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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jeronimo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and marco ruas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). marco ruas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jeronimo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, marco ruas!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Joseph Jones and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ruas is looking to clinch.
ruas tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
ruas lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
marco ruas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
ruas tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
ruas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but ruas avoids it really well and circles away.
ruas tries for a takedown but Silva circles away easily
and Silva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Silva prevents ruas from improving his position.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
ruas really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silva is controlling the pace.
ruas is trying to stand.
Silva working the head and body with strikes.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is looking to advance position but ruas won't allow it.
ruas tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Silva has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Silva 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.
Silva controlling from the full mount.
ruas avoids a series of strikes thrown by Silva.
Silva misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Silva controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now ruas is on top in guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silva has a closed guard, preventing ruas from standing up.
Silva thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
ruas is looking to stand up but Silva won't let him.
ruas throwing strikes but missing.
Silva wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to keep a closed guard but ruas is proving a slippery customer.
ruas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A head kick misses from ruas.
ruas misses with a straight left.
ruas wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
and Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Silva scoring with punches to the head and body.
Silva passes ruas's left leg - he's now in half guard.
ruas keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Silva seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
ruas moves into full guard.
Silva controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
ruas is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but ruas blocks nicely.
Silva looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
ruas throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeronimo Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but ruas avoids it really well and circles away.
ruas wants to clinch
and Silva counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for ruas!
ruas is trying desperately to improve position.
Silva controlling the position easily from mount.
ruas tries to hold on but Silva postures up.
Silva landing punches.
Silva throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Silva punishing his opponent with strikes.
ruas is desperately trying to improve his position but Silva has a good base and remains in mount.
Jeronimo Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silva content just to control the position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
ruas tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva content just to control the position here.
Silva postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. ruas looks a forlorn figure.
Silva looking to control and managing it successfully.
ruas really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
ruas wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to control but ruas is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silva controlling the position easily from mount.
Silva looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva with the ground and pound from mount.
Silva controlling from mount.
Silva thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Silva looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to finish with strikes here!
Silva punching from mount but ruas doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Silva looking to control and managing it successfully.
ruas is squirming around, avoiding Silva's attempts to control the action.
Silva punching from mount but ruas doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Silva trying to control but ruas is having none of it.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Jeronimo Silva just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Silva shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. ruas is trying to defend but Silva finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
ruas wants to control the action here but instead Silva manages to pass to full mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoids the attempt from ruas to control.
ruas is trying to escape the mount.
Silva throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
ruas flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Silva controlling his opponent.
ruas trying desperately to get to his feet.
Silva is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, ruas has managed to escape the submission attempt.
ruas wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeronimo Silva dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. ruas defends it nicely.
Silva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with ruas but ruas pushes him off and we're back to square one.
ruas closes the distance looking to clinch
and Silva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Silva passes to side control.
Silva stands up and beckons ruas to his feet.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but ruas circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeronimo Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva forces ruas back against the cage and clinches.
ruas wants to break the clinch but can't.
ruas looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
ruas taking a breather.
ruas is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
ruas is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
ruas misses with a head kick.
ruas closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
and Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva stops ruas from standing up.
ruas working a defensive guard here.
Silva sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed ruas's guard.
Silva uses his free foot to push down on ruas's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for ruas.
ruas is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
ruas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva controlling from the full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as ruas is looking to escape.
Silva throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Silva controlling the pace for now.
Silva punching from mount but ruas doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
ruas can't escape the position.
ruas tries to hold on but Silva postures up.
Silva looking to control and managing it successfully.
Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as ruas is looking to escape.
Silva working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. ruas turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Silva off and cradles ruas's limp body as Silva celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Jeronimo Silva!
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