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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rennon Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Enselmo Ramirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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155 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rennon Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Enselmo Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
Ramirez throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ramirez circles away.
Ramirez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ramirez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva wants to clinch.
Ramirez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Ramirez lands a jab-cross combination.
Ramirez misses with a few strikes there.
Ramirez swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Ramirez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Ramirez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ramirez tries to keep at a distance but Silva has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ramirez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rennon Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva has Ramirez pressed against the cage, preventing Ramirez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Ramirez tries to kick Silva off but Silva keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Ramirez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ramirez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Silva stops Ramirez from getting back to his feet.
Silva is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Ramirez is just riding it out for now. Silva eventually gives up the hold.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is working for a kimura but Ramirez is defending it quite comfortably.
Ramirez kicks Silva off and gets back to his feet.
Silva tries to clinch there but Ramirez circles away.
Some bone on bone action there as Silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ramirez.
Ramirez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ramirez pinned against the cage. Ramirez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ramirez.
Silva avoids a kick to the body.
That's two 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.
Silva moves away from the strike by Ramirez.
Silva wants to clinch.
Enselmo Ramirez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva tries to clinch but Ramirez moves out of range.
A big left from Ramirez misses.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ramirez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Ramirez keeps the fight on the outside.
Ramirez looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ramirez prevents a takedown attempt there.
A frustrated look appears on Ramirez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva has Ramirez pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ramirez manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ramirez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ramirez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Ramirez.
Ramirez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Silva has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ramirez looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ramirez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez misses with a few strikes there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ramirez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ramirez thuds his shin into the meat of Silva's side.
Ramirez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ramirez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ramirez is working the combinations to good effect here.
Silva shoots for a takedown but Ramirez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Silva pushes Ramirez up against the cage in a clinch.
Ramirez is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Ramirez is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Ramirez working hard to break the clinch.
Ramirez breaks the clinch.
Ramirez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A big right from Ramirez misses.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ramirez circles away.
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ramirez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ramirez sprawls well. Ramirez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Ramirez tried to score with a low kick but Silva checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Ramirez tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ramirez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ramirez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Silva tries to clinch but Ramirez is having none of it.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Ramirez circles away.
Ramirez thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Ramirez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Ramirez.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ramirez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ramirez swivels and escapes.
Ramirez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Silva momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Enselmo Ramirez 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.
Silva wants to clinch up but Ramirez keeps it at a distance.
Ramirez connects with a body shot.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ramirez.
Ramirez throws a body kick that misses.
Silva drives through and clinches with Ramirez against the cage.
Ramirez prevents a takedown attempt there.
Ramirez stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
Silva tries to score a body lock takedown but Ramirez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rennon Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva is working for takedown but Ramirez is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ramirez is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Ramirez has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Ramirez wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva keeps control of Ramirez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ramirez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ramirez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ramirez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ramirez thuds his right hand into Silva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice shot by Ramirez.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ramirez wants to land a leg kick but Silva is out of range.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Ramirez.
Ramirez lands a jab.
Ramirez slaps away a takedown attempt from Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ramirez as he jumps to the side.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Ramirez.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ramirez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ramirez sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Silva somewhat.
Ramirez misses with the combination.
Ramirez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ramirez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Ramirez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silva.
Silva tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ramirez swivels and escapes.
Ramirez swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
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.
Silva looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Ramirez!
Silva prevents Ramirez from getting the reversal.
Ramirez holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Silva tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Ramirez throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
You get the feeling that Ramirez really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Ramirez is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Ramirez trying desperately to get to his feet.
Ramirez is in all sorts of trouble here.
Silva throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ramirez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ramirez blocking the ground and pound.
Ramirez is trying to stand.
Silva punching from mount but Ramirez doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Silva.
Ramirez is looking to improve his position but Silva isn't that keen on the idea.
Ramirez is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Silva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Silva looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Ramirez tries to lock up and control but Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Ramirez avoids a series of strikes thrown by Silva.
Ramirez is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ramirez is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Silva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ramirez has left one of his arms exposed and Silva doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Ramirez screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rennon Silva!
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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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