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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Reinaldo Val Pacheco Da Silva (ranked 2111 p4p, 1287 weight class) and Joe Irwin (ranked 302 p4p, 202 weight class). Irwin has chosen Don't Take Your Guns To Town - Johnny Cash as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Reinaldo Val Pacheco Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Irwin!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Val Pacheco Da Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Irwin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Val Pacheco Da Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Val Pacheco Da Silva thows a leg kick but Irwin checks it
and Irwin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Val Pacheco Da Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Irwin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Irwin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Irwin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Irwin throws a hook but Val Pacheco Da Silva avoids it easily.
Irwin cracks Val Pacheco Da Silva with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Irwin pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A big left from Val Pacheco Da Silva misses.
Irwin unleashes a big counter combination but Val Pacheco Da Silva bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Val Pacheco Da Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Irwin ducks under a wild hook from Val Pacheco Da Silva.
A slapping leg kick lands for Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Val Pacheco Da Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Irwin finds it's way round the side to connect with Val Pacheco Da Silva's head.
Val Pacheco Da Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Val Pacheco Da Silva missing with a left hand there. Irwin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Val Pacheco Da Silva misses with a low kick as Irwin jumps back.
Val Pacheco Da Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Irwin throws out the jab.
Irwin misses with a hook. Val Pacheco Da Silva ducked under it nicely.
Irwin misses with an uppercut.
A quick step to the side and Val Pacheco Da Silva tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Val Pacheco Da Silva lands a lovely overhand right.
Val Pacheco Da Silva takes one on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Val Pacheco Da Silva closes the distance and lands a one-two.
It looks like Joe Irwin has been cut.
Irwin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Irwin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Val Pacheco Da Silva has time to react.
Val Pacheco Da Silva slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Val Pacheco Da Silva throws a hook but Irwin blocks it.
Irwin takes a swing at Val Pacheco Da Silva's ribcage but misses.
Irwin misses with a looping left.
A little feinted left hand from Val Pacheco Da Silva on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Reinaldo Val Pacheco Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Val Pacheco Da Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Val Pacheco Da Silva throws out a loose jab but Irwin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Val Pacheco Da Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Irwin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Val Pacheco Da Silva fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Irwin misses with a wild body shot.
Irwin stalks Val Pacheco Da Silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Val Pacheco Da Silva's face. Val Pacheco Da Silva staggers backwards, shaken.
Val Pacheco Da Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Irwin.
Val Pacheco Da Silva defending well as Irwin loads up on a big left hand.
Nice body punch from Val Pacheco Da Silva.
A swing and a miss from Irwin.
Irwin moves out of range of the strikes.
Val Pacheco Da Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Val Pacheco Da Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Irwin's hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Val Pacheco Da Silva scores with a jab. Irwin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Irwin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Val Pacheco Da Silva throws out a loose jab but Irwin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Irwin appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Val Pacheco Da Silva connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Irwin momentarily.
Val Pacheco Da Silva misses with a hook.
Irwin connects with the punch.
Nice body punch from Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Val Pacheco Da Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Irwin was well out of range. Poor timing from Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Irwin throws a hook but Val Pacheco Da Silva avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Irwin.
A big right from Val Pacheco Da Silva misses.
Val Pacheco Da Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Irwin.
A combination from Val Pacheco Da Silva does no damage.
Irwin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Val Pacheco Da Silva had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
An inside leg kick lands from Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Val Pacheco Da Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A left lands for Irwin.
Val Pacheco Da Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Val Pacheco Da Silva misses with a hook
and Irwin counters with a nice uppercut.
Val Pacheco Da Silva misses with a body shot.
Irwin jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Val Pacheco Da Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Irwin.
Val Pacheco Da Silva on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Irwin slips under a jab from Val Pacheco Da Silva.
Irwin scores with a crisp jab that stopped Val Pacheco Da Silva in his tracks.
Irwin scores with a jab to the head.
Val Pacheco Da Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Irwin counters with a straight right hand.
Val Pacheco Da Silva is rocked!
Val Pacheco Da Silva walks straight into a right hand from Irwin - that's dropped him! Irwin jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Val Pacheco Da Silva from any more punishment! Val Pacheco Da Silva complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Joe Irwin!
An out of breath Joe Irwin thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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