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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva (ranked 1348 p4p, 1913 weight class) and Marcus Hansen (ranked 178 p4p, 250 weight class). Hansen is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Black Sabbath - Iron Man. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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11 - 4 - 0 |
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182 cm
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183
16 - 14 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Very quick |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marcus Hansen!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferreira Da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Hansen circles away.
Hansen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ferreira Da Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Ferreira Da Silva wants to clinch up but Hansen keeps it at a distance.
Ferreira Da Silva is looking to clinch but Hansen is avoiding it.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a left hand
and Hansen counters with a left and a right that stings Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a shot from downtown. Hansen moves away and avoids it.
Ferreira Da Silva closes the distance but Hansen moves to the side
and Hansen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Hansen counters with a one-two to the body.
Ferreira Da Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hansen moves out of range as Ferreira Da Silva strikes.
Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a leg kick
and Hansen holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Hansen gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Ferreira Da Silva regains guard.
Ferreira Da Silva wants to get back to his feet but Hansen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansen with a nice head shot there.
Ferreira Da Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hansen pushes down on Ferreira Da Silva's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Hansen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ferreira Da Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Hansen.
Hansen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nice strikes from Hansen there.
Ferreira Da Silva is staying active underneath Hansen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hansen prevents Ferreira Da Silva from standing back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ferreira Da Silva looks like he's trying to stand up.
Hansen winds up and cracks Ferreira Da Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to get to full guard but Hansen has control of the leg.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hansen lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hansen lands a nice short elbow.
Hansen working the head and body with strikes.
Hansen tries to pass to full mount but Ferreira Da Silva defends it.
Ferreira Da Silva is looking to escape.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to get to full guard but Hansen has control of the leg.
Ferreira Da Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ferreira Da Silva tries to get out of the position.
Ferreira Da Silva is in trouble now - Hansen has advanced to mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen trying to control but Ferreira Da Silva is having none of it.
Hansen unloading with bombs!
Hansen lands a big elbow.
Hansen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hansen landing punches.
Ferreira Da Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hansen on the ground.
Hansen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Hansen landing strikes from the mount.
Hansen with the ground and pound from mount.
Hansen with the ground and pound from mount.
Ferreira Da 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.
Hansen in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hansen dominating with strikes here.
Ferreira Da Silva is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansen with a couple of short strikes.
Oh Ferreira Da Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hansen lands a big elbow - Ferreira Da Silva is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Ferreira Da Silva is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Marcus Hansen!
Marcus Hansen is the new welterweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Marcus Hansen thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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