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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Austin (ranked 978 p4p, 665 weight class) and Cairo Silva (ranked 149 p4p, 100 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Decent wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Austin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Cairo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Austin slips a straight right by Silva.
Silva misses with a right hand
and Austin counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva lands with a nice body punch.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Austin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silva scores with a kick to the body.
Austin misses with a left hand
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Kyle Austin has been cut.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Austin in his tracks.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Silva pushes Austin up against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Austin prevents a body shot from Silva.
Austin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Austin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Silva lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Austin backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Austin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Austin tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Austin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva working aggressively here.
Silva's coach down at EFC Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Silva's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Austin.
Silva lands a huge knee in the clinch and it's knocked Austin out! Massive knee - he's celebrating with his corner and the crowd showing their appreciation!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Cairo Silva!
Cairo Silva is the new light heavyweight champion!
Cairo Silva made sure to mention his sponsor, EFC Threads in his post fight interview.
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hype
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