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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Brenda (ranked 24918 p4p, 3690 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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192 cm 20 195 2 - 7 - 0 |
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188 cm 24 195 2 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Counter fighter Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler Basic striking Solid chin |
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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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Brenda! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva! The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Silva drives through with a takedown into Brenda's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Brenda is retaining full guard. Silva is in close to Brenda's body, working some short punches and elbows. Silva wants to get up but he can't break Brenda's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here. Brenda avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Brenda seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission. Brenda is breathing heavily. Silva with a nice head shot there. Silva lands a couple of elbows. Silva connects with a couple of short punches. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Silva stands up over Brenda, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Brenda avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Brenda has momentary wrist control but Silva slips an elbow through the middle. Silva's corner is telling him to maintain position. Brenda is looking to stand up but Silva isn't so interested in that idea.
That's one minute gone in the round. Silva controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Silva scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Silva landing with the ground and pound. Silva stands and throws Brenda's legs to the side, diving into side control. Silva connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Brenda some visible discomfort.
Silva lands an elbow. Silva working the ground and pound from side control. Silva cracks Brenda with a big elbow.
Brenda is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round. A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet. Oh Brenda is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Brenda has escaped the position, nice work there. Brenda seems to have got his legs back now. Silva lands a nice forearm strike. Brenda takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Silva scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Brenda to see if he's OK. Brenda is not in a great position here, taking some shots. Silva scoring with punches and elbows. Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Silva working the ground and pound. Silva moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now. Silva cracks Brenda with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Silva immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Brenda is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Silva!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anderson Silva!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
36% |
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