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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between TJ Tiu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sylvester Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, TJ Tiu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sylvester Silva!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Winston Howard and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva pushes Tiu up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like TJ Tiu has been cut.
Tiu ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Tiu no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Tiu.
Tiu looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tiu wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Tiu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tiu looking for a guillotine here but Silva defends easily.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tiu swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tiu working for a triangle but Silva defends it easily.
Silva passes into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiu moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Tiu lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Silva!
Silva is looking to get to half guard.
Silva defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Tiu.
Silva gets back to half guard.
Tiu seems to be working for a kimura but Silva defends the submission attempt.
Tiu is breathing heavily.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to control but Tiu is keeping busy.
Silva is looking to escape.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Tiu has control of the leg.
Tiu is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Silva doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Tiu.
Tiu wants to free his trapped foot but Silva is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Tiu is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Silva has managed to free his arm - good work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiu prevents Silva from standing back up.
Silva is trying to maintain the position but Tiu is very close to passing his half guard.
Tiu is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Tiu is working for a kimura but Silva is defending it quite comfortably.
Tiu is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Tiu working for a submission but Silva is keeping him at bay.
Tiu jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Silva manages to avoid the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard.
Tiu is trying to get an arm triangle but Silva is defending well.
Silva is looking for a sweep.
Tiu looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Silva is looking to regain half guard here but Tiu keeps moving and retains side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
TJ Tiu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on TJ Tiu'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.
Silva is looking to clinch but Tiu is avoiding it.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Tiu pushes him off.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tiu drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Tiu works to advance to full mount. Silva defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Silva defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Tiu.
Silva is looking to get to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiu wants to finish this one by submission but Silva is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Tiu.
Tiu is working for a guillotine from mount but Silva frees his head quite easily.
Tiu goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Silva turns into him and now he's in Tiu's guard.
Tiu is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tiu escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Silva gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Silva would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
TJ Tiu overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva stands up from Tiu's guard - Silva perhaps looking for a knockout.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva shoots and misses
and Tiu counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Tiu.
Silva wants to stand up but Tiu is controlling him.
Tiu passes Silva's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Tiu frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiu looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Tiu is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Silva can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Silva is looking to improve his position but Tiu isn't that keen on the idea.
Tiu is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Silva is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). TJ Tiu!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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