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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anders Silvason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trevor Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trevor Diaz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anders Silvason!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Trevor Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silvason to score with a decent uppercut.
Silvason swings for the body but Diaz moves out of range.
Silvason is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Diaz.
Silvason throws a series of punches but Diaz avoids them all with ease.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silvason moves away.
Silvason misses with a straight right.
Silvason misses with a looping left.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silvason.
Diaz avoids the head kick by Silvason.
Silvason cracks Diaz with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Silvason swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Silvason throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Diaz's head.
Silvason lands with a good body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silvason thows a left - swing and a miss!
Diaz slips under a jab.
Silvason doesn't manage to clinch there - Diaz circles away.
Silvason dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Diaz. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvason throws a body punch but Diaz moves out of range.
Silvason wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Diaz looks gassed!
Silvason misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silvason throws a leg kick which misses Diaz's front leg but catches the back leg as Diaz tries to avoid it.
Silvason chopping away at his opponent's legs.
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!
Diaz slips under a jab from Silvason.
Diaz takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Silvason is looking to clinch but Diaz is avoiding it.
Diaz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Diaz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Diaz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Diaz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Silvason thuds his shin into the meat of Diaz's side.
Silvason throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Trevor Diaz has been cut.
Silvason rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diaz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silvason throws a right hand that Diaz ducks under and follows up with a left that Diaz also avoids with ease.
Silvason dips to his left and cracks Diaz with an uppercut!
Silvason pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silvason scores with a crisp jab that stopped Diaz in his tracks.
Silvason scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Silvason throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silvason tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silvason throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silvason's corner calls for a 1-2. Silvason obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Silvason there.
Diaz misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silvason. That's going to slow Diaz down.
Silvason doesn't manage to clinch there - Diaz circles away.
Diaz tries to move into range but Silvason moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Diaz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Anders Silvason seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silvason lands with a right hand.
Nice shot by Silvason.
Silvason connects with a single shot there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silvason looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice body kick from Silvason.
Silvason throws a sloppy head kick and Diaz moves out of range easily.
Silvason feints and then cracks Diaz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Diaz down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvason throws a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Silvason looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silvason misses with a double jab.
Diaz avoids the body shot from Silvason.
Silvason looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silvason misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diaz dodges the punch combination from Silvason.
Silvason lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silvason lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silvason throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anders Silvason dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Trevor Diaz'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 good leg kick by Silvason.
Silvason scores with a nice head shot.
Silvason is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Silvason rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Diaz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silvason tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Diaz was well out of range. Poor timing from Silvason.
A left and a right from Silvason both land. Nice combination.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silvason.
Silvason lunges at Diaz with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Diaz's hand.
Diaz on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silvason lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silvason connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Diaz momentarily.
Anders Silvason is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silvason throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silvason is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diaz can do to turn this around?
Silvason wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silvason lands with a slapping head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Nice shot lands for Silvason.
Silvason throws a nice head kick!
A decent looking cross lands there for Silvason.
Silvason throws a shot to the body.
Silvason fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Silvason throws a sloppy head kick and Diaz moves out of range easily.
Silvason bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Diaz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silvason.
Silvason lands with a good body shot.
Diaz has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Silvason tries to clinch up.
Silvason lands a slapping body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvason tries to clinch but Diaz is having none of it.
Silvason plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Silvason lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Diaz closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silvason lands a nice looking body kick.
Silvason misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silvason lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
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!
Silvason lands a jab.
Silvason lands with an overhand left.
Silvason lands with a kick to the temple. Diaz shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Silvason lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diaz takes a kick to the side of the head.
Silvason throws a nice looking combination but Diaz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Diaz misses with a wild body shot.
Silvason avoids the body shot from Diaz.
Silvason with a nice cross.
Nice straight punches there by Silvason. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Silvason.
Diaz walks into a stiff left hand from Silvason.
Diaz takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Silvason will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silvason dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diaz takes a swing at Silvason's ribcage but misses.
Diaz takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Silvason connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Diaz's hands.
Diaz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Silvason darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Diaz is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Silvason rather than just go for the knockout.
Diaz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Diaz ducks right into an uppercut from Silvason.
Silvason misses with a double jab.
Silvason doesn't manage to clinch there - Diaz circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Diaz walks into a straight right hand from Silvason.
Diaz takes one on the button.
Decent striking displayed by Silvason there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anders Silvason dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Trevor Diaz's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Silvason cracks a nice hook into Diaz's ribs.
Silvason misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silvason tries to close the distance and clinch but Diaz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silvason tries to clinch up.
Diaz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silvason.
Silvason with a hook.
A left lands for Silvason.
Silvason is looking to clinch but Diaz is avoiding it.
Diaz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silvason.
Both fighters circling a little - Silvason finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silvason dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Diaz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Silvason lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvason bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Diaz's head.
Diaz takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Silvason wants to clinch up but Diaz keeps it at a distance.
Silvason scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Silvason misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silvason throws a quick inside leg kick.
Decent striking displayed by Silvason there.
A big left from Silvason misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Silvason darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Silvason looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A shot to de liver by Silvason. Beautiful body shot.
Diaz takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvason with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silvason with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silvason connects with a solid leg kick.
Diaz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silvason can pounce on him.
Silvason cracks a nice hook into Diaz's ribs.
Silvason will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silvason tries a head kick but it misses.
Silvason lands a jab to Diaz's midsection.
Silvason uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Diaz has time to react.
Diaz misses with a body shot.
Diaz's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvason tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silvason connects with a good right hand that stumbles Diaz. Diaz circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silvason throws a head kick that Diaz semi-blocks.
Silvason is looking to clinch but Diaz is avoiding it.
Silvason fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silvason misses with a wild body shot.
Silvason fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silvason scores with a shot to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Silvason there.
Silvason lands a body shot.
Silvason misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Diaz swats away the attempt to clinch by Silvason.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Diaz throws a body punch but Silvason moves out of range.
Silvason fails to land with a series of punches.
Diaz blocks a head kick by Silvason.
Silvason lands with a thumping leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silvason.
Anders Silvason is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Diaz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silvason moves away.
Silvason throws a right and a left that Diaz avoids nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silvason looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silvason lands a head shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anders Silvason showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silvason has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:24
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:24
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anders Silvason!
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energy
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hype
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