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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Spartacus Rome (ranked 3376 p4p, 23805 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 430 p4p, 565 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Spartacus Rome!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Silva won't allow Rome to sweep him here.
Rome is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Rome is keeping the position.
Silva preventing the sweep.
Rome knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Silva trying to control but Rome is working from the bottom.
Silva looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Silva might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Rome haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rome is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva passes into half guard.
Rome is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Rome is trying to stand up here but Silva is controlling him well.
Silva decides to return to a standing position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva gets tackled into the cage by Rome. Rome maintains the clinch.
I was talking to Rome's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Silva is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rome gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
Rome lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short uppercut from Rome.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rome.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rome.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rome's elbow.
Silva is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Rome can't fight it off and eventually Silva manages to take the fight to the floor. Rome looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Silva gets to his feet. Rome looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rome moves into the clinch successfully.
Rome cracks Silva with a nice body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rome.
A short right from Rome.
Rome gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rome.
Rome lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rome pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Rome lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rome scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva has Rome pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Silva pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Rome tumbling to the mat - Silva dives into Rome's guard.
Silva looks winded!
Rome is pulling down on Silva's head to control his posture.
Rome wants to stand up but Silva is controlling him.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rome looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rome controlling Silva's posture.
Rome'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.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rome looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva prevents Rome from getting back to his feet.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rome works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Silva working away.
Silva throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Silva wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Rome, who protects the arm well.
Rome can't do much from the bottom here.
Rome wants to get back to his feet.
Rome keeps Silva under control for a moment.
Rome is looking for a sweep.
Rome can't do much from the bottom here.
Silva wants to control but Rome is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rome prevents Silva from improving position.
Rome is looking to reverse the position.
Rome is trying to control Silva's posture but Silva avoids it.
Silva thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Rome is trying to improve his position.
Rome is trying to get back to his feet.
Rome avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Silva.
Silva scoring with punches and elbows.
Silva throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Rome is trying to control Silva's posture but Silva avoids it.
Rome wants to get back to his feet but Silva drags him back down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Spartacus Rome dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
The crowd cheers as Rome lands an impressive looking overhand right. Silva doesn't seem phased though.
Rome cracks Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Silva rushes Rome and presses him up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Rome scores with a nice short uppercut.
Spartacus Rome has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silva has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Rome after a bit of a struggle.
Rome lands with a left to the head.
Silva blocking some punches.
A short right from Rome on the inside.
Rome lands with a short shot to the head.
Rome scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Rome lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Rome.
Silva drags the fight down to the ground.
Rome seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Silva wants to sweep here but Rome controlling him for the moment.
Rome is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to stand but Rome is controlling the position.
Silva can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Rome controls the pace.
Rome has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Silva is proving hard to escape from.
Rome slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Rome trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rome controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Rome throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Rome is not content to let Silva control the position.
Anderson Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rome wants to get back to his feet but Silva drags him back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rome can't do much from the bottom here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rome wants to get back to his feet.
Rome is trying to get back to half guard.
Silva tries to move into full mount but can't pass Rome's legs.
Rome is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Silva has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Silva is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Rome looks calm but he's in trouble here. Silva gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Rome is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Silva lets go of the hold and Rome can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Anderson Silva!
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