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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tupac Shakur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pablo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tupac Shakur!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Emerson Jorge and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shakur.
Shakur closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shakur prevents Silva from improving his position.
Shakur content to control rather than advance.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
Silva is working hard here to advance position.
Shakur is trying to control the action in half guard but Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Silva is trying to control but can't.
Silva is not content to let Shakur control the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Shakur fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Shakur scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Shakur wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Shakur is controlling the pace.
Silva is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Shakur pulls his head out easily.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Shakur drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Shakur trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Shakur tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Silva swivels and escapes.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
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 shoots in and bounces Shakur off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Shakur is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shakur is keeping the position for now.
Silva wants to control from the top but Shakur keeps moving.
Silva preventing the sweep.
Shakur is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Shakur doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Shakur lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Shakur throwing short punches from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Shakur lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Shakur throws a body kick that misses.
Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Shakur counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Shakur wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.
Shakur looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Silva taking some punishment here, with Shakur in his half guard.
Shakur seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Shakur 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.
Shakur lands with a punch from half guard.
Shakur wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Shakur moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Shakur counters with a two punch combo.
Shakur throws a series of strikes that have Silva backpedaling.
Shakur looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
Pablo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shakur displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Shakur darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Shakur trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.
Silva trying to control from the bottom.
Shakur looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Shakur really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Shakur 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tupac Shakur dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Shakur shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Shakur was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Silva's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Shakur wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Shakur looking to control and managing it successfully.
Shakur landing punches.
Shakur postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shakur unloading with bombs!
Shakur lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is in all sorts of trouble here.
Shakur is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Silva tries to reverse the position but Shakur maintains control.
Shakur wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Shakur is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Shakur's attempts to control the action.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Shakur cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Shakur landing shots from mount.
Shakur trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's two 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.
Shakur lands a nice shot to the head.
Silva tries to hold on but Shakur postures up.
Shakur breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Shakur in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Shakur cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Shakur looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Shakur lands a nice shot to the head.
Shakur tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Shakur prevents Silva from getting the reversal.
Shakur trying to control but Silva is having none of it.
Shakur lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shakur has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
Shakur trying to control but Silva is having none of it.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Silva taking shots to the head.
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
Shakur fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Shakur putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Shakur looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Shakur scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Shakur postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Shakur tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Silva is in a horrible position here. Shakur smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Shakur's attempts to control the action.
Shakur lands with some strikes.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Shakur's attempts to control the action.
Shakur postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tupac Shakur showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Shakur circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shakur fails with the takedown.
Silva closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Shakur to the mat! Shakur manages to get full guard.
Silva postures up.
Shakur might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Silva kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Shakur lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Shakur is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Shakur.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Silva fails with the takedown
and Shakur counters with a nice double leg into side control. Silva won't be happy with that.
Silva is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Shakur creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Check out the look on Shakur's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Silva gets back to half guard.
Silva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Shakur trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.
Shakur scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to stand up here but Shakur is controlling him well.
Shakur trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Shakur lands a nice short elbow.
Silva is trying to maintain the position but Shakur is very close to passing his half guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A jab from Silva misses.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt
so Shakur counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Silva working for a triangle but Shakur defends it easily.
Shakur stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Shakur must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Shakur trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Shakur tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Shakur is in close to Silva's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Shakur avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Silva is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Shakur.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt
and Shakur counters with a nice double leg into guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pablo Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shakur wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Shakur trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Shakur is one step ahead there.
Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tupac Shakur is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shakur trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pablo Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shakur working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silva's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tupac Shakur comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Shakur 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tupac Shakur!
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