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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Borre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 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 Amsterdam, Stephan Borre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tony Silva!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borre throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Borre fails with the takedown.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Borre dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Borre slips a jab from Silva.
Borre wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Stephan Borre has been cut.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Borre shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
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!
Borre throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tony Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Borre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Borre showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Borre should have avoided that one.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Borre throws and low kick but Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Borre's head but Borre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Borre throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a nice low kick that buckles Borre's knee momentarily.
Borre showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Borre moves away.
Silva throws a series of punches but Borre avoids them all with ease.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva throws a series of punches but Borre avoids them all with ease.
Borre throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Borre rushes Silva and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Borre as Silva tries to tie him up.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Silva misses with a combination
and Borre counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Silva has momentary wrist control but Borre slips an elbow through the middle.
Borre would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Borre passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Silva is not content to let Borre control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borre creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Silva sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Borre throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
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.
Silva struggling a bit here.
Borre decides to stand back up.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Borre counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borre trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Borre wants to get up but he can't break Silva's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Borre controlling from the top position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Borre throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva pulls Borre in close to his closed guard and prevents Borre from doing any damage or advancing position.
Borre drops back looking for a leg! Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Silva manages to kick Borre off! Borre jumps back into Silva's guard.
Silva is pulling down on Borre's head. It's preventing any offense from Borre, at least for the moment.
That's six 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.
Borre with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Borre 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.
Borre trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Borre has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Borre throws a wild body kick that Silva sees coming a mile off.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Borre counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Borre.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Borre avoids a punch combination nicely.
Borre clinches.
Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Borre up against the ropes.
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Borre with a poor takedown
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephan Borre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Borre tries to clinch up.
Silva throws a right hand that Borre ducks under and follows up with a left that Borre also avoids with ease.
Borre tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Borre moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Borre misses with a kick to the body.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Borre with a lazy takedown attempt
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Borre fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Silva checks it well.
Borre is trying hard to land a takedown here. Silva sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tony Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Borre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Borre.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Borre tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Silva is able to avoid easily.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Borre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva throws a leg kick that is checked
and Borre counters with a shoot takedown. Silva fights it but they end up in guard.
Borre with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva looking to control.
Borre makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tony Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Stephan Borre's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
A bone on bone clash there as Silva blocks the leg kick.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Borre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Borre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Borre misses with a straight left.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Borre.
Donk. Silva catches Borre right on the button with a cross.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Borre moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva misses with a low kick as Borre jumps back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Tony Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Borre throws a leg kick
and Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Borre fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Borre.
Silva is trying to control Borre's posture but Borre avoids it.
Borre looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Silva is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva parries the strikes from Borre easily there. Borre is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Silva to escape.
Borre tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Borre has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Borre working away.
Borre working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Borre misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.
Borre misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva misses with a double jab.
A right-left combo lands from Silva.
Stephan Borre is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Borre tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Borre counters with a single leg into guard. Silva didn't expect that.
Borre with a flurry of punches that miss.
Borre scoring with some ground and pound.
Borre tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Borre is working hard here to advance position.
Borre trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Borre passes into half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Borre is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Silva has managed to free his arm - good work.
Borre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.
Borre is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Silva is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva blocks a jab.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Borre wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Borre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Borre throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Borre wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Borre's leg but Borre calmly moves out of range.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Borre throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Borre moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Borre wants to clinch.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Borre counters with a nice body kick.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Borre counters with a nice body kick.
Borre is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Danga de danga de dang - Silva scores with a four punch combination!
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva misses with a combination
and Borre counters with a takedown into side control.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Borre tries to score with some ground and pound. Silva controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Borre throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Silva is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Stephan Borre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Borre wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Borre throwing shots but missing, from side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Silva can do anything to dispel that myth.
Borre cracks Silva with a big right hand but Silva just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Borre. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silva takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Silva wants to control but Borre postures up.
Borre stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stephan Borre showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for Stephan Borre!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Stephan Borre!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Stephan Borre!
Stephan Borre wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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