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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Cole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edivaldo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cole kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Boom. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joe Cole!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Edivaldo Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Silva as Cole shoots in.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silva checks a leg kick.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Cole pushes him off.
Silva pushes Cole up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Cole wants a takedown.
Silva pulls guard.
Silva is looking for a triangle but Cole pushes his legs off easily.
Silva wants to stand and escape but Cole is having none of it.
Cole works over Silva with some ground and pound from guard.
Silva has his foot on Cole's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cole works his way back into a safe position though.
Cole passes Silva's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Cole working Silva over with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cole tries to pass to full mount but Silva defends it.
Cole is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Cole lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Cole.
Cole keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head.
Cole wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Cole passes Silva's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Cole lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Silva is looking to escape.
Cole not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cole throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cole scores with a couple of nice shots.
Silva trying to hold on to Cole's head to control him but Cole postures up.
Cole not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Cole has control of the leg.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cole lands strikes from half guard.
Silva actively working from the bottom here.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva looking for submissions off his back.
Silva has hold of Cole's hands but Cole slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Silva is not content to let Cole control the position.
Cole scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Silva is not content to let Cole control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cole connects with a nice short shot to Silva's temple.
Cole wants to work for an arm triangle but Silva is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Cole slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.
Cole has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Silva trying to control but Cole postures up.
Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Silva kicks off Cole and gets to his feet.
Cole scores with a leg kick.
A solid body kick from Cole.
Silva tries for a takedown but Cole circles away easily
and Cole counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Cole has double underhooks.
Cole drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Cole. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cole has clasped his hands together around Silva's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Cole scores with a couple of short elbows.
Cole in side control lands a decent elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva taking punishment in the form of punches.
Cole scoring with punches and elbows.
Silva is working to avoid the ground and pound but Cole connects with a decent elbow.
Cole lands a nice forearm strike.
Silva is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Cole is controlling him well.
Cole tries to advance to mount but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cole scoring with punches and elbows.
Cole scoring with punches from side control.
Cole scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Silva to see if he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Cole dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A head kick by Silva misses
and Cole holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cole tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Cole is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Silva with a poor takedown
and Cole counters by clinching up.
Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Cole pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Cole is controlling the position.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Edivaldo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cole tries a head kick but it misses.
Cole drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
Cole is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Cole. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cole is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Silva pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Cole breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cole fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silva sprawls well initially but Cole persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Cole lands strikes from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to control here.
Cole lands strikes from half guard.
Silva is trying to control but can't.
Cole drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Cole passes to side control.
Cole scoring with punches from side control.
Cole cracks Silva with a big elbow.
Silva is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Joe Cole overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silva on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Silva taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Cole's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Cole lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Cole lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Cole lands some shots froms side control.
Cole cracks Silva with a big right hand but Silva just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Cole wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Silva, who protects the arm well.
Cole working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Cole creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Silva sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Silva is trying to buck Cole off.
Cole wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Silva, who protects the arm well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Cole wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Silva taking a bit of punishment here - Cole scoring with strikes.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cole manages to avoid it.
Joe Cole is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Cole moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Cole has him pressed against the cage.
Cole drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva drags the fight down to the ground.
Cole chips away with some ground and pound.
Cole keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head.
Cole stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Cole keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Cole counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
Cole tries to clinch
and Silva counters with a good, hard body kick but Cole shrugs it off.
Cole tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Cole counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cole is working Silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Cole dominated that second 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.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Cole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cole shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cole counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Silva taking some punishment here, with Cole in his half guard.
Silva has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Cole is working away from the top position though.
Cole working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cole connects with a nice short shot to Silva's temple.
Cole takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Silva is trying to stand.
Cole is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Silva doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cole.
Cole is looking for a kimura here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to stand up here but Cole is controlling him well.
Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Silva trying to control but Cole postures up.
Cole takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Cole wants to pass the guard but Silva is defending well.
Silva taking some punishment here, with Cole in his half guard.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Silva actively working from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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 looking to escape.
Cole passes to full mount!
Cole working Silva over with strikes here.
Cole working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Cole lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cole scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Silva tries to reverse the position but Cole maintains control.
Cole is in the full mount, landing strikes.
A nice elbow there by Cole.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Cole gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Cole dominating with strikes here.
Cole is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Silva is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cole is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Cole is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Cole postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
Silva wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Cole with a couple of short strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cole landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!
Silva is working to get back to half guard.
Cole landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cole cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Cole lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Cole with shots to the head and body - Silva looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cole cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Cole working for a submission but Silva is keeping him at bay.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cole lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Silva is working to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Cole clearly takes 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.
Silva misses with a hook to the body
so Cole counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Cole working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silva wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Cole is now in half guard.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
Cole prevents Silva from standing back up.
Cole is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Cole is nestled in close to Silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Cole looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Silva wants to sweep but Cole has passed to side control!
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Silva takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole advances to mount.
Silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Cole has a good base and remains in mount.
BOOM! Cole connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Silva is in a horrible position here. Cole smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
BOOM! Cole connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cole connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Silva wants to control but Cole is having none of it.
Cole lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cole postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
Cole scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Cole with a couple of short strikes.
Cole scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
You get the feeling that Silva really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Cole is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Silva tries to hold on but Cole pushes him away.
Cole with a couple of short strikes.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Cole gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Cole. What's that going to do exactly?
Silva tries to hold on but Cole pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Cole tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Cole has a good base and remains in mount.
Cole landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silva wants to try and get back to his feet.
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cole unloading with bombs!
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Cole fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Silva is in all sorts of trouble here.
Silva wants to try and get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cole with good strikes from the mount here!
Silva slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Cole takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Cole landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Cole looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cole lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cole working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cole is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Cole drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Cole had his way with Edivaldo Silva in 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Silva clinches but Cole breaks the clinch
and Cole counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Silva taking some punishment here, with Cole in his half guard.
Cole drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Cole stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Silva to get to his feet.
Silva tries to clinch
and Cole moves into the clinch.
Cole's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva clinches.
Cole breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cole tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Cole is looking to get back to full guard here but Silva has managed to pass to side control instead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Cole fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silva.
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Silva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Cole gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Silva manages to break the clinch.
Cole changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Silva looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Silva is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Cole is controlling him well.
Silva is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cole working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Cole scores with punches from side control.
Silva is looking to reverse the position.
Cole looks up at the clock and then as Silva takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Cole smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Cole cracks Silva with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Cole working the ground and pound from side control.
Cole working the head with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Cole working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Silva is looking to regain half guard here but Cole keeps moving and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Cole thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Cole swings around for an armbar but Silva sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Cole's guard.
Cole wants to stand and escape but Silva is having none of it.
Cole is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Cole trying to strike off his back.
Cole looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
Cole striking off his back but it's not causing Silva any problems.
Joe Cole is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Cole is proving hard to escape from.
Cole looking to control.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Cole keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cole counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now.
Silva looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Cole puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Cole in particular looking to stall.
Edivaldo Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cole working the head and body with strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Cole showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cole 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 50:44
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 50:43
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Cole!
Joe Cole is the new light heavyweight champion!
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