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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sparky Anderson (ranked 1079 p4p, 2238 weight class) and Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva (ranked 153 p4p, 298 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by Pick up man. Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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37 - 24 - 0 |
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sparky Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, David Schapiro and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a right hand
and Anderson counters with a nice uppercut.
A low kick from Ferreira Da Silva is predictable there
and Ferreira Da Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Anderson blocks a leg kick.
Anderson attempts a counter takedown but Ferreira Da Silva avoids it well and moves away.
Anderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Anderson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ferreira Da Silva has closed the distance and engaged Anderson in a clinch.
Anderson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ferreira Da Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Anderson.
Anderson has hold of one of Ferreira Da Silva's legs. Ferreira Da Silva is fighting the takedown attempt but Anderson gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Ferreira Da Silva wants to get back to his feet but Anderson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Ferreira Da Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Anderson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Anderson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ferreira Da Silva is keeping the position for now.
Ferreira Da Silva can't keep his opponent in guard - Anderson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Anderson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Anderson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ferreira Da Silva wants to control but Anderson passes into side.
Ferreira Da Silva wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Anderson is staying tight to Ferreira Da Silva's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Anderson wants to control but Ferreira Da Silva is keeping him busy.
Anderson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ferreira Da Silva is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Ferreira Da Silva bucks up and tries to throw Anderson off but instead Anderson has got his back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Ferreira Da Silva is trying to defend against the choke here but Anderson has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Anderson Tightens the hold and Ferreira Da Silva taps out furiously! Anderson displays superior BJJ to win the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Sparky Anderson!
Sparky Anderson took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'It's great to be the new champion, thanks to all my team around me'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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