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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between anderson silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and black dealer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). silva kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is crickets . Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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189 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, anderson silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, black dealer!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from silva is defended easily by dealer.
silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
silva shoots in and bounces dealer off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
dealer is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and silva defends well.
silva with a nice head shot there.
silva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
silva thows a big elbow that misses.
dealer has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but silva can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
silva pushing down on dealer's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
dealer is trying to get back to full guard.
silva is keen to just control but dealer is a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
silva lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
silva is keen to just control but dealer is a slippery customer.
dealer wants to improve his position but silva is controlling well.
silva is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
silva tries to stand but his hand is stuck under dealer.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
dealer lands a nice looking kick to the body. silva takes a step back to recover.
silva is breathing heavily.
dealer wants to clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from dealer is defended easily by silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
dealer tries to clinch there but silva circles away.
A nice combination there by dealer.
silva misses with a takedown
and dealer counters by clinching up.
dealer prevents silva from breaking the clinch.
dealer changes levels and goes for a takedown here. silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as dealer sprawls well. dealer wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. silva gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for anderson silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Excellent takedown into side control there by dealer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dealer tries for a kimura but silva is defending well.
dealer tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no dealer has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
dealer tries for a kimura but silva is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
silva is trying to buck dealer off.
silva sneaks back into half guard.
silva is trying to stand up here but dealer is controlling him well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
black dealer 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.
dealer looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
dealer prevents silva from standing back up.
dealer decides to return to a standing position.
Nice takedown defense from dealer. No joy for silva on that attempt.
silva doesn't succeed with the takedown
and dealer counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A shot to de liver by dealer. Beautiful body shot.
dealer scores with a kick to the midsection.
Decent striking displayed by silva there.
dealer rushes silva and presses him up against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
dealer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
dealer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
silva throws a head kick that misses
and dealer counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
silva fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for anderson silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
silva has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
silva postures up in dealer's guard and throws a big left but dealer blocks it.
silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
silva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
silva wants to get up but he can't break dealer's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
silva lands a couple of digs.
silva would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
silva closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - silva lands in his opponent's guard.
silva throwing strikes from guard but dealer blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva tries to free his leg and advance position but dealer is retaining full guard.
silva working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
dealer keeping moving, preventing silva from controlling successfully.
dealer wants to stand and escape but silva is having none of it.
silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as dealer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
anderson silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
silva wants to stand but dealer is controlling his posture from full guard.
silva sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed dealer's guard.
silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
silva looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
silva lands a couple of decent looking shots.
silva trying to control but dealer is working from the bottom.
dealer tries to land a sweep but no joy.
dealer keeping moving, preventing silva from controlling successfully.
silva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
silva distracts dealer with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
silva looking to pass the guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
silva throws a push kick but dealer slaps the foot to one side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for silva.
silva tries for a takedown but dealer sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
dealer will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
dealer has silva up against the cage in a clinch.
silva manages to pull guard.
dealer pushes down on silva's leg and manages to get into half guard.
silva kicks dealer off and gets back to his feet.
dealer gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows silva to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
silva slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
anderson silva dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
silva stuffs the takedown.
dealer gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
silva trying to control the position from guard on top but dealer is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
silva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
dealer keeping moving, preventing silva from controlling successfully.
silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
dealer had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. silva defends it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
dealer isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. silva stacks dealer on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by silva!
That's one minute gone in the round.
dealer tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
silva is working dealer over with some ground and pound from side control.
dealer is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
silva advances to mount.
dealer tries to reverse the position but silva maintains control.
silva is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. dealer can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
dealer tries to reverse the position but silva maintains control.
silva working dealer over with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
silva tries to control but dealer wriggling away.
silva dominating with strikes here.
silva scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish dealer?
silva is in the full mount, landing strikes.
silva has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of dealer's face.
silva working away from the top, dropping strikes.
silva lands with some vicious ground and pound - can dealer hang on?
dealer in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
silva scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish dealer?
silva working dealer over with strikes here.
silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as dealer is looking to escape.
silva working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
dealer is looking to improve his position but silva isn't that keen on the idea.
silva lands with some strikes.
dealer is in a horrible position here. silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
silva cracks dealer with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
dealer tries to reverse the position but silva maintains control.
silva scores with a couple of good head shots there.
silva trying to control but dealer is having none of it.
dealer is working to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
silva lands with some vicious ground and pound - can dealer hang on?
silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
silva working dealer over with strikes here.
dealer is looking to improve his position but silva isn't that keen on the idea.
dealer is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
dealer in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
dealer is squirming around, avoiding silva's attempts to control the action.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
dealer can't escape the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
anderson silva showed his dominance in that final round.
I think silva has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... anderson silva!
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