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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roman Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Starkillers - Bitch Ass Trick (Original) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Andy Silva told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Roman Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Andy Silva!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Glass and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva gets caught flat footed, as Davis shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Davis stands and throws Silva's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Silva is being controlled here.
Sloppy strikes there by Davis.
Davis tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Davis has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Davis wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Silva can do anything to dispel that myth.
Davis looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Silva wants to control but Davis postures up.
Davis scoring with punches and elbows.
Davis sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Silva is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
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.
Davis throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Silva is working to avoid the ground and pound but Davis connects with a decent elbow.
Davis 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.
Davis tries for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
An elbow from Davis crashes against the mat.
Davis trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Silva is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Davis thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva can't do much from the bottom here.
Silva tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Davis wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Davis trying to control the position but Silva is working away.
Silva tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Davis wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Davis is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roman Davis dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Davis goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Davis's sensitive parts.
An inside leg kick from Silva misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Davis bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Silva's head backwards.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Davis lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Silva cracks the inside of Davis's front leg.
Silva lands a nice looking body kick.
Silva lands a nice looking kick to the body. Davis takes a step back to recover.
Silva throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Davis's head.
It looks like Roman Davis has been cut.
Davis sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Davis misses with a few strikes there.
Silva throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Davis moves away.
Andy Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva is looking to slow Davis down with leg kicks.
Silva throws a head kick that Davis semi-blocks.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Davis manages to avoid it.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Nice defenses there by Davis.
Roman Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Silva throws a head kick that half lands.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silva cracks the inside of Davis's front leg.
Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva delivers a nice body kick.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva gets a clinch.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Davis's shoulder, as Davis tries to avoid the shot.
Davis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva lands with a slapping head kick.
Roman Davis's cut is getting worse.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Davis throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva scores with a push kick.
Davis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Davis. That did some damage!
Davis walks forward, straight into a front kick from Silva.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Silva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Roman Davis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Davis.
Silva throws a head kick that Davis semi-blocks.
Roman Davis's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Davis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Davis misses with a few strikes there.
Davis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Davis moves out of range easily.
Silva throws a head kick that Davis semi-blocks.
Andy Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Silva throws a head kick but Davis moves out of range.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Silva.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slapping body kick lands there for Silva.
Silva connects with a high kick.
Jeez, Roman Davis's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Davis has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Silva.
Nice body kick from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andy Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Roman Davis's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Davis.
Silva cracks the inside of Davis's front leg.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Davis will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva is looking to slow Davis down with leg kicks.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Davis's front leg but catches the back leg as Davis tries to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Both fighters circling a little - Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva scores with a nice body kick.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Davis.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses Davis's front leg but catches the back leg as Davis tries to avoid it.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Silva.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Silva lands a front kick.
Silva fakes the leg kick and cracks Davis in the body.
Davis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Silva connects with a high kick.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Roman Davis's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Andy Silva!
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hype
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