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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Garces (ranked 4376 p4p, 3962 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 491 weight class). Anderson Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Miguel Garces!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Garces tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Garces manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Silva with a poor takedown
and Garces counters with a single leg into guard. Silva didn't expect that.
Silva escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Garces gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Garces makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Garces is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Garces cracks Silva with a solid left hand.
Garces 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garces lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Garces's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garces trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Garces wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Garces drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Garces jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garces wants to stand but Silva has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Garces lands a couple of digs.
Garces connects with a couple of short punches.
Garces wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Silva can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Garces controls the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Garces wants to stand but Silva is controlling his posture from full guard.
Garces missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Garces is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Garces from controlling successfully.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Garces is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Garces tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva tries to counter by closing the distance.
Garces dives in and scores a takedown into Silva's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garces scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Garces drops back looking for a leg! Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Silva manages to kick Garces off! Garces jumps back into Silva's guard.
Silva wants to control the position but Garces says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Garces is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Garces winds up and cracks Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garces seems to be looking for submissions.
Garces looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Garces wants to work for an arm triangle but Silva is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Garces is keen to just control but Silva is a slippery customer.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Garces dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
It looked like Garces was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Garces clinches with his opponent.
Garces gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Silva regains guard.
Garces would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Garces forces his way into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garces sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Garces takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garces sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Garces is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Garces is controlling the pace.
Garces is working for a submission of some sort.
That's two 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.
Garces lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Garces is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Garces tries to stand but can't do so whilst Silva controls his leg.
Garces content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garces is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Silva defends it well.
Garces is keen to just control but Silva is a slippery customer.
Garces seems to be working for a kimura but Silva defends the submission attempt.
Garces looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Garces is working for a kimura but Silva is defending it quite comfortably.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Garces is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva manages to get to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Garces dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Garces closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Silva's guard.
Garces slips nicely into half guard.
Garces is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Garces blocks the strikes from Silva.
Garces is looking for a kimura but Silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Garces to get the leverage.
Garces is looking for a kimura here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garces controlling the action here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garces passes to side control.
Garces wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Garces advances to mount.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Garces wants to stand but Silva is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Silva defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Garces.
Silva is looking to get to half guard.
Miguel Garces overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Garces lands with some strikes.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Garces's attempts to control the action.
Silva wants to hold on but Garces pushes him away.
Garces is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Silva has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Silva!
Silva wants to pass the guard but Garces is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is posturing up here but Garces has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Silva tries to roll out but it's too tight and Silva has to tap! Slick submission there by Garces!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Miguel Garces!
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