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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jay Silva (ranked 2391 p4p, 2895 weight class) and Chris Welch (ranked 343 p4p, 420 weight class). Chris Welch is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Decent wrestler
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jay Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chris Welch!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva avoids the head kick by Welch.
Silva manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Welch on his heels. He'll look to pass Welch's guard now, I'm sure.
Welch throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Silva escapes and throws Welch's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Silva stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Welch blocks a leg kick.
Welch feints the counter takedown.
Welch shoots in looking for a takedown but Silva manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Welch's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Welch escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Welch tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva stalling the fight.
Welch is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Welch into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Silva tries to pull guard but Welch holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Welch tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Welch leaning against his opponent.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Welch blocks it.
Silva tries to pull guard but Welch won't allow it.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Welch.
Silva is trying to pull guard but Welch turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jay Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Welch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Welch closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Silva makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Welch shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Welch throws a head kick that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Welch misses with the body kick
and Silva decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Welch's guard.
Welch kicks Silva off and gets to his feet.
Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Welch pushes Silva off and gets back to his feet.
Silva gets caught flat footed, as Welch shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Silva wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Welch manages to pass to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to hold on to Welch's head to control him but Welch postures up.
Welch throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Welch is thwarting Silva's attempts to control the position.
Silva regains full guard. Nicely done.
Silva is pulling down on Welch's head. It's preventing any offense from Welch, at least for the moment.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Welch from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Welch postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
Welch in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Welch showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Welch wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Welch is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jay Silva will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Welch shoots in for a double leg but Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Welch misses the jab.
Jay Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Welch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Welch gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Welch stalling.
Welch looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva manages to pull guard.
Silva pulls Welch in close to his closed guard and prevents Welch from doing any damage or advancing position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Welch wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva controls Welch momentarily but Welch frees himself.
Welch drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Silva manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Welch has Silva in his guard.
Silva trying to control but Welch is working from the bottom.
Welch is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Welch missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Welch prevents Silva from improving his position.
Welch tries to pass the half guard into mount. Silva knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Silva is looking to improve his position.
Welch 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.
Silva wants to get back to full guard but Welch has passed into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Welch working away.
The strikes coming from Welch are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Welch controls the position.
Welch trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard.
Silva struggling a bit here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Welch tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Welch throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Welch manages to circle out of the way.
Silva fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Welch to the ground. Silva is now in Welch's guard.
Welch is controlling Silva's posture.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva preventing the sweep.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Chris Welch will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Welch shoots in for a double leg but Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Welch misses with the combination.
Welch throws a body shot but no joy.
Welch misses with a leg kick
and Silva counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Welch is keeping the position for now.
Welch working a defensive guard but Silva manages to pass into side control anyway.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva scoring with punches from side control.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Welch keeps working.
Check out the look on Silva's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva stands up and beckons Welch to his feet.
Welch shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Silva sprawls well. Silva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Welch gets slowly back to his feet.
Welch is looking to land body kicks.
A left and a right from Silva both land. Nice combination.
Welch drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Welch controls his hands.
Welch has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jay Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Welch.
Silva fails to pull guard.
Silva fails to pull guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Welch is looking to take this one to the mat.
Welch has Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva breaks the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Welch is defended easily by Silva.
Silva has Welch up against the cage in a clinch.
Welch tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva feints and as Welch raises his hands in defense, Silva changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Welch has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Silva is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Welch is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Silva gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Welch looks like he's trying to stand up.
Silva seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Silva sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Welch is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Welch is looking to improve his position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Welch actively working from the bottom here.
Silva is taking a breather. Welch says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Welch looks like he's trying to stand up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Welch tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Welch just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromSilva.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jay Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jay Silva!
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energy
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hype
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