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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Silva (ranked 4370 p4p, 4972 weight class) and Thiago Teixeira (ranked 246 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Francisco Silva !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Teixeira!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva gets the takedown into side control.
Silva scores with a couple of short elbows.
Silva lands a nice forearm strike.
Teixeira is pushing Silva 's head away, looking to escape. Silva manages to hold on to the position though.
Silva in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Silva is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Teixeira is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Teixeira takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Teixeira tries to escape but Silva is in control.
Teixeira takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Silva is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Teixeira will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Teixeira is working to avoid the ground and pound but Silva connects with a decent elbow.
Silva working the body and head with strikes.
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!
Silva landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Teixeira is trying to escape and Silva transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Teixeira is forced to tap! Nice work there by Silva ! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Francisco Silva !
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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