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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rich Silva Jr (ranked 616 p4p, 654 weight class) and Mike Murhaa (ranked 79 p4p, 85 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Silva Jr might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sleeping Giant. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rich Silva Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva Jr lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Murhaa feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Murhaa scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murhaa is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva Jr has wrist control.
Silva Jr is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Silva Jr is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Murhaa postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhaa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Murhaa stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Silva Jr has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Murhaa manages to get his head free but now Silva Jr has transitioned to an armbar! Murhaa grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Silva Jr! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rich Silva Jr!
A victorious Rich Silva Jr thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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