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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jon Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tong Po (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tong Po will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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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
1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jon Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tong Po!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Ren Mimura and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Po tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Po tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silver paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silver tries for a takedown but Po sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silver shoots in and drives through. Po sprawls well.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silver jumps guard.
Silver has a closed guard, preventing Po from standing up.
Silver looking to hit a scissor sweep but Po is one step ahead there.
Po tries to stand but Silver is controlling from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver kicks Po off and gets to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Po tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Po tries to clinch up.
Silver swats away the attempt to clinch by Po.
Po tries to clinch up but Silver circles away and keeps his distance.
Silver avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silver throws a right and a left that both miss.
Po fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silver fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Silver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silver circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silver shoots in and drives through. Po sprawls well.
That's two 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.
Po tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silver paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silver avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Po wants to clinch.
Po is looking to clinch.
Silver walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Po checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Po tries to clinch but Silver moves out of range.
Po tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Po is looking to clinch but Silver is avoiding it.
Po fails in his attempt to clinch.
Po tries to clinch up.
Silver will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Po is looking to clinch.
Po tries to clinch up.
Silver avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Po tries to clinch up but Silver circles away and keeps his distance.
Tong Po is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silver fails with a takedown attempt.
Tong Po seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silver is breathing heavily.
Po is looking to clinch.
Po tries to clinch up but Silver circles away and keeps his distance.
Po is looking to clinch but Silver is avoiding it.
Silver avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Po tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Po circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silver has managed to clinch.
Po with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silver changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Po fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Po tries to clinch
and Silver counters with a single leg into guard. Po didn't expect that.
Po wants to stand and escape but Silver is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Po is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Po really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silver. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silver wants to control from the top but Po keeps moving.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Po is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Silver dominated that round.
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.
Po closes the distance but Silver moves to the side
and Silver counters with a leg kick.
Silver lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Silver.
Silver shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Po pinned against the cage. Po gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Po closes the distance but Silver moves to the side
and Silver counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Po!
Silver takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Silver thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Po bucks up and throws Silver to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Silver shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Po but Po pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Po clinches but Silver breaks the clinch
and Silver counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Po's guard now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Po wants to stand but Silver is controlling the position.
Silver content to stall in guard here.
Silver gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Silver shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Silver stays in close to Po's body and controls the position.
Silver working some strikes from top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver works over Po with some ground and pound from guard.
Silver stays in close to Po's body and controls the position.
Silver might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Po wants to stand up but Silver is controlling him.
Silver stands and steps away. Po gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Silver trying to control the pace.
Silver is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Po is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Silver is looking to take a break and control but Po is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silver not doing much here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver passes the guard and advances to mount!
Poor strikes thrown by Silver there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silver tries to control but Po wriggling away.
Silver jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Po is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Po and Silver has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Silver dominated that second round.
That's time! Silver's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Po is looking to clinch.
Po has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silver is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silver changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Po fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Silver keeps the fight on the outside.
Po wants to clinch.
Po tries to close the distance and clinch but Silver swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Po moves in looking to clinch but Silver pushes him off.
Silver avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silver avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silver tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Po swivels and escapes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver throws a sloppy head kick and Po moves out of range easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silver clinches with his opponent.
Po keeps control of Silver as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Po lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Po.
Silver avoiding damage as Po throws knees to the body.
Po landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Po.
Po tries to land knees in the clinch but Silver avoids the damage to the body.
Silver tries to pull guard but Po holds him up against the cage and eventually Silver drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Silver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Po throws a knee to the head but misses.
Po landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Po missing with knees to the body.
Silver tries to score a body lock takedown but Po shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Po throws an elbow that misses.
Silver tries to pull guard but Po won't allow it.
Silver avoiding damage as Po throws knees to the body.
Silver breaks the clinch.
Po tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Silver counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silver.
Po lands a nice elbow.
Po managing to block the knees to the body from Silver.
Po unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silver lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silver takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver has clasped his hands together around Po's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Silver decides to stand back up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Po darts in trying to clinch
and Silver counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Tong Po has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silver not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Po keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Po is trying to stand.
Silver seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Po does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Po looks like he's trying to stand up.
Po looking for submissions off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver is trying to work for a kimura but Po is defending well.
Silver perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Po closes the distance looking to clinch
and Silver decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Po's guard.
Silver thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Silver is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Po working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Silver doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Silver manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Po looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silver won't allow Po to get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Silver showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silver, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Silver!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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