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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eli Bathory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bathory comes into a darkened arena with his song building. ERA : enae Volare Mezzo kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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185 lbs
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192 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart |
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
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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 St Petersburg, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eli Bathory!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bathory fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bathory fails with a takedown attempt.
Bathory avoids the head kick by Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bathory looks for a takedown but Silva sprawls well.
Anderson Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eli Bathory.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva stalks Bathory and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bathory's face. Bathory staggers backwards, shaken.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bathory misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Silva misses with a takedown
and Bathory counters with a single leg into guard. Silva didn't expect that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bathory keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head.
Bathory won't allow Silva to get back to his feet.
Bathory throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bathory has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bathory trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bathory throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Silva looking for a guillotine here but Bathory defends easily.
Bathory cracks Silva with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bathory accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bathory in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Bathory 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.
Bathory cracks Silva with a solid left hand.
Bathory wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Bathory is fighting to break Silva's control of his arms but Silva is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Bathory stands up over Silva, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bathory throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva being controlled here, momentarily.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Bathory from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bathory postures up.
Bathory looking to pass the guard.
Silva managing to control the position.
Silva is looking for a triangle but Bathory pushes his legs off easily.
Silva has his foot on Bathory's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bathory works his way back into a safe position though.
Silva is breathing heavily.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Silva wants to clinch but Bathory slips to the side
and Bathory decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Silva's guard.
Bathory distracts Silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eli Bathory dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Silva clinches but Bathory breaks the clinch
and Bathory counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Silva!
Bathory working Silva over with strikes here.
Silva wants to hold on but Bathory pushes him away.
Bathory looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bathory in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bathory working Silva over with strikes here.
Silva is rocked!
Bathory scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Oh Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bathory lands a big elbow - Silva is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Silva is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Eli Bathory!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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