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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Silva's choice of entrance music: Deth Kult Social Club. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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187 cm
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215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good in bed |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dan Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Miguel Silva!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Henderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Miguel Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva wants to clinch up but Henderson keeps it at a distance.
Henderson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Silva looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Henderson misses with the ground and pound.
Silva is trying to control Henderson's posture but Henderson avoids it.
Silva is being controlled here.
Henderson wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Silva managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Henderson.
Silva is letting Henderson control him for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Henderson fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Henderson throwing strikes but Silva manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Silva prevents Henderson from escaping the position.
Silva tries to stand but Henderson is controlling his head.
Henderson wants to control but Silva postures up.
Silva wants to stand but Henderson has his arm trapped.
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 has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Henderson gets the takedown into side control.
Henderson is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Silva's shoulder. That is not cool.
Henderson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Silva is avoiding damage well.
Silva trying to remain calm as Henderson controls from the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henderson has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Silva tries to hold on but Henderson pushes him away.
Henderson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Silva has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Henderson sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Henderson dominating with strikes here.
Henderson throws some wild stikes that Silva manages to avoid easily.
Silva blocking the ground and pound.
Henderson punching from mount but Silva doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Henderson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Henderson swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dan Henderson!
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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
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