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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Manuel Silva (ranked 791 p4p, 407 weight class) and Seamus O Brien (ranked 109 p4p, 57 weight class). O Brien has chosen Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Excellent MT
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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 27 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Manuel Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seamus O Brien!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva swings widly with a right hand
and O Brien connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Silva missing with a left hand there. O Brien was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've been informed that O Brien has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Nice defenses there by O Brien.
O Brien looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
O Brien appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Silva throws a jab when O Brien was well out of range.
Nice defenses there by O Brien.
A countering left hand to the body from O Brien misses.
Silva scores with a nice strike.
Silva misses with a jab to the body
and O Brien connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva lands a lovely overhand right.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck O Brien on the side of the head.
Silva throws a good cross that connects.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva scores with the left hand. O Brien knows he should have avoided that one.
Silva connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed O Brien momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and O Brien makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva scores with a jab to the head.
A jab from Silva misses.
O Brien swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
O Brien steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
O Brien doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Silva throws the left hand but O Brien avoids the punch easily.
O Brien looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've been hearing reports that Silva has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract O Brien.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and O Brien counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but O Brien ducks down to avoid it.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Manuel Silva has been cut.
Silva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Silva is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Brien uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with an uppercut. O Brien saw that one coming.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from O Brien! But no joy.
Silva throws a right hand that misses
and O Brien counters with a right hand to the body.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by O Brien.
O Brien let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and O Brien counters with a left to the body.
Silva misses with an uppercut
and O Brien counters with a stiff right hand.
Silva throws a hook but O Brien blocks it.
It seemed like O Brien was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Silva swings and misses with a shot to the body
and O Brien counters with a straight right hand.
Silva looks to land a right hand but O Brien moved out of range.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and O Brien counters with a straight right hand.
Silva misses with a looping right.
O Brien looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but O Brien manages to avoid it.
O Brien throws out a counter right but Silva avoids it with no problem.
O Brien slips a jab from Silva.
O Brien looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A shot to the body from Silva misses
and O Brien counters with a left to the body.
Silva misses with a telegraphed body shot
and O Brien counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws an off balance right hand
and O Brien counters with a left to the body.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and O Brien counters with a big right hand! Oh Silva is in trouble here! O Brien follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seamus O Brien!
After the fight, Seamus O Brien was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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