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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nicky silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Erickson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). silva comes to the cage accompanied by winners and losers by social distoirtion. Nicky silva could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mike Erickson's chin.
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185 lbs
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184 cm
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195 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Cuts easily |
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nicky silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Erickson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erickson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Erickson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Erickson is staying tight to silva's torso, preventing him from escaping.
silva is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
A lull in the action here as Erickson stalls from top position.
silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Erickson on the ground.
silva is not content to let Erickson control the position.
Erickson passes to full mount! That's big trouble for silva!
Erickson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
silva working to try and regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
silva is trying to stand.
A nice elbow there by Erickson.
Erickson scoring with strikes but silva is staying in there.
Erickson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
silva is trying to stand.
Erickson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. silva looks a forlorn figure.
silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Erickson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Erickson raining down shots from the mount!
Erickson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Erickson cracks silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Erickson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
silva is looking to get to half guard.
silva is breathing heavily.
Erickson controlling his opponent.
Erickson dominating with strikes here.
Erickson working silva over with strikes here.
Erickson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Erickson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
silva is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Erickson landing strikes from the mount.
silva sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Erickson passes to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erickson scores with punches from side control.
Erickson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused silva some visible discomfort.
Erickson is putting a hurting on silva here, landing some big shots from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Erickson landing a few strikes.
silva taking a bit of punishment here - Erickson scoring with strikes.
A lull in the action here.
silva takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Erickson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at silva to see if he's OK.
Erickson is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, silva has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erickson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
silva bucks up and tries to throw Erickson off but instead Erickson has got his back!
silva is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Erickson has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
silva holding both Erickson 's hands and preventing any damage.
silva tries to escape but Erickson has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Erickson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
silva gets caught flat footed, as Erickson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Erickson wants to control from the top but silva keeps moving.
silva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
silva wants to stand up but Erickson is controlling him.
Erickson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Erickson looking to pass the guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Erickson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Erickson works over silva with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Erickson fails to land the takedown.
Erickson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
silva looks like he's trying to stand up.
Erickson moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from silva.
Erickson controlling from side mount.
Let's hope that Erickson has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erickson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Erickson looks up at the clock and then as silva takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Erickson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Erickson is chipping away with strikes.
Erickson advances nicely into full mount.
Erickson landing shots from mount.
Erickson controlling the pace for now.
silva's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
silva wants to control but Erickson is having none of it.
Erickson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva regains half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Erickson lands a nice short elbow.
Erickson wants to take a breather but silva is having none of it.
silva is in trouble now - Erickson has advanced to mount!
Erickson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish silva?
Mike Erickson has got the better of the ground game so far.
silva tries to reverse the position but Erickson maintains control.
Erickson controlling the position easily from mount.
silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
silva working to try and regain half guard.
Erickson unloading with bombs!
Erickson looking to control but silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Erickson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Erickson won't let silva get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
silva is trying to escape the mount.
A nice elbow there by Erickson.
silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
silva is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
silva is in a horrible position here. Erickson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Erickson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
A head kick by silva - that's a beauty! Erickson is out but he's somehow still standing... he's going... going... gone. Like a drunk walking down the middle of the road, the inevitable face plant follows and the delayed knockout arrives. Even silva can't help but laugh at the bizarre end to this one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Nicky silva!
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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