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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between anderson silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Bader (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for anderson silva has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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205 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, anderson silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Bader!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bader looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
silva is trying to maintain the position but Bader is very close to passing his half guard.
silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bader.
Bader lands with a punch from half guard.
Bader 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.
Bader lands strikes from half guard.
silva is trying to stand back up but Bader is controlling him
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bader lands a nice short elbow.
Bader seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bader chips away with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bader is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bader wants to get back to full guard.
silva scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bader wants to get back to full guard.
silva trying to control from half guard but Bader is working away.
Bader misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Danga de danga de dang - Bader scores with a four punch combination!
Bader gets a takedown into half guard.
Bader not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bader misses with a head shot. silva uses the momentum to regain guard.
silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bader working some strikes from top position.
Bader postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
silva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bader keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of silva's head.
silva is breathing heavily.
Bader scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bader won't allow silva to sweep him here.
Bader working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
silva wants to stand up but Bader is controlling him.
silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bader with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bader lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bader scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bader chips away with some ground and pound.
silva controls Bader momentarily but Bader frees himself.
silva has momentary wrist control but Bader slips an elbow through the middle.
Bader lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bader is working silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bader working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
silva controls Bader momentarily but Bader frees himself.
Bader content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bader working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Bader is in close to silva's body, working some short punches and elbows.
silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
silva looking to control.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bader dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bader scores a takedown into full mount!
silva is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Bader working silva over with strikes here.
silva bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bader lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
Bader trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Bader dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bader drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bader throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
silva throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
silva escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bader gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bader stopping the sweep attempt from silva.
Bader distracts silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bader throws a strike but silva rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bader looking for a sweep. Not yet Bader, not yet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bader throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Bader doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Bader doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bader can do anything to dispel that myth.
silva wants to control from the top but Bader keeps moving.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Bader throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bader feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
silva trying to control the position.
silva looking for a guillotine here but Bader defends easily.
Bader throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva is trying to keep Bader in close.
Bader landing with the ground and pound.
silva looking to control.
silva had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Bader is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. silva Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Bader's back instead.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards silva.
Bader is covering up but some of the strikes from silva are getting through and doing damage.
Bader manages to reverse the position and now he's in silva's guard. Nice work there by Bader.
Bader working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
silva tries for a takedown but Bader sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bader gets a takedown into half guard.
Bader throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Bader working over silva with some ground and pound. silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Bader.
silva looks like he's trying to stand up.
Bader missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bader working over silva with some ground and pound. silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bader seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bader drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bader accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bader thows a big elbow that misses.
silva looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Bader is defending well. silva quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Bader has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! silva celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). anderson silva!
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