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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fedor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJ BALLSACK (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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168 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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193 cm
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155 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fedor Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, BJ BALLSACK!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Roberts and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a looping right.
BALLSACK uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
BALLSACK avoids a punch combination nicely.
BALLSACK displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
BALLSACK keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
BALLSACK keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
BALLSACK shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Silva as he jumps to the side.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva 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.
BALLSACK shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silva defends it nicely.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
BALLSACK dodges the punch combination from Silva.
BALLSACK shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed BALLSACK's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Fedor Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of BJ BALLSACK.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
BALLSACK shoots in for a double leg but Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but BALLSACK manages to avoid it.
Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for BALLSACK on that attempt.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
BALLSACK shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.
Silva lands with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva leaves BALLSACK with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Silva!
Silva throws a right hand that BALLSACK ducks under and follows up with a left that BALLSACK also avoids with ease.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fedor Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva lands a right hook to the body.
BALLSACK avoids the body shot from Silva.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck BALLSACK on the side of the head.
Silva is looking to wear down BALLSACK with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
BALLSACK is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but BALLSACK moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
BALLSACK scores a takedown into full mount!
BALLSACK landing strikes, looking to finish!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva is bucking up trying to escape but BALLSACK cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
BALLSACK dominating with strikes here.
BALLSACK lands a nice shot to the head.
Silva is rocked!
BALLSACK lands a heavy elbow.
Oh Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
BALLSACK cracks Silva with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). BJ BALLSACK!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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