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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between paulo silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronaldo Kaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). paulo silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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200 cm
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205 lbs
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190 cm
22
206 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, paulo silva! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronaldo Kaka! The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kaka lands with a straight right. silva didn't see that one coming. Kaka misses with a head kick.
silva tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kaka swivels and escapes. silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kaka's waist but Kaka gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing silva off to one side. Kaka misses with a looping left. silva slips a straight right by Kaka. silva tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kaka swivels and escapes. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for paulo silva. That's going to take a lot out of him. silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance. Kaka bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps silva's head backwards. Kaka feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to silva's calf. silva tries to clinch up. Kaka lands an overhand right. silva tries to clinch up. silva tries to move into range but Kaka moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Jab by Kaka. Kaka swats away the attempt to clinch by silva. Ronaldo Kaka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Kaka lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jab from Kaka. silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Kaka throws a series of punches but silva avoids them all with ease. Ronaldo Kaka is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kaka. Kaka obviously looking to wear him down.
silva slips a jab and a cross from Kaka.
Kaka misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kaka throws a sloppy head kick and silva moves out of range easily. silva looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Kaka is fending him off so far but silva persists. Nope, Kaka circles away and we're back to standing. silva is breathing heavily. Nice defenses there by silva. Kaka thuds his right hand into silva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kaka rushes silva with punches - silva moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, silva goes down! Kaka follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ronaldo Kaka!
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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
93% |
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