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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Greg Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eduardo da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying da Silva's choice of entrance music: Mister Niterói. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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193 cm
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200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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187 cm
22
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Greg Johnson! 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, Eduardo da Silva! The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! da Silva swings for the body but Johnson moves out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by da Silva!
It looks like Greg Johnson has been cut. Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
da Silva looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Johnson is fending him off so far but da Silva persists. Nope, Johnson circles away and we're back to standing. Johnson tries to keep at a distance but da Silva has taken the fight into the clinch. da Silva wants to break free but Johnson has control.
Johnson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice jab there from da Silva. Johnson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
da Silva digs a good body shot into Johnson's ribs. Johnson shoots and misses and da Silva counters with a shoot takedown. Johnson fights it but they end up in guard. da Silva decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Johnson, up you get! Johnson is breathing heavily. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Johnson with a poor takedown and da Silva counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground. da Silva slips nicely into half guard. da Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round. da Silva seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Johnson is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Eduardo da Silva!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
88% |
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