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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Verdeng Mansanas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BT Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jay-Z - Run This Town featuring Rihanna & Kanye West kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! This should be fireworks!
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150 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Verdeng Mansanas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, BT Silva!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mansanas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mansanas drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Mansanas drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Mansanas jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mansanas's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Mansanas gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Mansanas.
Mansanas stands up.
Silva looks to land a combination but Mansanas avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Mansanas shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Silva is looking to escape.
Silva looks gassed!
Mansanas is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Mansanas trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.
Mansanas stands up out of the half guard.
Mansanas falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a right and a left that Mansanas avoids nicely.
Mansanas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mansanas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mansanas ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Mansanas is looking to clinch.
Mansanas is looking to clinch.
BT Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mansanas lands a head kick. Silva smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mansanas shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Silva sprawls well. Silva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mansanas gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva blocks a head kick by Mansanas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mansanas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva moves out of range as Mansanas throws a body kick.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mansanas looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Silva is pressing down on Mansanas's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Mansanas working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Silva looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mansanas preventing the sweep.
Mansanas not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Mansanas scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mansanas decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Silva, up you get!
Mansanas takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Mansanas closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Silva to the mat! Silva manages to get full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mansanas stands up from guard. Let's bang!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Verdeng Mansanas dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Mansanas misses the shot to the body.
Mansanas looks for a takedown but Silva sprawls well.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mansanas counters by moving into the clinch.
Mansanas drags the fight down to the ground.
Mansanas is controlling Silva's posture.
Mansanas not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mansanas is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Silva is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Silva tries to stand but Mansanas is controlling from the bottom.
Mansanas is trying to keep Silva in close.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mansanas is keeping the position for now.
Mansanas has his feet on Silva's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Mansanas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Mansanas counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mansanas stands and steps away. Silva gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Silva slaps away a takedown attempt from Mansanas, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mansanas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mansanas throws a head kick that misses.
Mansanas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Silva's waist but Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mansanas off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Verdeng Mansanas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Silva.
Mansanas shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silva defends it nicely.
Mansanas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Silva circles away.
Mansanas tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Silva throws a combination that misses
so Mansanas counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mansanas missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mansanas prevents Silva from getting back to his feet.
Mansanas throws a strike but Silva rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Mansanas 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.
Mansanas throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mansanas working a defensive guard here.
Mansanas throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Mansanas drives through with a takedown into guard.
Silva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silva throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Mansanas escapes and throws Silva's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Mansanas throwing strikes but Silva manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Mansanas keeping his opponent close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Verdeng Mansanas dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Mansanas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mansanas fails with the takedown.
Mansanas looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mansanas throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva slips under a jab from Mansanas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mansanas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Mansanas tries a head kick but it misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mansanas.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Verdeng Mansanas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from Silva as Mansanas shoots in.
Silva tries to bum rush Mansanas with a series of wild strikes but Mansanas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva throws a series of punches but Mansanas moves out of range.
Mansanas shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silva defends it nicely.
Silva looks to land a combination but Mansanas avoids it well.
That's two 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.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mansanas.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Mansanas fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silva sprawls well initially but Mansanas persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Mansanas from controlling successfully.
Mansanas pushing down on Silva's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Mansanas moves nicely into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mansanas taking a breather here.
Mansanas trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mansanas 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 showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Silva wants to control but Mansanas postures up.
Silva takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Mansanas looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Mansanas trying to control the position but Silva is working away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that's the end of the fight!
Verdeng Mansanas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mansanas, 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Verdeng Mansanas!
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energy
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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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