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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patricio Silva (ranked 4013 p4p, 24672 weight class) and Silas Babayaga (ranked 473 p4p, 697 weight class). Patricio Silva has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Decent 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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patricio Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Silas Babayaga!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Columbo Gatti and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva lands a high kick!
It looks like Silas Babayaga has been cut.
Babayaga looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Babayaga takes a kick to the side of the head.
Silva delivers a nice body kick.
Silas Babayaga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Babayaga is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Babayaga tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Babayaga has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
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.
Babayaga successfully pulls guard.
Silva sitting in guard here, content to control.
Babayaga is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Babayaga isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Silva stacks Babayaga on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Silva!
Silva working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Babayaga can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Babayaga is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
A lull in the action here as Silva stalls from top position.
You can see the frustration on Babayaga's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Silva fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Babayaga holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Babayaga is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva scores with punches from side control.
Babayaga sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Babayaga is trying to maintain the position but Silva is very close to passing his half guard.
Silva keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Babayaga wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.
Babayaga has his hands clasped together around Silva's back. He's all about the action.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Silva looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babayaga wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Babayaga tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Babayaga takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Babayaga is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Babayaga tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Babayaga doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Babayaga is looking to clinch.
Babayaga closes the distance and clinches.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Babayaga is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Silva to keep the fight standing.
Patricio Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Silas Babayaga.
Babayaga jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silva walks away with a smile on his face. Babayaga gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Babayaga off balance momentarily.
Babayaga darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.
Silva effectively controlling the action here.
Babayaga tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Babayaga tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Babayaga closes the distance looking to clinch
and Silva counters with a head kick that drops Babayaga to the mat! Babayaga scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Babayaga is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva clinches.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Silva taking a breather.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Babayaga is keeping busy.
Babayaga successfully pulls guard.
Silva scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Patricio Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Silas Babayaga's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Silva with a nice calf kick.
Babayaga tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva scores with a nice body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Babayaga crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Silva - the referee stops the clock and Babayaga gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Silva. Babayaga manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Babayaga clinches.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Babayaga is controlling the position.
Babayaga is trying to pull guard but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Babayaga.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Patricio Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Silas Babayaga.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Babayaga is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Silva to keep the fight standing.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Babayaga improves position.
Silva looking to stall.
Silva seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Babayaga is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Babayaga's ribcage.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Babayaga is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Babayaga is trying to pull guard but Silva turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Silva has Babayaga pressed against the cage.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Babayaga jumps guard but Silva turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Silva misses with some punches.
Patricio Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Babayaga blocking some punches.
Silva gets through Babayaga's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Babayaga jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silva walks away with a smile on his face. Babayaga gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Babayaga.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva connects with a leg kick.
Silva misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Babayaga closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva is pushing Babayaga up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
Silva seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Babayaga tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silva is looking to control Babayaga's arms but Babayaga gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silva has his back to the cage.
Babayaga has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Silva.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Babayaga drops back down to his feet.
Babayaga fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Babayaga is trying to pull guard but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babayaga fails to pull guard.
Babayaga jumps guard but Silva turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Babayaga is trying to pull guard but Silva turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Babayaga jumps guard but Silva stands there with Babayaga around his waist. Babayaga gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
Babayaga takes a knee right on the jaw!
That has opened up Silas Babayaga's cut even more.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Babayaga 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.
Babayaga tries to clinch up.
Silva thinks about countering with a head kick.
Silva throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Silva with a nice cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Babayaga misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with a nice body kick.
Babayaga instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Babayaga letting Silva take a breather here.
Babayaga is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Silva to keep the fight standing.
Babayaga fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva taking a breather.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Babayaga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Babayaga backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Babayaga.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Patricio Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Silas Babayaga'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!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Babayaga tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Babayaga misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Babayaga closes the distance and clinches.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Babayagas head.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Babayaga can do to turn this around?
Babayaga tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Babayaga uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Babayaga fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva scores with a kick to the midsection.
Babayaga tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Babayaga looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Babayaga takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva gets a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Patricio Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Silas Babayaga.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Babayaga as Silva tries to tie him up.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Silva is looking to control Babayaga's arms but Babayaga gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silva has his back to the cage.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Babayaga drops back down to his feet.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Babayaga tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Babayaga tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Babayaga tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Babayaga uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A bit of stalling here from Silva.
Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Babayaga jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silva walks away with a smile on his face. Babayaga gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Babayaga clinches.
Silva digs a right hand into Babayaga's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Babayaga's gas tank.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Babayaga tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Babayaga drops back down to his feet.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Babayaga.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Babayaga's head.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Babayaga is trying to pull guard but Silva turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Babayaga is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Silva to keep the fight standing.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Silva stalling the fight.
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silva leaning against his opponent.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Babayaga.
Babayaga jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silva walks away with a smile on his face. Babayaga gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Babayaga takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Patricio Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva lands a big head kick that sends Babayaga tumbling to the mat! Silva takes a step backwards and waves Babayaga back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Babayaga is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva throws a powerful right kick. Babayaga tried to block low but the kick was high! Babayaga was taken right off of his feet! Silva jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Patricio Silva!
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