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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Logan Cane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and wanderlai silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that wanderlai silva was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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185 cm
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185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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207 cm
21
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
Big right hand |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Logan Cane! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, wanderlai silva! The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Cane leaves silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. silva shoots in but Cane avoids the takedown attempt easily. silva shoots in and drives through. Cane sprawls well. Logan Cane has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of wanderlai silva. silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt. silva shoots in but no luck this time. silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. No luck with that takedown attempt from silva. Cane gets a takedown into half guard. silva looks gassed! Cane is pressing down on silva's thigh, looking to free his foot. silva is holding on for now. Cane is working for a kimura but silva is defending it quite comfortably.
Cane seems to be looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cane wants to free his trapped foot but silva is holding on for dear life with his legs. Cane is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, silva has managed to free his arm - good work. Cane looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. Cane passes to side control. Cane is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but silva is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace. Cane working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. silva can't do much from the bottom here. Cane thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. Cane knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for silva on the ground. Cane tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cane has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's three minutes gone in the round. You can see the frustration on silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. silva sneaks back into half guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Cane is looking for a kimura but silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cane to get the leverage.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. silva is working to tighten is grip on Cane's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Cane has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but silva is really squeezing tight and eventually Cane passes out! silva breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). wanderlai silva!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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