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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Silvio Van De Leide (ranked 1663 p4p, 1996 weight class) and Bobby Hillburn (ranked 226 p4p, 262 weight class). Van De Leide comes to the cage accompanied by Sandstorm - Darude. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Silvio Van De Leide!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bobby Hillburn!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van De Leide throws a head kick that half lands.
Hillburn moves forwards but Van De Leide connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Van De Leide shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hillburn manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Van De Leide is pushing down on Hillburn's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hillburn is fighting to maintain full guard but Van De Leide has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hillburn is looking for a sweep. Van De Leide is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Van De Leide is taking a breather. Hillburn says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Van De Leide is working for a kimura but Hillburn is defending it quite comfortably.
Nice strikes from Van De Leide there.
Van De Leide trying to control from half guard but Hillburn is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van De Leide works his foot free and advances to mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hillburn can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hillburn is looking to improve his position but Van De Leide isn't that keen on the idea.
Van De Leide blocks Hillburn's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
BOOM! Van De Leide connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Van De Leide wants to control the pace but Hillburn is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van De Leide is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hillburn is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hillburn is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Van De Leide is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hillburn can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Van De Leide breaks from Hillburn's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Van De Leide wants to control the pace but Hillburn is squirming around nicely.
Hillburn is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hillburn keeps trying to improve his position.
Van De Leide is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Hillburn to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Hillburn shrugs it off.
Van De Leide controlling from the full mount.
Hillburn is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Van De Leide trying to control but Hillburn is having none of it.
Van De Leide in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van De Leide trying to control but Hillburn is having none of it.
Van De Leide controlling his opponent.
Hillburn is wriggling around trying to escape.
Van De Leide controlling the pace for now.
Hillburn really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Van De Leide lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Van De Leide prevents Hillburn from getting the reversal.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Silvio Van De Leide dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Hillburn gets caught flat footed, as Van De Leide shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Van De Leide forces his way into half guard.
Van De Leide controlling the pace.
Van De Leide is keen to just control but Hillburn is a slippery customer.
Hillburn trying to control here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hillburn is not content to let Van De Leide control the position.
Van De Leide wants to work for an arm triangle but Hillburn is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Hillburn really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Van De Leide. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van De Leide trying to control the action but Hillburn is working from the bottom.
Van De Leide is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hillburn has managed to free his arm - good work.
Van De Leide not doing much here.
Van De Leide trying to control from half guard but Hillburn is working away.
Van De Leide trying to pass the guard but Hillburn defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Van De Leide scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hillburn trying to get back to full guard but Van De Leide takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Van De Leide pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Hillburn keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Van De Leide working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Van De Leide trying to control but Hillburn is having none of it.
Hillburn tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van De Leide controlling the position easily from mount.
Hillburn keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Hillburn manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hillburn wants to get back to full guard.
Van De Leide perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Hillburn is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hillburn is still trying to improve position.
Van De Leide is trying to control the action in half guard but Hillburn is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Van De Leide controlling the action here.
Hillburn wants to improve his position but Van De Leide is controlling well.
Van De Leide is keen to just control but Hillburn is a slippery customer.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Van De Leide performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Silvio Van De Leide dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Hillburn walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Van De Leide changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hillburn looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hillburn tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Van De Leide wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Van De Leide looks up at the clock and then as Hillburn takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Van De Leide smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Hillburn tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Van De Leide presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Van De Leide can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hillburn is looking to escape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van De Leide looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van De Leide scoring with strikes but Hillburn is staying in there.
Hillburn is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Silvio Van De Leide overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Van De Leide controlling the pace for now.
Hillburn tries to lock up and control but Van De Leide gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Van De Leide controlling his opponent.
Hillburn is trying desperately to improve position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van De Leide takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Van De Leide cracks Hillburn with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Van De Leide controlling from the full mount.
Van De Leide's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Van De Leide unloading with bombs!
Hillburn is bucking up trying to escape but Van De Leide cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hillburn is desperately trying to improve his position but Van De Leide has a good base and remains in mount.
BOOM! Van De Leide connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Van De Leide pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Van De Leide can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hillburn is looking to escape.
Van De Leide 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.
Hillburn can't escape the position.
Silvio Van De Leide is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hillburn tries to hold on but Van De Leide postures up.
Van De Leide tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hillburn manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Hillburn is looking for a sweep. Van De Leide is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Van De Leide controlling the action here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Silvio Van De Leide showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Van De Leide has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:25
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Silvio Van De Leide!
During a confident post fight interview, Silvio Van De Leide thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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