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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leon McClane (ranked 2545 p4p, 2624 weight class) and Ricardo Da Silva Jr (ranked 331 p4p, 345 weight class). McClane comes into the arena with Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Ricardo Da Silva Jr enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leon McClane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ricardo Da Silva Jr!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Silva Jr checks a leg kick.
McClane on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Da Silva Jr looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
McClane scores with a crisp jab that stopped Da Silva Jr in his tracks.
Da Silva Jr throws a body punch but McClane moves out of range.
McClane moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
McClane tries to work over Da Silva Jr's front leg with a kick but Da Silva Jr checks it.
Da Silva Jr dodges the punch combination from McClane.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts McClane, as that shot connected.
McClane lands a left and a right that send Da Silva Jr crashing to the mat, dazed. McClane thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Da Silva Jr is rocked!
It looks like Ricardo Da Silva Jr has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McClane displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Da Silva Jr throws out the jab.
Da Silva Jr fails with an attempt to clinch.
It looked like McClane was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr gets cracked there but stands up to it.
McClane misses with an uppercut. Da Silva Jr saw that one coming.
Da Silva Jr connects with a single shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McClane throws a shot from downtown. Da Silva Jr moves away and avoids it.
McClane is looking to land body kicks.
Da Silva Jr looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Da Silva Jr moves into the clinch.
Da Silva Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Da Silva Jr throws a head punch that misses.
A body shot lands from Da Silva Jr.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, McClane creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
McClane blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Da Silva Jr digs a right hand underneath McClane's ribcage. McClane let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Da Silva Jr working McClane over with knees to the body.
McClane is breathing heavily.
Da Silva Jr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Da Silva Jr unloads a knee to the mid-section. McClane lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva Jr lands with a light punch inside.
Da Silva Jr struggles to land a body shot inside as McClane controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Da Silva Jr.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McClane wants to break free but Da Silva Jr has control.
Da Silva Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Da Silva Jr works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Da Silva Jr lands a hook that snaps the head of McClane backwards.
I was talking to McClane's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva Jr lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right from Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr lands a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva Jr lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Da Silva Jr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva Jr lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McClane backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr lands a nice uppercut.
Da Silva Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Da Silva Jr lands a good knee to the midsection. McClane won't want to take too many of those.
Da Silva Jr scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva Jr struggles to land a body shot inside as McClane controls his hands.
McClane's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McClane on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr lands a body punch in the clinch.
Da Silva Jr cracks McClane with a nice body shot.
Da Silva Jr lands a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva Jr using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva Jr unloads a knee to the mid-section.
McClane takes a knee to the side of the body.
Da Silva Jr lands a body shot.
Da Silva Jr lands a good knee to the midsection. McClane won't want to take too many of those.
Da Silva Jr lands a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva Jr scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva Jr lands a knee to the body.
Da Silva Jr scores a nice knee to the body.
McClane prevents a body shot from Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McClane wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice body punch from Da Silva Jr.
McClane tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Da Silva Jr obliges.
Da Silva Jr is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Da Silva Jr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Da Silva Jr creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr scores a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva Jr tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McClane's elbow.
Da Silva Jr lands with a short shot to the head.
Da Silva Jr lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McClane backwards.
A hook to the body from Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr lands a nice uppercut.
Da Silva Jr tries to throw a body punch but McClane avoids it by throwing Da Silva Jr back against the cage.
Da Silva Jr is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McClane or not.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Da Silva Jr obliges.
Da Silva Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Da Silva Jr using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Da Silva Jr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Da Silva Jr putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McClane in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Da Silva Jr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Da Silva Jr's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Da Silva Jr missing with a left hand there. McClane was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Da Silva Jr fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Da Silva Jr looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McClane misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
McClane misses with a double jab.
A big left from Da Silva Jr misses.
Da Silva Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McClane waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Da Silva Jr.
McClane finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
McClane displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McClane throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McClane blocks a jab.
McClane throws a leg kick but Da Silva Jr sees it coming and moves out of range.
Da Silva Jr wants to clinch.
McClane throwing a counter right hand but Da Silva Jr manages to avoid it.
Da Silva Jr looks to land a right hand but McClane moved out of range.
Leon McClane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Da Silva Jr throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McClane swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Da Silva Jr is looking to clinch.
Da Silva Jr tries to close the distance and clinch up but McClane swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McClane is looking for a counter combo.
Da Silva Jr slips a jab and a cross from McClane.
Da Silva Jr tries to clinch but McClane moves out of range.
Da Silva Jr takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva Jr takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Da Silva Jr clinches up against the cage.
McClane wants to get back to striking at distance but Da Silva Jr won't allow it.
McClane blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Da Silva Jr using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Da Silva Jr - that landed with a thud.
Da Silva Jr is leaning against McClane and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Da Silva Jr obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A right hook to the body lands for Da Silva Jr.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Da Silva Jr obliges.
McClane takes a knee to the side of the body.
Da Silva Jr working McClane over with knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McClane prevents a body shot from Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr misses with a hook to the ribs.
Da Silva Jr lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Da Silva Jr lands an uppercut.
Knees to the body from Da Silva Jr.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva Jr landing knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr misses with a punch to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Da Silva Jr unloads a knee to the mid-section. McClane lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McClane is looking to break free of the clinch but Da Silva Jr has double underhooks.
A right hand to the body from Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr digs a right hand underneath McClane's ribcage. McClane let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Da Silva Jr working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Da Silva Jr throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr struggles to land a body shot inside as McClane controls his hands.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr lands with a light punch inside.
Da Silva Jr working McClane over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Da Silva Jr makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McClane takes a knee to the side of the body.
Da Silva Jr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva Jr tries to throw a body punch but McClane avoids it by throwing Da Silva Jr back against the cage.
McClane takes a knee to the side of the body.
Da Silva Jr unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Da Silva Jr lands a left hand that snaps the head of McClane backwards.
Da Silva Jr lands a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva Jr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McClane wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Da Silva Jr has him pressed against the cage.
Da Silva Jr lands with a right to the head.
Da Silva Jr working McClane over with knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr lands a good knee to the midsection. McClane won't want to take too many of those.
Da Silva Jr lands a left hand that snaps the head of McClane backwards.
Da Silva Jr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva Jr digs a right hand into McClane's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on McClane's gas tank.
Da Silva Jr landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McClane in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Da Silva Jr softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Da Silva Jr throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McClanes head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Da Silva Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ricardo Da Silva Jr's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
McClane misses with an uppercut. Da Silva Jr saw that one coming.
McClane fails to land with a series of punches.
Da Silva Jr throws a hook but McClane blocks it.
McClane circles away from the clinch attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from McClane misses the target.
Da Silva Jr throws a body shot but no joy.
McClane scores with a jab to the head.
Jab from McClane.
Da Silva Jr tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McClane paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McClane scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Silva Jr throws a shot from downtown. McClane moves away and avoids it.
Some bone on bone action there as Da Silva Jr checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
McClane lands a glancing blow to the side of Da Silva Jr's head.
Da Silva Jr tries to clinch up.
Da Silva Jr takes one on the button.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McClane stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Da Silva Jr misses with a hook. McClane ducked under it nicely.
Da Silva Jr drives through and clinches with McClane against the cage.
Da Silva Jr misses with a short punch on the inside.
McClane is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McClane tries to break free but Da Silva Jr pushes him back against the cage.
McClane tries a body shot but Da Silva Jr blocks it.
McClane wants to break free but Da Silva Jr has control.
McClane misses with a punch to the body.
McClane wants to break the clinch but can't.
Da Silva Jr prevents McClane from breaking the clinch.
McClane misses with a body punch.
McClane goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McClane wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Da Silva Jr misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Da Silva Jr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Da Silva Jr pushes McClane back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Leon McClane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva Jr throws a blind hook that connects with the side of McClanes head.
Da Silva Jr landing knees to the body.
McClane is trying to break free.
Da Silva Jr lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McClane backwards.
Da Silva Jr makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Da Silva Jr unloads a knee to the mid-section. McClane lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Da Silva Jr working McClane over with knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Da Silva Jr obliges.
Da Silva Jr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Da Silva Jr lands a good knee to the midsection. McClane won't want to take too many of those.
Da Silva Jr landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Da Silva Jr cracks McClane with a nice body shot.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Da Silva Jr obliges.
Da Silva Jr landing knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Da Silva Jr scores a nice knee to the body.
Da Silva Jr unloads a knee to the mid-section. McClane lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva Jr lands a body punch in the clinch.
McClane tries a body shot but Da Silva Jr blocks it.
Da Silva Jr putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McClane in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr lands an uppercut.
McClane wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Da Silva Jr has him pressed against the cage.
Da Silva Jr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Da Silva Jr lands a hook to the side of the head.
Da Silva Jr putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has McClane in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr landing knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Da Silva Jr softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Da Silva Jr is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr lands a good knee to the midsection. McClane won't want to take too many of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva Jr is leaning against McClane and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Da Silva Jr utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Da Silva Jr lands a good knee to the midsection. McClane won't want to take too many of those.
A right hook to the body lands for Da Silva Jr.
A short right from Da Silva Jr on the inside.
Da Silva Jr missing with knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr lands with a right to the head.
Da Silva Jr gets through McClane's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Da Silva Jr.
McClane working hard to break the clinch.
Da Silva Jr lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Da Silva Jr lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Da Silva Jr using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Da Silva Jr.
Da Silva Jr working McClane over with knees to the body.
Da Silva Jr scores with a nice hook to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricardo Da Silva Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Da Silva Jr winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricardo Da Silva Jr!
In defeat, Leon McClane stepped up to the mic, saying 'was fun while it lasted... hell, he's one tough, one-trick pony.'.
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