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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bob Boucher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and wandeli silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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180 cm
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190 lbs
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185 cm
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185 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bob Boucher! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, wandeli silva! The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A really sloppy takedown attempt there from silva. Boucher looks to score with a jab to the body but silva is just out of range. silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Boucher stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Boucher wants it to stay on the feet. Boucher with a nice cross. silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Boucher swats him away and circles back towards the center. Boucher pulls out of a head kick attempt.
silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. silva avoids the head kick by Boucher.
silva closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. silva is working for a kimura but Boucher is defending it quite comfortably.
silva uses his free foot to push down on Boucher's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Boucher. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Boucher holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as silva tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Boucher on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Boucher tries to get out of the position. silva is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Boucher to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Boucher shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round. Boucher defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from silva. silva looks gassed! silva misses with a head shot. silva swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Boucher is now in silva's guard. A big mistake from silva there, giving up the dominant position! A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Boucher accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Boucher has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player. Boucher throwing strikes but missing.
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. Boucher trying to control but silva is working from the bottom. Boucher missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. silva tries to pass to full mount but Boucher defends it. Boucher is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. silva tries to pass the half guard into mount. Boucher knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. silva is thwarting Boucher's attempts to control the position. silva frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Boucher is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
silva is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Boucher can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
silva lands with some strikes. Boucher blocking the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Boucher is working to get back to half guard.
silva working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet. silva looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead. Boucher gets back to half guard. silva passes to full mount! silva wants to finish this one by submission but Boucher is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from silva. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
wandeli silva dominated that round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Boucher scores with a three punch combo!
silva shoots in for a takedown but Boucher shows good takedown defense. silva misses with a takedown attempt - Boucher sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. Boucher sizes up silva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. wandeli silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Boucher lands a big uppercut and silva crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but silva looks OK. Boucher waves silva back to his feet!
silva is rocked! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! silva leaves his chin hanging out and Boucher seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! silva crumbles to the floor in a heap, and the referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bob Boucher!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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