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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rodolfo Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonardo Silveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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177 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodolfo Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Leonardo Silveira!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A right-left combo lands from Silveira.
Silveira scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Silveira punishes Dos Santos's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dos Santos gets a takedown into half guard.
Silveira tries to roll over but Dos Santos keeps him under control.
Silveira tries to kick Dos Santos off but Dos Santos keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Silveira is looking for a sweep. Dos Santos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Silveira is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silveira is pressing down on Dos Santos's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Dos Santos showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Dos Santos wants to control from the top but Silveira keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos preventing the sweep.
Silveira wants to get back to his feet but Dos Santos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Silveira tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dos Santos pushes down on Silveira's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Silveira tries to roll over but Dos Santos keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dos Santos is working for a submission of some sort.
Silveira is trying to stand up here but Dos Santos is controlling him well.
Silveira is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Silveira is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Dos Santos stops Silveira from getting back to his feet.
Silveira looks gassed!
Silveira works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silveira looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Dos Santos puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Dos Santos is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Dos Santos trying to control the action but Silveira is working from the bottom.
Dos Santos is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Silveira wants to improve his position but Dos Santos is controlling well.
Silveira wants to get back to full guard but Dos Santos has passed into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Dos Santos cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Dos Santos has control of Silveira's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Silveira regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Silveira is in all sorts of trouble here.
Silveira bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Silveira wants to control from the top but Dos Santos keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leonardo Silveira dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dos Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Silveira is just out of range.
Silveira swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dos Santos looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Silveira!
Silveira is trying desperately to improve position.
Dos Santos manages to capitalize on a mistake by Silveira to take his back!
Dos Santos tightening his grip on Silveira, looking for the choke.
Silveira wants to escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos is looking to control Silveira but Silveira is wriggling around and keeping busy.
You can see the frustration on Silveira's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Silveira is breathing heavily.
Silveira tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Silveira is in all sorts of trouble here.
Silveira wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dos Santos trying to control.
Silveira is really stuck here.
Silveira controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Dos Santos slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Silveira staying busy and making it hard for Dos Santos to control.
Dos Santos is trying to stick to Silveira's back but Silveira is turning into Dos Santos. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Dos Santos's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Silveira.
Silveira's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Dos Santos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silveira stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Rodolfo Dos Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silveira stuns Dos Santos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silveira works the jab nicely.
Silveira digs a good body shot into Dos Santos's ribs.
Silveira misses with a body shot.
Silveira displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silveira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dos Santos manages to avoid it.
Dos Santos fails with the takedown.
Dos Santos on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Silveira looks to land a combination but Dos Santos avoids it well.
Dos Santos darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Silveira tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Dos Santos manages to move to mount!
Dos Santos looking to finish Silveira with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silveira!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodolfo Dos Santos dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Dos Santos takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Silveira misses with a body shot.
Leonardo Silveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silveira misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dos Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dos Santos has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silveira finds it's way round the side to connect with Dos Santos's head.
Silveira throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Dos Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silveira fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dos Santos fails with the takedown.
Silveira scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silveira scores with a shot to the body.
Silveira uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dos Santos has time to react.
Some wild striking there from Silveira.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silveira but Silveira pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Silveira lands a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Silveira. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Silveira.
Silveira lands with a nice combination. Dos Santos backs away looking to recover.
Dos Santos drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Dos Santos fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silveira avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodolfo Dos Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silveira lands a jab to the nose.
Silveira changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Dos Santos takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Dos Santos drops his hands momentarily and Silveira takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Leonardo Silveira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Left hook, right uppercut from Silveira.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Silveira as he jumps to the side.
Silveira connects with a single shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silveira uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Silveira throws a right and a left that Dos Santos avoids nicely.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dos Santos is defended easily by Silveira.
Silveira lands a slapping body shot.
Silveira takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silveira cracks Dos Santos with a good jab.
Silveira scores with a body shot.
Silveira has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Silveira works over Dos Santos's head and body with a nice combination.
Silveira misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos moves in looking to clinch but Silveira pushes him off.
Dos Santos throws a sloppy body shot
and Silveira counters with a one-two to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dos Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A combination from Silveira does no damage.
Dos Santos wants to clinch but Silveira slips to the side
and Silveira counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silveira looks to score with a jab to the body but Dos Santos is just out of range.
Dos Santos wants to clinch.
Dos Santos dodges the punch combination from Silveira.
And that's the end of the fight!
Leonardo Silveira comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silveira has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonardo Silveira!
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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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