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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Teddy Cuddles (ranked 4103 p4p, 3217 weight class) and Vitor De Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Teddy Cuddles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Vitor De Silva!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuddles keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Silva.
De Silva missing with a left hand there. Cuddles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cuddles slips under a jab.
De Silva has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Cuddles misses with the combination.
Cuddles takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cuddles scores with a punch to the head.
A swing and a miss from De Silva.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cuddles swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
De Silva throws a shot from downtown. Cuddles moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
De Silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
De Silva smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The fighters circling - De Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Cuddles wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
De Silva throws a jab when Cuddles was well out of range.
Cuddles throws a hook to the side of De Silva's head but De Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Silva throws a hook but Cuddles blocks it.
De Silva moves into the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Cuddles has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Cuddles blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cuddles wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cuddles wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cuddles wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
De Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cuddles can't break the clinch.
De Silva misses with the head strike.
Cuddles has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Silva.
Cuddles is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cuddles blocks an uppercut.
De Silva breaks from the clinch.
Cuddles on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Jab by Cuddles.
Cuddles throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Silva's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cuddles under the eye.
De Silva darts in and clinches Cuddles up against 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!
Cuddles looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
De Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cuddles can't break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuddles has had enough of the clinch but De Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Cuddles is trying to break free.
Cuddles tries to circle away but De Silva has him pinned against the cage.
De Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Cuddles wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Silva has him pressed against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Cuddles wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Cuddles looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's four 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.
De Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cuddles is trying to break the clinch but De Silva is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Cuddles's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cuddles wants to get back to striking at distance but De Silva won't allow it.
Cuddles is trying to push De Silva away but De Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cuddles blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cuddles wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Silva has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Silva breaks from the clinch.
Cuddles closes the distance and lands a one-two.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vitor De Silva dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
De Silva throws a lazy right hand but Cuddles sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cuddles was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cuddles lands with a shot to the body.
De Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
De Silva cracks Cuddles with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd cheers as De Silva lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cuddles doesn't seem phased though.
Cuddles lands the left hand.
De Silva with a nice cross.
De Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Cuddles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Teddy Cuddles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cuddles scores with a hook to the body. De Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
De Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cuddles manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
De Silva lands a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cuddles with a hook.
De Silva tries to clinch but Cuddles moves out of range.
Cuddles ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Silva moves away.
Vitor De Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cuddles throws a hook but De Silva blocks it.
De Silva lands a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Silva comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nice defenses there by Cuddles.
A counter left hand to the body from Cuddles misses its target.
De Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cuddles tries to bum rush De Silva with a series of wild strikes but De Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cuddles scores with a crisp jab that stopped De Silva in his tracks.
De Silva closes the distance and clinches.
De Silva lands a right hand.
De Silva prevents Cuddles from breaking the clinch.
Cuddles tries to break free but De Silva pushes him back against the cage.
De Silva throws a head punch that misses.
De Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cuddles tries to break free but De Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Cuddles wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Silva keeps control of Cuddles as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cuddles blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cuddles avoids it.
Cuddles is looking to break free of the clinch but De Silva has double underhooks.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
De Silva misses with some punches.
Cuddles has had enough of the clinch but De Silva keeps him there for the moment.
De Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cuddles is trying to force a seperation but De Silva has the dominant position.
De Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Silva clobbers Cuddles with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Silva. Cuddles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vitor De Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cuddles takes one to the side of the head.
De Silva lands with a straight right. Cuddles didn't see that one coming.
De Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cuddles throws a right hand that De Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that De Silva also avoids with ease.
It seemed like De Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
De Silva throws a hook but Cuddles blocks it.
A telegraphed right hand from Cuddles misses the target.
A right-left combo lands from Cuddles.
De Silva moves out of range as Cuddles strikes.
Cuddles throws the left hand but De Silva avoids the punch easily.
De Silva slips under a jab from Cuddles.
De Silva throws a hook but Cuddles avoids it easily.
De Silva might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
De Silva throws out a loose jab but Cuddles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cuddles misses with an uppercut
and De Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
De Silva wants to clinch up but Cuddles keeps it at a distance.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Silva catches Cuddles with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuddles fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cuddles takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Silva connects with a crisp jab.
De Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cuddles throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Silva wants to clinch up but Cuddles keeps it at a distance.
Cuddles went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Cuddles scores with a jab.
Cuddles lands with a nice body punch.
De Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cuddles goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
De Silva lands with an overhand left.
De Silva throws the left hand but Cuddles avoids the punch easily.
A quick step to the side and Cuddles tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cuddles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Silva.
Cuddles walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cuddles staying out of range there.
Cuddles feinted with a counter takedown.
De Silva lands with a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vitor De Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
De Silva cracks Cuddles with a good jab.
De Silva forces Cuddles back against the cage and clinches.
De Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cuddles can't break the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on De Silva - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Cuddles avoiding damage as De Silva throws knees to the body.
Cuddles is trying to break the clinch but De Silva has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cuddles wants to break free but De Silva has control.
Cuddles is looking to break free of the clinch but De Silva has double underhooks.
Cuddles has had enough of the clinch but De Silva keeps him there for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuddles wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but De Silva has him pressed against the cage.
De Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cuddles.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Silva.
Cuddles wants to get back to striking at distance but De Silva won't allow it.
Cuddles wants to break free but De Silva has control.
De Silva lands with a right to the head.
Cuddles is trying to push De Silva away but De Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A shot in the inside from De Silva.
Cuddles is trying to force a seperation but De Silva has the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuddles managing to block the knees to the body from De Silva.
De Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cuddles looks to land a left hand but De Silva moved out of range nicely.
Cuddles digs a good body shot into De Silva's ribs.
Cuddles swats away the attempt to clinch by De Silva.
Cuddles swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
De Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Cuddles.
It looked like Cuddles wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cuddles misses with a straight left.
De Silva throws a poor cross that misses
and Cuddles counters with a left to the body.
De Silva connects with a looping right hand.
De Silva throws out a loose jab but Cuddles uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Silva looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cuddles lands with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuddles looks to score with a jab to the body but De Silva is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from De Silva! But no joy.
Cuddles defending well as De Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Cuddles lands with a shot to the body.
Cuddles scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
De Silva missing with a left hand there. Cuddles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cuddles slips a straight right by De Silva.
Cuddles is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Silva.
Teddy Cuddles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cuddles.
An attempted straight right counter from Cuddles misses the target.
De Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Cuddles circles away.
Cuddles on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cuddles swats away the attempt to clinch by De Silva.
De Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cuddles looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
De Silva tries to clinch but Cuddles is having none of it.
De Silva throws the left hand but Cuddles avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuddles lands a nice shot that snaps De Silva's head back.
De Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cuddles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cuddles in his tracks.
De Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cuddles sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cuddles stuns De Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
De Silva rushes Cuddles and presses him up against the cage.
Cuddles working hard to break the clinch.
De Silva prevents Cuddles from breaking the clinch.
Cuddles is trying to force a seperation but De Silva has the dominant position.
Cuddles wants to get back to striking at distance but De Silva won't allow it.
Vitor De Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
De Silva breaks the clinch.
Vitor De Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
De Silva connects with a nice looking jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vitor De Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well De Silva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 27:30
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vitor De Silva!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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