penn is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Penn.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Penn.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Penn blocks it.
Penn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!#T4#
Penn blocks an uppercut.
Penn can't break the clinch.
Penn blocks an uppercut.
Silva pushes Penn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Penn blocking some punches.
Penn prevents a body shot from Silva.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva working aggressively here.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Penn.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Penn controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cairo Silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R2#
Silva takes a swing at Penn's ribcage but misses.
Penn lands with a kick to the ribs.
Silva lands with a straight right. Penn didn't see that one coming.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Penn can do to turn this around?
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice body punch from Penn.
Penn throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Penn slips the punch.
Penn 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.
Penn looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Penn misses with a head kick.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Nice shot by Penn.#T1#
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Penn on the side of the head.
Penn ducks right into an uppercut from Silva.
Penn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva half committed to a counter leg kick.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Penn off balance momentarily.
Penn moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Penn counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Silva has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva 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.
Penn ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Penn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Penn loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.#T2#
Silva checks the leg kick nicely there.
Silva moves out of range as Penn throws a body kick.
A little feinted left hand from Silva on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Penn takes a step back to recover.
Penn throws the kick towards the body but Silva avoids it.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Penn moves out of range easily.
Penn counters with a body kick.
Cairo Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva scores with a hook.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Penn.
Silva paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Silva lands with a nice body punch.
Penn throws a head kick that misses.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Penn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Penn throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Cairo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#T3#
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Penn swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva lands a lovely overhand right.
Penn defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Penn loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Silva throws a front kick aimed at Penn's knee but Penn avoids it well.
A head kick misses from Penn.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva works Penn's body with a nice hook.
Silva scores with a nice body kick. #T4#
Penn misses with a wild body shot.
Penn throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease. #CL#
Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva working aggressively here.
Penn blocks an uppercut.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Penn. #BC2#
Penn breaks the clinch.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Penn sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Silva clobbers Penn with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cairo Silva dominated that second round.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
#R3#
Silva connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.#KD#
Silva lands a big head kick that sends Penn tumbling to the mat! Silva takes a step backwards and waves Penn back to his feet - he wants the finish!#ROC#
Penn is rocked!
Silva darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Penn's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Silva before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cairo Silva!

Event: EFC Reid vs Hooper
Date: Apr 06, 2019

#R1#
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from McDiggle. McDiggle gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but McDiggle manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Silva has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as McDiggle is landing a low percentage of strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
McDiggle tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
McDiggle cracks Silva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Silva takes one to the side of the head.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
McDiggle looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.#TD#
McDiggle closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Silva's guard.
Silva wants to stand up but McDiggle is controlling him.
McDiggle trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McDiggle throws an elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in McDiggle's guard. Nice move by Silva!#REVB##T1#
Silva wants to stand but McDiggle has a closed guard, so he can't escape. #SU2#
Silva gets to his feet - McDiggle follows without any prompting.
McDiggle throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
McDiggle loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Silva tries to clinch
letting McDiggle counter with a right hand.
Cairo Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva slips a straight right by McDiggle.
A big right from Silva misses. #T2#
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McDiggle feinted with a counter takedown.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Silva misses with a body shot.
McDiggle looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range. #TD#
Silva gets caught napping as McDiggle dives in and scores a takedown. Silva manages to retain guard.
McDiggle with a flurry of punches that miss.
McDiggle postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
McDiggle with a flurry of punches that miss.
McDiggle prevents Silva from getting back to his feet.
McDiggle trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.#T3#
Silva wants to get back to his feet but McDiggle is in a dominant position and won't allow it. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Good standup being displayed there by McDiggle as he connects with a hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
McDiggle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
McDiggle scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva misses with a straight left.
McDiggle misses with a body shot.
McDiggle backing away here, and Silva unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McDiggle misses with a hook.
McDiggle pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McDiggle slips a jab from Silva.
Silva's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McDiggle connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silva scrambles back to his feet.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McDiggle. #T4#
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McDiggle misses with a body punch
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab. #CUT2#
It looks like Buster McDiggle has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva misses with a low kick as McDiggle jumps back.
McDiggle throws a head kick that Silva semi-blocks.
Silva lands with a straight right. McDiggle didn't see that one coming.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
McDiggle misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
McDiggle slips under a jab from Silva.
McDiggle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.#TD#
McDiggle gets a takedown into half guard.
McDiggle is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
McDiggle wants to pass the guard but Silva is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Cairo Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Buster McDiggle's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
Silva throws a leg kick that misses.
McDiggle misses with a takedown attempt - Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cairo Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McDiggle lands a nice shot to the body.
A jab from Silva misses.
Silva swings widly with a right hand
and McDiggle counters with a nice body shot.
Silva's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McDiggle connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silva scrambles back to his feet.
Silva thuds his right hand into McDiggle's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
McDiggle throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
McDiggle misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDiggle throws a nice inside leg kick.
McDiggle lands with a shot to the body.
Silva throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
McDiggle misses with a hook.
McDiggle misses with a hook.
McDiggle waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.#T1#
McDiggle needs to keep his hands up - Silva had a free shot at his head there.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McDiggle throws out the jab.
McDiggle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
McDiggle shoots in for a double leg but Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by McDiggle. Beautiful body shot.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva misses with a left hand
and McDiggle cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McDiggle.
Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Silva scores with a kick to the body.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McDiggle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect. #CL#
McDiggle has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva. #T2#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McDiggle lands with a short shot to the head.
McDiggle lands a left hand.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but McDiggle avoids the damage to the body.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva gets through McDiggle's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but McDiggle blocks it.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Silva.
McDiggle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McDiggle has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right hand to the body from Silva.
McDiggle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McDiggle blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cairo Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.#T3#
McDiggle tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
McDiggle has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buster McDiggle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McDiggle.
McDiggle can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as McDiggle controls his hands.
McDiggle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of McDiggle's head.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by McDiggle.
Silva digs a right hand into McDiggle's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on McDiggle's gas tank.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but McDiggle is blocking nicely.
McDiggle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but McDiggle uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva tries to work over McDiggle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #T4#
McDiggle scores with a nice hook to the head.
McDiggle swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
McDiggle lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Silva.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McDiggle misses with some punches.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
McDiggle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McDiggles head.
Silva misses with the head strike.
McDiggle lands with a light punch inside.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cairo Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Buster McDiggle's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
McDiggle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McDiggle looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Silva misses with an uppercut. McDiggle saw that one coming.
Silva missing with a left hand there. McDiggle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McDiggle bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
McDiggle blocks a jab.
A head kick misses from Silva.
McDiggle changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Silva throws a right hand that misses
enabling McDiggle to counter with a crisp jab.
Silva misses with a hook.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but McDiggle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McDiggle feinted with a counter takedown.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by McDiggle.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and McDiggle counters with a slapping leg kick.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva misses with a straight left. #T1#
Silva throws out a loose jab but McDiggle uses good head movement to avoid it.
McDiggle thumps Silva with a low kick.
McDiggle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McDiggle throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Donk. Silva catches McDiggle right on the button with a cross.
McDiggle shoots in looking for a takedown but Silva manages to keep the fight standing, pushing McDiggle's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Good shot there by Silva.
McDiggle misses with a hook
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nice defenses there by McDiggle.
Silva misses with an uppercut. McDiggle saw that one coming.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva misses with a left hand
and McDiggle counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McDiggle lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva throws a jab when McDiggle was well out of range.#T2#
A right-left combo lands from McDiggle.
McDiggle takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cairo Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva lands a lovely overhand right.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Silva checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McDiggle throws out the jab.
Silva lands with a slapping head kick.
McDiggle takes one on the chin but keeps coming. #CL#
McDiggle forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McDiggle tries to score a body lock takedown but Silva shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva. #T3#
McDiggle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva misses with a body punch.
McDiggle can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from McDiggle fails to land.
McDiggle goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McDiggle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
McDiggle scores with a shoulder strike. #T4#
McDiggle wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buster McDiggle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McDiggle lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
McDiggle has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
McDiggle misses with a short punch on the inside.
McDiggle can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
McDiggle is working Silva over against the cage.
McDiggle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Buster McDiggle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McDiggle lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silva.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Cairo Silva.
I've got Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cairo Silva!

Event: EFC Fujiwara vs Mir (NC)
Date: Mar 02, 2019

#R1#
Silva tries to clinch but Tsuruta moves out of range.
Silva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tsuruta throws out the jab.
Tsuruta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Tsuruta misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Silva misses with a hook. Tsuruta ducked under it nicely.
Silva closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Silva with a hook.#CL2#
Silva instigates a clinch.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Tsuruta is blocking nicely.
Tsuruta wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Tsuruta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva lands a shot to the body.
Tsuruta is trying to push Silva away but Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.#T1#
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tsuruta backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tsuruta.
Tsuruta is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage. #BC#
Tsuruta breaks from the clinch.
Tsuruta misses with a wild body shot.
Silva misses the jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Tsuruta misses the target.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tsuruta went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Silva feints and then cracks Tsuruta's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tsuruta down.
Cairo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silva slips a jab from Tsuruta.
Silva clobbers Tsuruta with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Tsuruta slips the punch.
It looked like Tsuruta wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Tsuruta moved out of range nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target. #T2#
Silva throws a poor cross that misses
letting Tsuruta counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tsuruta.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva misses with a hook.
A left lands for Silva.
Tsuruta lands with a straight right. Silva didn't see that one coming.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silva.
Silva misses with a hook
and Tsuruta counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
A quick step to the side and Tsuruta tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tsuruta throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Donk. Silva catches Tsuruta right on the button with a cross.
Silva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tsuruta takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing. #T3#
Silva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Silva takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.#CL2#
Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tsuruta. #BC#
Tsuruta's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tsuruta. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva misses with a hook. Tsuruta ducked under it nicely.
Tsuruta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tsuruta takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Tsuruta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Tsuruta throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tsuruta ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Tsuruta blocks a jab.#T4#
Tsuruta uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Tsuruta throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tsuruta throws a body shot but no joy.
Tsuruta throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva misses with a hook
and Tsuruta counters with a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva cracks Tsuruta with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tsuruta throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva misses with a right hand
and Tsuruta counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.
Silva throws a poor cross that misses
and Tsuruta counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming. #ROC#
Silva is rocked!
Silva is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Tsuruta had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Tsuruta finish him?
Silva connects with a right hand. Tsuruta shakes it off.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tsuruta rattles Silva with a well-timed uppercut counter. - Silva tries to back away and recover but his hands are down low and he gets tagged again, sending him stumbling down to the canvas. Tsuruta dives in after him and quickly finishes the job with a trio of brutal punches, leaving Silva stiff and motionless on the mat!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tomomi Tsuruta!

Event: ABW 195 Goodbye Thiago - Steve
Date: Jan 31, 2019

#R1#
Silva works over McDiggle's head and body with a nice combination.#CUT2#
It looks like Buster McDiggle has been cut.
Silva looks to land a left hand but McDiggle moved out of range nicely.
It looked like McDiggle was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Silva.
McDiggle needs to keep his hands up - Silva had a free shot at his head there.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud. #KD2#
Silva lands a big head kick that sends McDiggle tumbling to the mat! Silva takes a step backwards and waves McDiggle back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#TD#
McDiggle shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than McDiggle was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
McDiggle postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Silva stops McDiggle from passing to mount.
Sloppy strikes there by McDiggle.
Silva is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McDiggle throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.#T1#
Silva is pushing McDiggle's head away, looking to escape. McDiggle manages to hold on to the position though.
McDiggle throwing shots but missing, from side control.
McDiggle wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Silva takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
McDiggle trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
A lull in the action here.#T2#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Silva is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, McDiggle asserts his dominance and retains side control.
McDiggle throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
McDiggle working the ground and pound.
McDiggle in side control, throwing shots but Silva defends. #SUB#
McDiggle goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Silva rolls with the submission and now he's on top in McDiggle's guard! Nice work there by Silva!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva wants to stand but McDiggle is controlling his posture from full guard. #SU2#
Silva stands up from McDiggle's guard - Silva perhaps looking for a knockout.
McDiggle looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.#T3#
McDiggle has a takedown stuffed.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva throws out a leg kick but McDiggle moves out of range and Silva only half commits.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McDiggle on the side of the head. #CUT2#
Buster McDiggle's cut is getting worse.
McDiggle shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silva defends it nicely.
Silva throws a hook but McDiggle avoids it easily.#TD#
McDiggle feints and as Silva raises his hands in defense, McDiggle changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
McDiggle wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. #T4##ES2#
Silva uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva tries to clinch there but McDiggle circles away.
McDiggle throwing a counter right hand but Silva manages to avoid it.#KD2#
Silva lands a left and a right that send McDiggle crashing to the mat, dazed. Silva thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
McDiggle takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Silva misses with a hook.
McDiggle fires out a quick counter leg kick but Silva just manages to avoid it.
Jab by Silva.
Silva throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
McDiggle blocks a jab.
It looked like McDiggle wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
McDiggle with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.#CUT2#
Buster McDiggle's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cairo Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Buster McDiggle's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
McDiggle shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silva lands a really nice looking cross but McDiggle seems unphased.
McDiggle defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
A quick step to the side and McDiggle tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
McDiggle takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
McDiggle fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDiggle with a lazy takedown attempt
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buster McDiggle. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A big left from Silva misses.
McDiggle drops down looking for a counter takedown but Silva sprawls and moves away.
Nice jab there from Silva.
Silva throws a poor cross that misses #TD#
so McDiggle counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McDiggle throws an elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in McDiggle's guard. Nice move by Silva!#REVB##T1#
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from McDiggle.
McDiggle has a closed guard, preventing Silva from standing up.
Silva wants to stand and escape but instead McDiggle has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard. #REVR#
McDiggle postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
McDiggle trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
McDiggle works over Silva with some ground and pound from guard.
McDiggle slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
McDiggle trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T2#
Silva keeping full guard, as McDiggle tries to pass.
McDiggle wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
McDiggle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McDiggle stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
McDiggle trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T3#
McDiggle with a nice head shot there.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst McDiggle is controlling him.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
McDiggle postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
McDiggle shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
McDiggle closes the distance and clinches up with Silva, looking for a takedown. McDiggle pushes Silva against the cage but Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cairo Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.#T4##TD#
McDiggle drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.#ES2#
Silva throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva throws a hook but McDiggle blocks it.
Silva lands with a kick to the ribs.
Silva 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.
McDiggle misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva counters with a straight right hand.#CUT2#
Jeez, Buster McDiggle's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Silva throws a combination that misses
letting McDiggle counter with a right hand.
McDiggle darts in looking for a takedown but Silva gets double underhooks and turns McDiggle into the cage.
McDiggle shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cairo Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Buster McDiggle's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs. #TD#
McDiggle closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Silva to the mat! Silva manages to get full guard.
McDiggle working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
McDiggle won't allow Silva to get back to his feet.
McDiggle postures up and lands a big shot to Silva's brow.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but McDiggle is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDiggle keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head.
McDiggle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
McDiggle lands a couple of elbows.#T1#
Silva wants to stand up but McDiggle is controlling him.
McDiggle controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Silva wants to stand and escape but McDiggle is having none of it. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
McDiggle shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
McDiggle misses with a takedown attempt
and McDiggle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McDiggle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd cheers as Silva lands an impressive looking overhand right. McDiggle doesn't seem phased though.
McDiggle fails with a takedown attempt.
Cairo Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buster McDiggle. That's going to take a lot out of him.#T2#
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McDiggle.
Cairo Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McDiggle misses with a takedown
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped McDiggle in his tracks.
McDiggle shoots and misses
and McDiggle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva looks to throw the jab but McDiggle is out of range.
McDiggle shoots in and drives through. Silva sprawls well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McDiggle is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
McDiggle shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed McDiggle's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McDiggle with a lazy takedown attempt
and Silva counters with a leg kick. #CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
McDiggle misses with a punch to the body. #T3##TD#
McDiggle pulls guard.
Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of McDiggle is proving hard to escape from. #SU2#
Silva stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Silva scores with a nice right hand.
McDiggle will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
McDiggle ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
McDiggle throwing a counter right hand but Silva manages to avoid it.
Cairo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McDiggle looks for a takedown but Silva sprawls well.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Silva! #T4#
Silva scores with a nice strike.
McDiggle takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
McDiggle fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Silva connects with a right hand. McDiggle shakes it off.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva throws a hook but McDiggle avoids it easily.
McDiggle tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Silva defends well and McDiggle ends up having to push Silva into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
McDiggle has his takedown stuffed
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Buster McDiggle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McDiggle takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cairo Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cairo Silva!

Event: ABW 188 Kai - Wild
Date: Jan 03, 2019

#R1#
Nice body kick there by Silva.
Morgan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva moves out of range as Morgan strikes.
A jab from Silva misses.
Silva scores with a hook.
Morgan slips under a jab from Silva.
Morgan throwing a counter right hand but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva lands a body shot.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Morgan.
Morgan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Morgan fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Morgan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva cracks Morgan with a good jab.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick
and Morgan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morgan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva lands a really nice looking cross but Morgan seems unphased. #T1#
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Morgan misses the jab.
Silva lands a jab to the head.
Silva throws a poor cross that misses
and Morgan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jab, jab by Morgan - just one landing.
Morgan throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva connects with a single shot there.
Silva cracks Morgan with an open hand slap.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Silva, as that shot connected.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Morgan.
Silva misses with a body shot
and Morgan counters with a straight right hand.
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 misses with a hook to the body
and Morgan counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with a hook. Morgan ducked under it nicely.
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.#T2#
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Morgan with a hook.
Silva connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Silva needs to keep his hands up - Morgan had a free shot at his head there.
A slow jab from Morgan misses its intended target.
Morgan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Nice uppercut there from Silva.
Silva throws an off balance right hand
and Morgan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva clobbers Morgan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Morgan appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Silva moves away from the strike by Morgan.
Morgan dives in for a single leg takedown but Silva sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Morgan throws a right hand that misses
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Morgan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.#T3#
Silva cracks Morgan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Morgan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
A little feinted left hand from Morgan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Morgan misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Cairo Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Morgan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Morgan is looking to counter punch.
Silva lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cairo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Morgan takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Silva scores with a head kick. Morgan tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Silva moves out of range as Morgan strikes.
Morgan throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range. #T4#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#CL#
Morgan closes the distance and clinches.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morgan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morgan lands with a left to the head.
Morgan tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Morgan.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Morgan misses with a body punch.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Morgan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Morgan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Morgan is blocking nicely.
Morgan blocks an uppercut.
Silva misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Morgan backwards.
Morgan managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cairo Silva dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Morgan slips under a jab.
Morgan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Morgan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Morgan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Morgan.
It seemed like Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Silva has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Morgan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva slips under a jab.
Silva throws a counter combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Morgan is just out of range.
Silva throws a solid leg kick but Morgan takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silva.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Morgan to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice uppercut there from Silva.#T1#
Morgan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A clash of legs there as Morgan blocks the low kick.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva catches Morgan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Morgan throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Morgan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Cairo Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Morgan.
Silva misses with a hook to the body
and Morgan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morgan slips under a jab.
Morgan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Morgan doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Morgan throws a one two combo.
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!
Morgan lands a jab.#T2#
Morgan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Silva throws a front kick aimed at Morgan's knee but Morgan avoids it well. #KD#
Morgan lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Silva sprawling to the canvas. Morgan follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Silva hang on? #ROC#
Silva is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva is trying to stand.
Silva is still in real trouble! Can Morgan finish him?
Morgan throwing shots but Silva is blocking nicely.
Morgan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Morgan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Morgan lands strikes from half guard.
Morgan throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Silva to regain full guard.
Morgan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morgan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Morgan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Silva wants to stand up but Morgan is controlling him.
Morgan chips away with some ground and pound.
Morgan gets to his feet and stands over Silva, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Silva felt that one! Morgan unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Silva from any more punishment!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chase Morgan!
Chase Morgan thanked the fans post fight for their support.

Event: ABW 177 Matonen - Reynolds
Date: Nov 20, 2018

#R1#
A big left from Silva misses.
Nilsen is looking to counter punch.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nilsen.
Nilsen misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Silva misses with a left hand
and Nilsen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nilsen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cairo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva throws a head kick that Nilsen semi-blocks.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.#CL#
Nilsen closes the distance and clinches.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Nilsen blocks an uppercut.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nilsen.
Nilsen lands a left hand.
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!
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Nilsen.
Nilsen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nilsen misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike. #T1#
Nilsen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nilsen blocking some punches.
Nilsen struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Nilsen managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nilsen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nilsen.
Nilsen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Nilsen is blocking nicely.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Nilsen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nilsen.
Nilsen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nilsen lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nilsen lands with a right to the head.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Nilsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nilsen working some nice short punches in the clinch.#T2#
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
Silva digs a right hand underneath Nilsen's ribcage. Nilsen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nilsen.
Nilsen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nilsen.
Nilsen misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Nilsen blocking some punches.
Nilsen misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nilsen.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Nilsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nilsen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Nilsen is leaning against Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nilsen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Nilsen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Nilsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva. #T3#
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nilsen is defending well for now.
Silva digs a right hand underneath Nilsen's ribcage. Nilsen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nilsen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Nilsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nilsen blocks an uppercut.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Nilsen backwards.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Nilsen misses with a punch to the body.
A short body shot lands from Silva as the two fighters clinch.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Silva.
Silva working aggressively here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Still in the clinch, Nilsen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nilsen scores with a hook to the body.#T4#
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nilsen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nilsen misses with a body punch.
Nilsen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nilsen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nilsen lands with a light punch inside.
Nilsen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nilsen.
A short left from Nilsen.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Nilsen avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.
Nilsen throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Nilsen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Nilsen is breathing heavily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nilsen avoids it.
Nilsen swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Nilsen lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cairo Silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R2#
Silva with a nice cross.
Silva moves out of range as Nilsen strikes.
Nilsen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nilsen lands a jab to the nose.
Nilsen slips under a jab.
Jab by Silva.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nilsen.
Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Nilsen does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nilsen throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nilsen.
Nilsen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Nilsen throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.#T1##CL#
Nilsen moves into range and clinches up with Silva.
Nilsen blocking some punches.
Nilsen can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Good body shot from Silva.
Nilsen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Nilsen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nilsen.
A head punch on the inside from Nilsen fails to land.
Nilsen misses with a punch to the body.
Cairo Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Nilsen.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nilsen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva pushes Nilsen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva misses with some punches.
Nilsen lands with a short shot to the head.
Nilsen lands with a short head shot on the inside. #T2#
Nilsen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nilsen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nilsen cracks Silva with a nice body shot.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Good body shot from Silva.
Nilsen lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Nilsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nilsen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva lands with a right to the head.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nilsen backwards.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nilsen struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Nilsen blocks an uppercut.
Silva blocking some punches.
Nilsen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nilsen takes a shot to the head. #T3#
Silva blocks a body shot from Nilsen.
A short left from Silva.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Nilsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nilsen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Nilsen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Nilsen lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nilsen blocking some punches.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva tries to work over Nilsen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva is leaning against Nilsen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
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 misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nilsen backwards. #T4#
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Nilsen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Nilsen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nilsen can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Nilsen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Nilsen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nilsen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nilsen blocking some punches.
Nilsen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva is leaning against Nilsen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nilsen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nilsen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nilsen tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Nilsen back against the cage.
Silva lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Cairo Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3#
Nilsen tries to move into range but Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nilsen misses with a looping left.
Silva swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nilsen.
Silva throws a right hand that Nilsen ducks under and follows up with a left that Nilsen also avoids with ease.
Nilsen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Nilsen slips under a jab.
Silva throws a hook but Nilsen blocks it.
Nilsen looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva throws a good cross that connects.
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nilsen misses with a straight right.
Nilsen slips a straight right by Silva.
Silva misses the body punch
and Nilsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. #ROC#
Silva is rocked!
Nilsen slips a jab from Silva.
Silva lands with a straight right. Nilsen didn't see that one coming.#T1#
Nilsen misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Nilsen listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Nilsen finish him?
Sloppy strikes from Nilsen. Those never looked like landing.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Nilsen slips the punch.
Nilsen is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nilsen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nilsen throws an off balance right hand
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Nilsen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nilsen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nilsen drops Silva with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Silva! Nilsen dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yacob Nilsen!
An out of breath and clearly excited Yacob Nilsen thanked KOMBAT KLOTHING for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).

Event: ABW 168 Brahms - Matonen
Date: Oct 18, 2018

#R1#
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Space.
Kevin Space seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Space ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice straight punches there by Space. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Space.
A jab from Space misses.
Space defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Space blocks a leg kick.
Space swings widly with a right hand
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab. #CUT#
It looks like Kevin Space has been cut.
Silva tries to land a body kick#TD2#
and Space counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Space.
Space looking to sit in guard and control but Silva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVR#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva trying to stand up but can't free himself from Space's guard.#SU#
Silva stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Silva throws a lazy uppercut #TD2#
and Space counters with a shoot takedown. Silva fights it but they end up in guard.
Space wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving. #T1##SUB2#
Space drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Silva manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Space has Silva in his guard.#REVR#
Silva wants to get up but he can't break Space's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Space looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva wants to stand but Space is controlling his posture from full guard.
Space pulls Silva in close to prevent any damage.
Silva tries to stand but Space is controlling from the bottom.
Space is trying to control the position from the bottom. #T2#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Space manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Silva manages to get himself to full guard. #REVB#
Space pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Space from controlling successfully. #T3#
Space is stalling in the full guard.
Space looking to pass the guard.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Space from controlling successfully. #SUB2#
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Space drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Silva dives on top into guard.#REVR#
Silva wanted to stand there but Space had control of the position. #T4#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.#REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Space scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
Space tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Space is out of range.
A punch combination from Space misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Space is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A big right from Silva misses.
Silva throws a series of strikes that have Space backpedaling.
Silva connects with a body shot that sends Space's belly button to the back.
Space keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva throws a hook but Space avoids it easily.
Space with the counter takedown but Silva avoids it easily.
Silva shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Space misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Cairo Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kevin Space's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Space walks into a straight right hand from Silva.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Space.
Silva misses with a hook.
Space shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
Space throws a body shot but no joy.
Silva walks into a jab.
Space works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Space avoids the head kick by Silva.
Space changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Space manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Silva throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Silva slips a jab from Space.
Space pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Space throws a combination that misses
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Space shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Silva as he jumps to the side.
Silva swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Cairo Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Space.
Space misses with a takedown
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva scores with a jab to the head. #T1#
Space missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cairo Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Space, as that shot connected.
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Space is out of range and Silva settles back down.
Silva scores with a jab. Space acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva throws a push kick but Space slaps the foot to one side.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Space's head but Space sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva throws a hook but Space blocks it.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Space can do to turn this around?
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Space moves away from the strike by Silva. #CL2#
Space closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Space - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Space blocks a punch to the side of the head. #T2#
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Space.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Space blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva avoiding damage as Space throws knees to the body.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Space.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Space's head.
Space with a knee to the head. #CUT2#
It looks like Cairo Silva has been cut.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Space is blocking nicely. #BC2#
Space escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A swing and a miss from Space.
Silva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Space shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Space tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
Space throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
A little feinted left hand from Silva on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.#T3#
Space attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Space swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters with a slapping leg kick.
Space tries a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Space was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Space moves away.
Space ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Space moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Space.
Silva throws a body shot but no joy.
Silva walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Space moves out of range of the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Space.
Space throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Space jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A decent looking cross lands there for Silva.
Space scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.#T4#
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Space.
Silva throwing a counter right hand but Space manages to avoid it.
Space blocks a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circling - Space throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Space moved out of range nicely.
Space fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva on the side of the head.
Space shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
Silva stuns Space with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Space steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cairo Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing. #TD2#
Space drives through with a takedown into guard.
Silva can't keep his opponent in guard - Space advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Space stalling away here and it's allowed Silva to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Space advances to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cairo Silva dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
#R3#
Space throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva connects with a jab.
Space staying out of range there.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Space's head but Space sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Space's coach down at Stark Combat Center was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Space's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Space uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Space misses with a leg kick.
Space takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Space's shoulder, as Space tries to avoid the shot.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Space slips the punch.
Silva throws a body kick that misses.
Space scores with a decent looking hook.
Silva throws a solid leg kick but Space takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Space keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Space lands a jab to the nose.
Space ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Space with the counter takedown but Silva avoids it easily.
Space throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Space.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick. #T1#
Space fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Space lunges at Silva with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Silva's hand.
Space uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Space misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Space slips the punch.
Space scores with a punch to the head.
Silva throws a head kick but Space moves out of range.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Space slips the punch.
Silva blocks a head kick by Space.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Space.
Space moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Space tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva staying out of range there.#T2#
This has been an exciting period of action!
Space looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Cairo Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A slow jab from Space misses its intended target.
Space jabs Silva right on the nose. Silva blinks but takes it well.
Space misses with a hook.
Silva was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Silva with a nice cross.
Silva lands an overhand right.#CL2#
Space darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.
Space tries for a takedown. No joy.
Space tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Space misses with a punch to the body.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Space.
Space tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva pushes Space back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kevin Space has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Space is looking for a takedown.
Cairo Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Space.#T3#
Silva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Space can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Space misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Space missing with knees to the body.
I was talking to Silva's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Space wants a takedown but no success here.
Space misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Space missing with knees to the body.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Space.
Space missing with knees to the body.
Space has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Space takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Space wants a takedown but no success here.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Space. #T4#
Space tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Space missing with knees to the body.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Space.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva avoiding damage as Space throws knees to the body.
Silva avoiding damage as Space throws knees to the body.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Space is blocking nicely.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Space avoids the damage to the body.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva avoiding damage as Space throws knees to the body.

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 Cairo Silva.
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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Cairo Silva!

Event: ABW 156 Gonza - Bhullar
Date: Aug 28, 2018

#R1#
Cairo Silva misses with a looping left.
Cairo Silva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cyborg Silva has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Cairo Silva is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Cairo Silva lands with an overhand left.
Cyborg Silva lands with a right hand.
Cairo Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cairo Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Cyborg Silva moves out of range easily.
Cairo Silva loads up on a big right hand but Cyborg Silva slips the punch.
Cyborg Silva throws a jab when Cairo Silva was well out of range.
Cairo Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cyborg Silva swings for the body but Cairo Silva moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Cairo Silva.
Cairo Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cyborg Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cairo Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cyborg Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Cyborg Silva.
Nice defenses there by Cairo Silva.
Cairo Silva swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A slow jab from Cairo Silva misses its intended target.
Cyborg Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.#T1#
Cairo Silva slips a jab and a cross from Cyborg Silva.
Cairo Silva was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cyborg Silva defending well as Cairo Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Good exchange - Cairo Silva coming out on top.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cairo Silva darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cairo Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cyborg Silva takes a swing at Cairo Silva's ribcage but misses.
Cyborg Silva ducks under a wild hook from Cairo Silva.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cyborg Silva! But no joy.
Cyborg Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cyborg Silva misses with an uppercut
and Cairo Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
A left lands for Cairo Silva.
Cairo Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cairo Silva lands with a hook. Cyborg Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cyborg Silva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cairo Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Cyborg Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cairo Silva throws the left hand but Cyborg Silva avoids the punch easily.
Cyborg Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cairo Silva is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cyborg Silva throws a lazy uppercut
and Cairo Silva counters with a straight right hand.#T2#
Cyborg Silva swings for the body but Cairo Silva moves out of range.
Cairo Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cyborg Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Cairo Silva's head back.
Cyborg Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cairo Silva throws out the jab.
Cairo Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cairo Silva avoids the body shot from Cyborg Silva.
Cyborg Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cairo Silva.
Cyborg Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cairo Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cairo Silva throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cyborg Silva's head.
Cairo Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. #ROC2#
Cairo Silva is rocked!
Cairo Silva is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cyborg Silva drops Cairo Silva with a big left hand! Cairo Silva is injured, injured bad! Cyborg Silva jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cyborg Silva!
In his post fight interview, Cyborg Silva started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

Event: ABW 147 Benavidez - Blackblood
Date: Jul 24, 2018

#R1#
Byyler throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Byyler with a nice cross.
Byyler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Despite the aggression on Byyler's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Silva misses with a left hand #CL2#
and Byyler moves into the clinch.
Byyler taking a breather.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Byyler is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Byyler tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Byyler throws an elbow but misses.
Byyler wants to stall.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Byyler avoids it.
Byyler misses with a punch to the body. #BC2#
Byyler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva lands with a nice body punch.
Silva lands an overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Byyler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Byyler connects with a single shot there.#T1#
Silva looks to throw the jab but Byyler is out of range.
Byyler on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A shot to the liver by Silva. Beautiful body shot.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Byyler counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
Silva delivers a nice body kick.
Byyler looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Byyler takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Silva slips under a jab.
Silva on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
A little jabbing left from Byyler on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva lands with an overhand left.
Byyler misses with a few strikes there.
Cairo Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Byyler ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Byyler let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Byyler throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Byyler misses with a few strikes there. #T2##CL2#
Byyler gets a clinch.
A short right from Silva.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.#BC2#
Byyler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva misses with a straight right.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A big right from Silva misses.
Byyler blocks a head kick by Silva.
Byyler throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Byyler gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Silva connects with a crisp jab.
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Byyler's head back.
Byyler slips under a jab.
Byyler bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Byyler goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Byyler ducks under a wild hook from Silva.#T3#
Byyler ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Byyler wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Byyler is looking to clinch.
A quick step to the side and Silva tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Byyler darts in trying to clinch
and Byyler takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #CL2#
Silva tries to keep at a distance but Byyler has taken the fight into the clinch.
Byyler blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Byyler trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Byyler into the cage.
A short left from Silva.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Byyler avoids it.
A hook to the body from Silva.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Byyler backwards. #T4#
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
I was talking to Silva's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Byyler.
Byyler misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva pushes Byyler back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Byyler backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Byyler working aggressively here.
Good body shot from Silva.
Byyler goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
Silva presses Byyler against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Byyler looks winded!
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Byyler backwards.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Byyler lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Silva gets through Byyler's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cairo Silva dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Silva clobbers Byyler with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Byyler counters with a head kick. That will keep Silva thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Byyler throws a front kick that sends Silva stumbling back into the cage.
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A big right from Silva misses.
Byyler is looking for the big counter here.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Byyler.
Byyler slips a jab from Silva.
Byyler pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Byyler.
Byyler slips under a jab from Silva.
Byyler pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva lands with a right hand.
Byyler tries to clinch up.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Byyler. #T1#
Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Byyler. That did some damage!
Byyler throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a right hand to the body.
Byyler is breathing heavily.
Silva tests Byyler's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Byyler has time to react.#ROC#
Byyler is rocked!
Silva throws a hook to the side of Byyler's head but Byyler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva lands with a hook. Byyler tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Byyler is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Byyler seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva misses with a hook. Byyler ducked under it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Byyler on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Byyler chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva thuds his right hand into Byyler's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva lands with a shot to the body.
Silva blocks a head kick by Byyler.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Byyler moved out of range.#T2#
Byyler tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Silva misses the target.
Byyler throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
It looked like Silva wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hans Byyler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Byyler takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Byyler in his tracks.
Byyler misses with a wild body shot.
Silva connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Byyler momentarily.
Silva connects with a single shot there.
Byyler takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Byyler tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Byyler gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Silva gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cairo Silva!

Event: ABW 140 Reign - Takano
Date: Jun 21, 2018

#R1#
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Silva tries to score with a low kick but Thiago moves his leg out of the way.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thiago counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
A chopping leg kick lands by Thiago.
Thiago ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Good shot there by Silva.
Thiago tries to score with a low kick but Silva moves his leg out of the way.
Silva misses with a hook.
Thiago misses with a looping right.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thiago.
A little feinted left hand from Silva on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Thiago scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.
Silva misses with a left hand
and Thiago counters with a good, hard body kick but Silva shrugs it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva throws a head kick that misses
and Thiago counters with a nice body kick.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Thiago.
Silva throws a hook but Thiago avoids it easily.
Silva throws a leg kick
and Thiago counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. #T1#
Silva scores with a nice right hand.
Thiago stalks Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Silva's face. Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Thiago at a distance.
Thiago pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Thiago lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Thiago.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Thiago, as that shot connected. #ROC2#
Silva is rocked!
Thiago fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Silva to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Silva looks to clinch but Thiago throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Silva taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Thiago Thiago!
Thiago Thiago seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

Event: ABW 133 Lopez- Uesugi
Date: May 24, 2018

#R1#
Roberts lands with a good body shot.
Roberts loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Silva scores with a jab to the head.
Jab from Silva.
Roberts swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Silva, as that shot connected.
Roberts throws a body shot but no joy.
Silva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Roberts walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Silva darts in and out, connecting with a jab. #ROC2#
Roberts is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberts lands a jab-cross combination.
Oh Roberts is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva misses the jab.
Silva slips a jab from Roberts.
Roberts gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Silva gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cairo Silva!

Event: ABW 127 Bear - Smith
Date: May 03, 2018

#R1#
Silva throws a one two combo.
Schubert closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Schubert is looking to clinch.
Silva with a hook.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Schubert is just out of range.
Schubert takes one to the chin there.
Schubert tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Schubert is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
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 throws a nice inside leg kick.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
A counter left hand to the body from Schubert misses its target.
Schubert tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva counters with a body kick.#CL#
Schubert fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Schubert lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Silva. #T1#
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Schubert on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva lands a right hand.
Silva blocks a body shot from Schubert.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Schubert tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva pushes Schubert back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Schubert swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Silva. #ROC2#
Schubert is rocked!
Schubert blocks an uppercut.
Oh Schubert is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva lands a big knee! That's hurt Schubert! Oh, he's all over the place! Silva lands another knee that sends Schubert to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cairo Silva!

Event: ABW 117 Gonza - Potter
Date: Mar 27, 2018

#R1##KD2#
Silva lands a big head kick that sends Asinen tumbling to the mat! Silva takes a step backwards and waves Asinen back to his feet - he wants the finish!#ROC2#
Asinen is rocked!
Asinen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Oh Asinen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Asinen is aggressively charging in as Silva backs up avoiding any damage. Silva tosses out a jab and Asinen runs right into it face first! Asinen is out cold! Silva dropped down on all fours and is barking in Asinen's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cairo Silva!

Event: ABW 105 De Lange - Meat Boy
Date: Feb 08, 2018

#R1#
Byyler thows a left - swing and a miss!
Byyler on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Byyler lands a slapping body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Byyler displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Byyler connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Byyler checks a low kick from Silva.
Byyler uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Byyler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Byyler missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Byyler tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Cairo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Byyler saw that one coming.
Byyler swinging wildly here.
Silva avoids the body shot from Byyler.
Byyler needs to keep his hands up - Silva had a free shot at his head there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Byyler slips a straight right by Silva.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target. #CL2#
Byyler moves into the clinch.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.#T1#
Byyler working hard to break the clinch.
A short right from Byyler on the inside.
A short uppercut from Silva.
Byyler tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A short left from Silva.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Byyler wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Byyler backwards.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Byyler looks winded!
Byyler is stalling here.
Byyler wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Byyler backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Byyler has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Silva seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Byyler can turn it around.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.#T2#
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva working Byyler over with knees to the body.
Silva pushes Byyler back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Byylers head.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Silva pushes Byyler back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Silva.
Silva scores with a hook to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva works on Byyler's body with a couple of short punches.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. #ROC#
Byyler is rocked!
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Byyler is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Silva throws a big uppercut that drops Byyler! More strikes from Silva and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Byyler lies dazed against the cage as Silva celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cairo Silva!

Event: ABW 96 De Lange - Galute
Date: Jan 09, 2018

#R1#
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Joestar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Joestar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silva finds it's way round the side to connect with Joestar's head. #CUT2#
It looks like Jozen Joestar has been cut.
Silva swings widly with a right hand
and Joestar counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Joestar off balance momentarily.
Joestar misses with a few strikes there.
Joestar throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Silva.
We've been informed that Silva has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Silva's jab looks to have found its range, popping Joestar under the eye.
A decent looking cross lands there for Joestar.
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!
Joestar works over Silva's head and body with a nice combination.
Silva misses with a left hand
and Joestar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silva throws a lazy uppercut
and Joestar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.#ROC#
Silva is rocked!
Joestar drops Silva with a huge uppercut! Silva drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Joestar is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jozen Joestar!
An out of breath Jozen Joestar thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: Nov 02, 2016

#R1##CL2#
Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Bones blocks it.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Bones blocks it.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Bones avoids the damage to the body.
Bones lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Bones. #CUT#
It looks like Cairo Silva has been cut.
Bones lands a damaging elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bones.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bones scores with a hook to the body.
Silva looks winded!
Bones lands a nice elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short left from Bones.
Bones lands a nice elbow.
Bones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice body punch from Bones - that landed with a thud.
Good body shot from Bones.
Nice elbow from Bones. #T1#
Bones lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bones lands a nice elbow. #ROC#
Silva is rocked!
A short body shot lands from Bones as the two fighters clinch.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Bones finish him?
Bones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bones throws a big uppercut that drops Silva! More strikes from Bones and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Silva lies dazed against the cage as Bones celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Bones!
An out of breath Jon Bones thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

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