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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between dustin wells (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and anderson silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. crickets kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ White 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
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, dustin wells!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, anderson silva!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from silva.
silva closes the distance and clinches up with wells, looking for a takedown. silva pushes wells against the cage but wells circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from silva.
dustin wells has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of anderson silva.
silva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
silva throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
silva landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
wells is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
silva decides to stand back up. silva steps back and let's wells get back to his feet.
A right-left combo lands from wells.
wells fails with an attempt to clinch.
wells pulls out of a head kick attempt.
silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and wells counters with a one-two to the body.
silva looks gassed!
silva motions for wells to come forward. silva throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
wells fails in his attempt to clinch.
silva shoots and misses
and wells counters with a left and a right that stings silva.
wells throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
wells fails to land the takedown.
wells tries to clinch there but silva circles away.
wells moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
wells scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
wells lands a jab-cross combination.
silva is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
silva blocks a head kick by wells.
wells wants to land a leg kick but silva is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
wells is looking to clinch but silva is avoiding it.
wells throws a one two combo.
wells tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
wells fails in his attempt to clinch.
silva with a poor takedown
and wells counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
silva moves out of range of the body kick.
silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and wells counters with a nice uppercut.
wells tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
wells keeps the fight on the outside.
wells scores with a hook to the body. silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by wells misses
and silva counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in wells's guard now.
silva is looking to work some ground and pound but wells has wrist control.
wells wriggles free and stands up.
silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
silva scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
wells wants to control but silva is keeping busy.
wells tries to kick silva off but silva keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
silva is working for a kimura but wells is defending it quite comfortably.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
wells is trying to control but can't.
silva stands up out of the half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
silva with a hook.
wells tries to clinch there but silva circles away.
silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and wells counters with a nice body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and wells counters with a one-two to the body.
silva attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The fighters circle momentarily. wells darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
dustin wells dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
silva doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling wells to counter with a crisp jab.
wells goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
wells wants to clinch up but silva keeps it at a distance.
silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and wells counters with a three punch combo that has silva backing up. silva nods at wells to acknowledge the strikes.
wells is looking to clinch.
A low kick from wells is predictable there
and silva counters with an inside leg kick.
silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
wells stalks silva and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into silva's face. silva staggers backwards, shaken.
wells throws a head kick but silva moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
silva shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in wells's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
silva trying to control the position from guard on top but wells is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
silva is stalling in the full guard.
silva looking to sit in guard and control but wells gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
wells would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
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.
silva has his feet on wells's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
silva fails with the takedown
enabling wells to counter with a crisp jab.
dustin wells has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of anderson silva.
silva throws a sloppy head kick and wells moves out of range easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from silva.
silva fails with the takedown
and wells counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps silva thinking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva gets the takedown into side control.
silva working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
anderson silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
silva throwing strikes but wells manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
silva is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but wells has just dragged him back down to the mat.
wells tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
silva wants to get back to his feet but wells drags him back down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
wells working the strikes but silva uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
wells wants to take a breather but silva is having none of it.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
silva has his takedown stuffed
and wells counters with a big head kick but silva shrugs it off.
silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
silva has his takedown stuffed
and wells counters with a left and a right that stings silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but anderson silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
silva shoots and misses
and wells counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
dustin wells is winning the standup battle so far.
wells connects with a good right hand that stumbles silva. silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
silva fails with the takedown
and wells counters with a stiff right hand.
wells scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
wells throws a sloppy head kick and silva moves out of range easily.
wells closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
silva makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
wells looks to land a combination. silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
silva has his takedown stuffed
and wells counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
dustin wells has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of anderson silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
wells lands with a nice combination. silva backs away looking to recover.
wells stuffs the takedown.
wells tries to close the distance and clinch but silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
silva throws a shot from downtown. wells moves away and avoids it.
silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
wells looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
wells throws a lazy head kick
and silva counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for wells!
silva lands a heavy elbow.
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 wells's face.
The referee warns wells that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
silva jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… wells is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by wells and silva has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
wells parries the strikes from silva easily there. silva is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable wells to escape.
silva is working wells over with some ground and pound from side control.
silva misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
silva working the ground and pound from side control.
silva working the ground and pound.
silva working the ground and pound from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from silva crashes against the mat.
wells wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
silva working away.
silva creates some space and throws a big elbow, but wells sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The ground and pound from silva seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
wells wants to control but silva postures up.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
wells closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
silva scores with a takedown into wells's guard.
wells trying to control the position.
wells wants to stand up but silva is controlling him.
silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as wells works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
wells avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
wells is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
silva looking to pass the guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
anderson silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... anderson silva!
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energy
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hype
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