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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jai Sharma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fedor MachidaSilva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jai Sharma has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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205 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jai Sharma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fedor MachidaSilva!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MachidaSilva tries to clinch up but Sharma circles away and keeps his distance.
MachidaSilva tries to clinch but Sharma moves out of range.
Fedor MachidaSilva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - MachidaSilva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sharma gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by MachidaSilva.
Sharma on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
MachidaSilva lands a nice knee to the body.
Sharma leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sharma drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
MachidaSilva trying to land knees to the body.
MachidaSilva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sharma lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
MachidaSilva crunches a lovely knee into Sharma's ribcage.
Sharma is breathing heavily.
MachidaSilva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sharma in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
MachidaSilva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
MachidaSilva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
MachidaSilva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sharma counters by moving into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for MachidaSilva.
MachidaSilva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
MachidaSilva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Jai Sharma has been cut.
Nice elbow from MachidaSilva.
MachidaSilva tries to circle away but Sharma has him pinned against the cage.
MachidaSilva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
MachidaSilva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sharma is defending well for now.
Knees to the body from MachidaSilva.
Sharma on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
MachidaSilva lands a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sharma takes an elbow to the forehead.
MachidaSilva lands a nice elbow.
MachidaSilva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sharma lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from MachidaSilva.
Jai Sharma's cut is getting worse.
MachidaSilva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
MachidaSilva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
MachidaSilva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
MachidaSilva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jai Sharma's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
MachidaSilva lands an elbow that stopped Sharma in his tracks for a moment.
MachidaSilva lands a knee to the body.
MachidaSilva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sharma takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sharma managing to block the knees to the body from MachidaSilva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
MachidaSilva lands a nice elbow.
MachidaSilva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sharma takes a knee to the side of the body.
MachidaSilva scores a nice knee to the body.
MachidaSilva scores a nice knee to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, MachidaSilva throws an elbow but misses.
MachidaSilva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sharma leaning against his opponent.
Sharma wants to get back to striking at distance but MachidaSilva won't allow it.
Sharma trying to control the position but instead, MachidaSilva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sharma into the cage.
MachidaSilva fails to pull guard.
Sharma on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sharma blocks the elbow strike.
MachidaSilva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
MachidaSilva lands a nice knee to the body.
Sharma jumps guard but MachidaSilva stands there with Sharma around his waist. Sharma gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for MachidaSilva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
MachidaSilva lands a good knee to the midsection. Sharma won't want to take too many of those.
MachidaSilva lands a nice elbow.
Sharma managing to block the knees to the body from MachidaSilva.
Sharma avoiding damage as MachidaSilva throws knees to the body.
MachidaSilva lands a damaging elbow.
Sharma pushes off an throws an elbow but MachidaSilva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sharma breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sharma rushes MachidaSilva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Sharma's face as he tries to break the clinch.
MachidaSilva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
MachidaSilva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
MachidaSilva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sharma avoids it.
MachidaSilva jumps guard but Sharma stands there with MachidaSilva around his waist. MachidaSilva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sharma working hard to break the clinch.
MachidaSilva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sharma backwards.
Sharma has MachidaSilva pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Sharma pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending MachidaSilva tumbling to the mat - Sharma dives into MachidaSilva's guard.
Sharma missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
MachidaSilva wants to stand and escape but Sharma is having none of it.
Sharma 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.
Sharma slips nicely into half guard.
Sharma seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
MachidaSilva is trying to stand up here but Sharma is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fedor MachidaSilva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jai Sharma's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sharma shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in MachidaSilva's guard.
Sharma looking to pass the guard.
MachidaSilva striking off his back but it's not causing Sharma any problems.
Sharma tries to free his leg and advance position but MachidaSilva is retaining full guard.
Sharma stops MachidaSilva from standing up.
Sharma avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sharma prevents MachidaSilva from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sharma 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharma seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down MachidaSilva for as long as he can get away with.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Sharma circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sharma holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sharma decides to pull guard.
Sharma has his hands on MachidaSilva's head, controlling the position.
MachidaSilva is looking to stand up but Sharma won't let him.
That's two 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.
Sharma manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Sharma shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts MachidaSilva as he jumps to the side.
MachidaSilva tries to clinch up
and Sharma counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in MachidaSilva's guard now.
Sharma won't allow MachidaSilva to get back to his feet.
MachidaSilva throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sharma accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
MachidaSilva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharma drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and MachidaSilva dives on top into guard.
Sharma tries to land a sweep but no joy.
MachidaSilva tries to stand but Sharma is controlling from the bottom.
Sharma looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Sharma has a closed guard, preventing MachidaSilva from standing up.
Sharma is trying to keep MachidaSilva in close.
MachidaSilva would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sharma tried to score with a low kick but MachidaSilva checks it.
MachidaSilva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
MachidaSilva tries to clinch there but Sharma circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jai Sharma dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jai Sharma's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
MachidaSilva tries to clinch there but Sharma circles away.
MachidaSilva swings for the body but Sharma moves out of range.
MachidaSilva tries to close the distance and clinch but Sharma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sharma circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sharma counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sharma slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
MachidaSilva keeping moving, preventing Sharma from controlling successfully.
Sharma slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
MachidaSilva is trying to keep Sharma in close.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharma distracts MachidaSilva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
MachidaSilva is looking to stand up but Sharma isn't so interested in that idea.
Sharma stays in close to MachidaSilva's body and controls the position.
MachidaSilva wants to stand up but Sharma is controlling him.
Sharma postures up in MachidaSilva's guard and throws a big left but MachidaSilva blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Sharma decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
MachidaSilva keeps the fight on the outside.
MachidaSilva tries to clinch but Sharma moves away
and Sharma counters with a nice double leg into side control. MachidaSilva won't be happy with that.
Sharma working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
MachidaSilva is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
MachidaSilva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
MachidaSilva wants to get back to his feet.
MachidaSilva takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Sloppy strikes there by Sharma.
Jai Sharma overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
MachidaSilva tries to escape but Sharma is in control.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sharma shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. MachidaSilva manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
MachidaSilva is looking to stand up but Sharma isn't so interested in that idea.
MachidaSilva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sharma sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed MachidaSilva's guard.
Sharma thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed MachidaSilva's head.
Sharma content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
MachidaSilva looks like he's trying to stand up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jai Sharma showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Sharma has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jai Sharma!
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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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