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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rickson Silva (ranked 3058 p4p, 3845 weight class) and Blue Balls (ranked 394 p4p, 492 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rickson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Blue Balls!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Dirk Anderson and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balls gets caught napping as Silva dives in and scores a takedown. Balls manages to retain guard.
Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Silva engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Balls is keeping the position for now.
Silva trying to control but Balls is working from the bottom.
Silva works over Balls with some ground and pound from guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva lands a couple of elbows.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Silva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Silva has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Balls 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balls being controlled here, momentarily.
Silva postures up.
Balls throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Silva escapes and throws Balls's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Balls sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Balls is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Balls looking for submissions off his back.
Silva scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balls wants to control but Silva is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Silva landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Balls trying to control from the bottom.
Silva is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Balls has managed to free his arm - good work.
Silva looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Balls with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Silva drops an elbow to the side of Balls's head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Silva connects with a nice short shot to Balls's temple.
Balls is staying active underneath Silva, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Well, if Silva is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Balls looking for submissions off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Silva is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Silva wants to control but Balls is keeping him busy.
We've been informed that Balls has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Balls trying to control here.
Balls looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
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.
Silva is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva works his way into side control.
Balls tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Balls has escaped the position, nice work there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Balls struggling a bit here.
Silva tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silva has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rickson Silva dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Balls.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Balls can do to turn this around?
Balls ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Silva walks into a jab.
It looks like Rickson Silva has been cut.
Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva has his takedown stuffed
and Balls counters with a nice right hand that sends Silva toppling to the canvas! Silva scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Balls finish him?!
Silva is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balls throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Balls lands a brutal uppercut that launches Silva off his feet! Silva tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Blue Balls!
Blue Balls seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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RATING
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