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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between wanderlai silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Allen Styles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). wanderlai silva has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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185 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, wanderlai silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Allen Styles!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Styles as he jumps to the side.
Styles checks the leg kick.
Styles shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. silva defends it nicely.
A punch lands to the side of silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
It looks like wanderlai silva has been cut.
silva really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
silva throws a push kick but Styles slaps the foot to one side.
Styles closes the distance and clinches.
Styles stops a takedown attempt from silva.
Styles gets underhooks to prevent silva's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for wanderlai silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
silva changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Styles fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Styles fails with an attempt to clinch.
silva fails with the takedown
and Styles counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Styles connects with a knee to the head.
silva is trying to drag Styles to the mat but Styles just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Styles trying to stall but silva improves his position.
Styles just leaning against silva, taking a breather.
Styles using the Thai plumb to throw knees but silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Styles using the Thai plumb to throw knees but silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Styles tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Styles landing knees to the head.
silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Styles is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Styles putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Styles pulls him back up using the underhooks.
silva is breathing heavily.
Styles lands a good knee to the midsection. silva won't want to take too many of those.
Styles with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Styles looking to slow down the pace here.
Styles throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but silva blocks it with crossed arms.
silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Styles walks away with a smile on his face. silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
wanderlai silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
silva throws the left hand but Styles avoids the punch easily.
Styles tries to clinch up.
silva closes the distance and clinches up with Styles, looking for a takedown. silva pushes Styles against the ropes but Styles circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Styles closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Styles landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Styles.
silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Come on Styles - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Styles with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Styles.
Styles unloads a knee to the mid-section.
silva looking for a takedown.
A bit of stalling here from Styles.
Styles using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Styles stalling in the clinch but silva improves position.
Styles lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Styles slows down the pace here.
Styles using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Styles lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Styles taking a breather.
Styles taking a breather.
silva has had enough of the clinch but Styles keeps him there for the moment.
Styles content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Allen Styles.
Styles tries to clinch there but silva circles away.
silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
silva misses with a hook. Styles ducked under it nicely.
Styles ducks under a wild hook from silva.
That's four 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.
A looping hook to the body misses from silva. Styles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Styles fails in his attempt to clinch.
silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Styles avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Styles wants to clinch.
silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Styles.
Styles tries to clinch there but silva circles away.
Styles closes the distance and pushes silva back into the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Allen Styles dominated that round.
The cut man is working on wanderlai silva's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Styles tries to clinch but silva is having none of it.
silva with a lazy takedown attempt
and Styles counters with a nice double leg into side control. silva won't be happy with that.
Styles wants to stand but silva is controlling his arm.
silva is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Styles is looking to take a break and control but silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Styles should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
That's one minute gone in the round.
silva keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
silva is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Styles's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Styles's back!
silva softening up his opponent with strikes here.
silva is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Styles controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Styles covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
silva is persistently looking for the submission but Styles is defending it well.
silva has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Styles avoids the strikes from silva.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva working for a choke but Styles is defending well.
Styles is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
silva missing with strikes.
That's four 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 lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
silva is not going to allow Styles to sit and survive in this position.
Styles is trying to escape under a series of strikes and manages to escape from silva 's hooks.
Styles sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
silva is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Styles doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time silva.
silva in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Styles tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from silva!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). wanderlai silva!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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