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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jose Buendia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silva Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buendia kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Velocity by Tonedeff. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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185 cm
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190 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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186 cm
23
192 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup |
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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Buendia! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Silva Silva! The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Stalling in the clinch from Buendia.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Buendia looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Buendia drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Silva moves in looking to clinch but Buendia pushes him off. Buendia closes the distance and clinches. Buendia lands a nice elbow. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Buendia's brow. Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Buendia has double underhooks. Silva is stalling here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Buendia obliges. Buendia is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Silva can't fight it off and eventually Buendia manages to take the fight to the floor. Silva looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard. Silva wants to stand and escape but Buendia is having none of it. Silva looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round. Buendia not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. Buendia keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head. Buendia 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. Buendia trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Buendia with a flurry of punches that miss. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round. My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer. Buendia missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Buendia loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Buendia stands up over Silva, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Buendia looking to pass the guard. Buendia working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Buendia throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely. Buendia slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Buendia is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Silva will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already. Buendia cracks Silva with an elbow. That is naaassty. Silva pushes Buendia away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Buendia gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control. Buendia controlling the position from side mount. Buendia working the head with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Buendia content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though. Silva is not in a great position here, taking some shots. Silva is looking to get back to his feet here but Buendia is keeping cool and he's managed to take Silva's back. Buendia throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Silva!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Silva is covering up but some of the strikes from Buendia are getting through and doing damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Buendia is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Buendia gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Buendia gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Buendia apologises and we restart here on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Buendia dominated that round. That's time! Buendia's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Buendia looks to clinch and Silva counters with a low kick, right behind Buendia 's knee. Buendia closes the distance and clinches. Buendia lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges. Buendia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Buendia scores with a knee to the head.
Silva working hard to break the clinch. Buendia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Buendia is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt. Silva is pressed up against the cage. Buendia has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. Buendia clinches with his opponent.
Buendia is stalling here.
Buendia gets a trip takedown into half guard. The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Buendia passes to side control. Buendia controlling the position from side mount. 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. Silva on the wrong end of some ground and pound. Silva is breathing heavily. Buendia trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom. Buendia is really struggling to control Silva but he's trying to hold on to the position. Silva is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Buendia asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Buendia happy to just control the position for now. Silva taking a bit of punishment here - Buendia scoring with strikes. Buendia working the ground and pound from side control. Buendia fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Silva takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Buendia working the ground and pound. Buendia tries to score with some ground and pound. Silva controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage. Buendia throwing strikes but missing, from side control. Buendia has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Buendia misses with an attempted head punch from side control. Buendia cracks Silva with a big elbow. The referee asks Buendia politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Buendia prefers to stall for the moment though. Buendia cracks Silva with a big elbow. Buendia landing with strikes to the head and body from side control. Buendia trying to control the position but Silva is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Buendia working the ground and pound from side control. Buendia looks up at the clock and then as Silva takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Buendia smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Silva gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there! Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Buendia. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Buendia lands a heavy elbow. Jose Buendia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Buendia lands a heavy elbow. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. A nice elbow there by Buendia. Buendia controlling the pace for now. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Buendia dominated that second round. That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Buendia clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage. Buendia prevents Silva from breaking the clinch. Buendia looking for a takedown. Buendia tries for a takedown but Silva manages to get underhooks.
Buendia with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Buendia goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Buendia. That's going to take a lot out of him. Buendia closes the distance and clinches up with Silva, looking for a takedown. Buendia pushes Silva against the cage but Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Silva clinches but Buendia breaks the clinch and Buendia counters by clinching up. Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Buendia. Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Buendia fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva wants to clinch and Buendia counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now. Buendia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around? Silva has momentary wrist control but Buendia slips an elbow through the middle. Silva wants to stand up but Buendia is controlling him. Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Buendia scoring with punches to the head and body. Buendia cracks Silva with a solid left hand. Silva can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Buendia controls the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Buendia in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Buendia scoring with some ground and pound. Buendia is working Silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. Buendia landing with the ground and pound. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Buendia stays in close to Silva's body and controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Buendia lands a couple of elbows. Buendia passes Silva's right leg, so he's now in half guard. Buendia thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Silva Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Ground and pound from Buendia. Ground and pound from Buendia. Buendia lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Buendia lands a nice short elbow. Jose Buendia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Buendia passes to side control. Buendia connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Silva some visible discomfort.
Buendia is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Silva will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already. Buendia has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that's the end of the fight! Jose Buendia showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Buendia, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27 Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27 Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Buendia!
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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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