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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sparky Anderson (ranked 1109 p4p, 2609 weight class) and Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva (ranked 151 p4p, 304 weight class). Anderson comes to the cage accompanied by Pick up man. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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42 - 26 - 0 |
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186
14 - 10 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Good kicks
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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 42 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sparky Anderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferreira Da Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Anderson counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Anderson.
Anderson is looking for a takedown.
Ferreira Da Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Still in the clinch, Ferreira Da Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ferreira Da Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Anderson up against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ferreira Da Silva just leaning against Anderson, taking a breather.
Ferreira Da Silva looking to stall.
Ferreira Da Silva is stalling here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ferreira Da Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Ferreira Da Silva manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a double jab.
Ferreira Da Silva is looking to clinch but Anderson is avoiding it.
Anderson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to clinch but Anderson moves out of range.
Ferreira Da Silva gets a clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Anderson.
Anderson is looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sparky Anderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Anderson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva slowing the pace effectively.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ferreira Da Silva stalling against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ferreira Da Silva.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ferreira Da Silva - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ferreira Da Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Ferreira Da Silva leaning against his opponent.
Ferreira Da Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Ferreira Da Silva's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva.
Ferreira Da Silva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Anderson on the side of the head.
Nice cross by Anderson.
Anderson pushes Ferreira Da Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Anderson being controlled against the cage.
Come on Ferreira Da Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Ferreira Da Silva gets underhooks to prevent Anderson's takedown attempt.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ferreira Da Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anderson has Ferreira Da Silva pressed against the cage.
Ferreira Da Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Anderson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ferreira Da Silva pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Anderson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Ferreira Da Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ferreira Da Silva.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Ferreira Da Silva has Anderson pressed against the cage.
Anderson is stalling here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ferreira Da Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ferreira Da Silva drives through and clinches with Anderson against the cage.
Anderson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ferreira Da Silva prevents it.
Ferreira Da Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ferreira Da Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ferreira Da Silva is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Anderson has denied him.
A bit of stalling here from Ferreira Da Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ferreira Da Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ferreira Da Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Ferreira Da Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Ferreira Da Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Virgulino Ferreira Da Silva.
Anderson lands with a nice body punch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Anderson is defended easily by Ferreira Da Silva.
Anderson throws a hook but Ferreira Da Silva avoids it easily.
It seemed like Ferreira Da Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ferreira Da Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Anderson looks to clinch
and Ferreira Da Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Anderson scores with a takedown into Ferreira Da Silva's guard.
Ferreira Da Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ferreira Da Silva controlling the position.
Anderson wants to control from the top but Ferreira Da Silva keeps moving.
Anderson is fighting to break Ferreira Da Silva's control of his arms but Ferreira Da Silva is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
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 has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Anderson has passed into side control.
Anderson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ferreira Da Silva keeps working.
Ferreira Da Silva is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Anderson is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Anderson looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Anderson with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Ferreira Da Silva tries to hold on but Anderson pushes him away.
Anderson manages to capitalize on a mistake by Ferreira Da Silva to take his back!
Anderson looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Anderson scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Ferreira Da Silva is looking for a way out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira Da Silva is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Anderson sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Ferreira Da Silva taps out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Sparky Anderson!
Sparky Anderson looked relieved post fight as he said the following; '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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FIGHT
RATING
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