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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Austin Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Austin Vera had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Austin Vera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paulo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Kavanagh and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a jab when Vera was well out of range.
Silva looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Vera gets a clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Vera.
Vera gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Vera creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vera stalling against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Vera is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Vera stalls.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vera has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vera manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Austin Vera.
Vera closes the distance and clinches.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vera is pushing Silva up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Silva prevents a body shot from Vera.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Vera displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
Vera prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Vera controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Austin Vera.
Vera drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vera takes a little break here. Silva wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Vera creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Silva sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Vera trying to control the position but Silva is working away.
Silva is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Silva gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Vera has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Silva avoids a series of strikes thrown by Vera.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Vera throwing strikes here but Silva is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Vera is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Silva is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Silva flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Vera anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Silva and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Vera slips an arm under Silva chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Vera has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Vera is squeezing on Silva like an anaconda would it's prey. Silva fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Austin Vera!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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