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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Rodgers (ranked 1753 p4p, 235 weight class) and Felix Silva (ranked 769 p4p, 108 weight class). Felix Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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189 cm
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217 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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188 cm
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205 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Rodgers! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Felix Silva! The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Dean Styles and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rodgers misses with a low kick. Rodgers tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Rodgers wants to clinch. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silva! But no joy. Rodgers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rodgers appears to be looking for a big counter. Silva scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rodgers doesn't seem bothered though. Silva looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Rodgers has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut. Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Rodgers. Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rodgers backwards. Rodgers blocks an uppercut.
Silva tries to work over Rodgers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Rodgers has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment. Rodgers definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round. Silva pushes Rodgers back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. A shot in the inside from Silva. Rodgers blocking some punches.
Silva lands with a left to the head. Rodgers lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch. Silva misses with a body punch.
Rodgers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head. Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rodgers is rocked! Silva unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Rodgers! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Silva is unloading with more strikes now! Rodgers drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Felix Silva! Felix Silva 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.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
51% |
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