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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between All Bawls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). All Bawls has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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265 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, All Bawls!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chris Silva!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bawls moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bawls defends it nicely.
Silva tries to keep at a distance but Bawls has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bawls holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Bawls works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Bawls loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bawls thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Bawls slips nicely into half guard.
Bawls is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Silva defends it well.
Bawls is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Silva regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bawls thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bawls 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 working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bawls doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bawls manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bawls won't allow Silva to sweep him here.
Silva had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bawls defends it easily.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bawls.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bawls with a nice head shot there.
Bawls looking to pass the guard.
Bawls drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bawls jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Bawls will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bawls throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
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.
Bawls postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bawls has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Bawls has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Silva is proving hard to escape from.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bawls showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Bawls napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Bawls is looking for a sweep.
Bawls is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Silva has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Silva looking to secure an arm triangle but Bawls defends it well.
Silva looks gassed!
Bawls trying desperately to get to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Bawls turns into him and now he's in Silva's guard.
Bawls throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bawls defends it easily.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silva looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Bawls puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Bawls working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Silva tries to roll over but Bawls keeps him under control.
Bawls is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Silva has managed to free his arm - good work.
Bawls decides to return to a standing position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bawls forces Silva back against the ropes and clinches.
Silva jumps guard.
Bawls passes Silva's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Bawls.
Bawls is looking for a kimura but Silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bawls to get the leverage.
Silva tries to roll over but Bawls keeps him under control.
Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Bawls.
Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bawls pulls his head out easily.
Bawls working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that All Bawls will probably get the nod.
That's time! Bawls's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bawls drives through and clinches with Silva against the ropes.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bawls just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Bawls breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bawls darts in and clinches Silva up against the ropes.
Silva tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bawls smiles and moves away.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bawls.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bawls tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva shoots in but Bawls avoids the takedown attempt easily.
All Bawls has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Silva.
Bawls darts in and clinches Silva up against the ropes.
Silva tries to pull guard but Bawls holds him up against the ropes and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Bawls's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bawls gets a clinch.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bawls escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bawls doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva shoots in for a double leg but Bawls sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Bawls which made him look bad.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bawls tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Bawls wants to clinch.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Bawls shows good takedown defense.
Bawls tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Bawls moves into the clinch successfully.
Bawls lands a takedown into guard.
Bawls tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Bawls stands up and waves to Silva to follow him.
Bawls tries to clinch up.
Bawls pushes Silva up against the ropes in a clinch.
Silva fails to pull guard.
Silva tries to pull guard but Bawls won't allow it.
Bawls gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Chris Silva has been cut.
Silva tries to pull guard but Bawls won't allow it.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bawls just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Bawls working Silva over with knees to the body.
Bawls is working on a single leg takedown against the ropes. Silva can't fight it off and eventually Bawls manages to take the fight to the floor. Silva looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Bawls postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
Bawls stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
Silva escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bawls gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bawls throws a big right hand that misses.
Bawls with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bawls loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva can't keep his opponent in guard - Bawls advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Bawls is looking for a kimura here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bawls forces his way into half guard.
Silva wants to improve his position but Bawls is controlling well.
Bawls seems to be looking for submissions.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
All Bawls overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silva is in trouble now - Bawls has advanced to mount!
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.
Bawls with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Silva gets back to half guard.
Bawls is working for a submission of some sort.
Bawls is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Silva moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
All Bawls dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chris Silva's cut.
That's time! Bawls's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva takes a swing at Bawls's ribcage but misses.
Bawls tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Bawls tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
A jab from Silva misses.
Bawls clinches with his opponent.
Silva decides to pull guard.
Silva looking for subs off his back but Bawls has passed one foot through into half guard.
Bawls works his foot free and advances to mount.
Silva can't escape the position.
Bawls is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Silva working to try and regain half guard.
Bawls wants to finish this one by submission but Silva is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Bawls.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bawls scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
Silva slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Bawls is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bawls is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bawls tries to pass to full mount but Silva defends it.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bawls not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silva is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bawls's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bawls's back!
Bawls tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Bawls slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Bawls is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.
Bawls looking for submissions off his back.
Chris Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking for a kimura but Bawls is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Silva to get the leverage.
Bawls is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Silva's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Silva's back!
Silva can't escape the position.
Bawls softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Bawls punishes Silva with strikes from the back mount.
Bawls looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Silva manages to reverse the position and now he's in Bawls's guard. Nice work there by Silva.
Silva drops back, looking for a kneebar! Bawls looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Bawls looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Bawls!
Silva is looking to regain half guard here but Bawls keeps moving and retains side control.
Silva is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking for submissions off his back.
Bawls prevents Silva from improving his position.
Bawls sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Bawls thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Silva's head.
Silva looking for submissions off his back.
Bawls is trying to work for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bawls doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Bawls is able to avoid easily.
All Bawls is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bawls gets in close and instigates a clinch.
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.
Bawls lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Bawls's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bawls closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Silva jumps guard but Bawls stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bawls pulls guard successfully.
Bawls working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Silva doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Silva manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Bawls is keeping the position.
Bawls had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Silva defends it easily.
Bawls doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Bawls has his foot on Silva's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Silva works his way back into a safe position though.
All Bawls is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bawls not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bawls avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
All Bawls showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bawls 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... All Bawls!
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energy
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