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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wanderley Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wanderley Silva had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 186.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Chris Jenkins has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue 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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wanderley Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, John Roberts and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
It looks like Chris Jenkins has been cut.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jenkins just stands there and leans against the cage.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jenkins tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva breaks from the clinch.
Jenkins misses with a double jab.
Silva shoots in and bounces Jenkins off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Silva wants to stand but Jenkins has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva prevents Jenkins from getting back to his feet.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silva decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jenkins, up you get!
Jenkins lands a lovely overhand right.
Silva lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Silva.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Jenkins throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a body kick that stops Jenkins in his tracks momentarily.
Jenkins misses with a double jab.
Chris Jenkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jenkins misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jenkins!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jenkins throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a single leg into guard. Jenkins didn't expect that.
Jenkins has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Silva off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Silva feints and as Jenkins raises his hands in defense, Silva changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Jenkins clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jenkins lands a shoulder strike.
Jenkins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva letting Jenkins take a breather here.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Jenkins won't allow it.
Jenkins blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Jenkins.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jenkins.
A right hook to the body lands for Jenkins.
Jenkins trying to land knees to the body.
Good body shot from Jenkins.
Jenkins just leaning against Silva, taking a breather.
Jenkins has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Jenkins stalls.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jenkins blocks it with crossed arms.
Jenkins prevents the takedown attempt.
Jenkins lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Jenkins scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Nice body punch from Jenkins - that landed with a thud.
Jenkins with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jenkins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jenkins looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jenkins.
Jenkins dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Knees to the body from Jenkins.
Jenkins manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A short right from Jenkins on the inside.
Jenkins will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Silva up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silva.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Jenkins has him pressed against the cage.
Silva tries to pull guard but Jenkins won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wanderley Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jenkins lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderley Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Jenkins's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A right-left combo lands from Jenkins.
Jenkins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jenkins throws a wild body kick that Silva sees coming a mile off.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jenkins throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jenkins slaps away a takedown attempt from Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jenkins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jenkins swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jenkins won't be happy with that.
Silva wants to stand but Jenkins is controlling his arm.
Jenkins throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Jenkins looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jenkins cracks Silva with a good jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins is looking to land body kicks.
Jenkins swings away with a body shot that misses
and Silva counters with a thumping low kick.
Jenkins throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Jenkins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jenkins scores with a jab to the head.
Jenkins lands with a nice body kick.
Jenkins scores with a head kick.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jenkins.
A head kick misses from Jenkins.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Jenkins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Jenkins fails to land with a series of punches.
Jenkins throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jenkins looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jenkins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva forces Jenkins back against the cage and clinches.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Jenkins gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Jenkins is controlling him.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Jenkins throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
A bit of stalling here from Jenkins.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jenkins is working Silva over against the cage.
Jenkins pushes Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jenkins lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jenkins digs a right hand into Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silva's gas tank.
Jenkins lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Jenkins.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Jenkins has double underhooks.
Jenkins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jenkins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jenkins lands a knee to the body.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jenkins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Jenkins lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jenkins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Jenkins.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jenkins.
Jenkins dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Jenkins lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
A shot in the inside from Jenkins.
Jenkins stalling the fight.
Jenkins lands a hook that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Jenkins misses with a knee to the head.
Good body shot from Jenkins.
Jenkins slowing the pace effectively.
Jenkins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Jenkins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jenkins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jenkins creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Chris Jenkins will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Chris Jenkins's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A thudding body kick lands there by Jenkins!
Jenkins lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Jenkins tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jenkins connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jenkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jenkins moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Jenkins scores with a one two! Silva had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Silva takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Jenkins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Chris Jenkins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva avoids the head kick by Jenkins.
Wanderley Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jenkins fails with the takedown
and Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Jenkins's half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jenkins defending well though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jenkins pushes Silva off and gets back to his feet.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Jenkins circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jenkins darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jenkins lands with a kick to the ribs.
Silva tries to clinch there but Jenkins circles away.
Jenkins throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Jenkins swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick.
A left and a right from Jenkins both land. Nice combination.
Jenkins throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Jenkins's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Jenkins duly obliges.
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jenkins misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks the body kick.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Jenkins circles away.
Jenkins lunges at Silva with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Silva's hand.
Silva lands a head kick. Jenkins smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Jenkins avoids the head kick by Silva.
Jenkins misses with a combination
and Silva counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Jenkins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silva wants to stand and escape but instead Jenkins has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Jenkins stands up from Silva's guard - Jenkins perhaps looking for a knockout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands with a kick to the temple. Jenkins shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Jenkins lands a nice shot that snaps Silva's head back.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Jenkins. Silva shrugs it off though.
Jenkins fails with the takedown
and Silva counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Jenkins is trying to get back to full guard.
Silva thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Jenkins to regain full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to stand but Jenkins has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Silva wants to control from the top but Jenkins keeps moving.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva stops Jenkins from standing up.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Wanderley Silva.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wanderley Silva!
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