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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Riccardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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260 lbs
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265 lbs
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BJJ Blue 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
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricky Riccardo!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Silva misses.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva cracks Riccardo with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Silva has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Riccardo to stand back up!
Riccardo is rocked!
It looks like Ricky Riccardo has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Riccardo is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Silva throws out a loose jab but Riccardo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Riccardo moves away and avoids it.
Riccardo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Riccardo saw that one coming.
Riccardo slips a jab from Silva.
Riccardo seems to have recovered his senses.
Riccardo wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva misses with a hook. Riccardo ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to clinch up but Riccardo keeps it at a distance.
Silva throws the left hand but Riccardo avoids the punch easily.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Riccardo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva tries to clinch but Riccardo moves away
and Riccardo counters with a body kick.
Silva is looking to clinch but Riccardo is avoiding it.
Silva takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Riccardo connects with a high kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Riccardo.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Riccardo makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Silva really felt that one!
Silva is breathing heavily.
Riccardo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Silva misses.
Riccardo ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Riccardo connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Riccardo counters with a nice kick to the body.
Riccardo tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Riccardo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Riccardo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Riccardo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Riccardo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Riccardo lands a front kick.
Rodrigo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riccardo scoring well with a low kick there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riccardo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Riccardo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Riccardo is struggling to control the position.
Riccardo trying to land knees to the body.
Riccardo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Riccardo looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riccardo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Riccardo tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Riccardo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Riccardo.
Silva has Riccardo pressed against the cage.
Riccardo scores a nice knee to the body.
Riccardo trying to land knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Silva tries to break free but Riccardo pushes him back against the cage.
Silva will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Riccardo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Riccardo.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva manages to break the clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but Riccardo is having none of it.
Silva is looking to clinch but Riccardo is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ricky Riccardo will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ricky Riccardo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Riccardo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Riccardo moves away from the strike by Silva.
Crunch! Riccardo slams his shin into Silva's torso.
Ricky Riccardo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva looks to clinch
and Riccardo counters with an outside leg kick.
Riccardo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva tries to clinch
and Riccardo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silva's knee momentarily.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Silva tries to clinch
and Riccardo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Silva wants to clinch up but Riccardo keeps it at a distance.
Silva closes the distance but Riccardo moves to the side
and Riccardo counters with a body kick.
Silva wants to clinch up but Riccardo keeps it at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva tries to clinch
and Riccardo counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Silva is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to clinch.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Riccardo dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Riccardo circles away.
Silva throws a hook but Riccardo blocks it.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Riccardo moved out of range.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Riccardo counters with a nice leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Riccardo cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
Riccardo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Riccardo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Riccardo lands a high kick!
Riccardo closes the distance and clinches.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Riccardo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Riccardo trying to land knees to the body.
Riccardo stalling the fight.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Riccardo connects with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a knee to the side of the body.
Riccardo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Riccardo blocking some punches.
Riccardo tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva wants to break free but Riccardo has control.
Riccardo lands a nice knee to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as Riccardo tries to tie him up.
Silva is trying to break free.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Riccardo trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Riccardo tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva lands a left hand.
Silva is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Riccardo looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Riccardo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Riccardo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Riccardo misses with a knee to the head.
Riccardo tries to land a knee to the head but Silva blocks with his arms.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riccardo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Riccardo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as Riccardo tries to tie him up.
Riccardo working Silva over with knees to the body.
Riccardo landing knees to the body.
Riccardo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva manages to break the clinch.
Riccardo swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Riccardo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Riccardo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Riccardo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ricky Riccardo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva tries to clinch but Riccardo is having none of it.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Riccardo scores with a push kick.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Riccardo moved out of range nicely.
Silva closes the distance but Riccardo moves to the side
and Riccardo counters with a thumping low kick.
Silva clinches but Riccardo breaks the clinch
and Riccardo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Riccardo throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
Riccardo throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Riccardo. Riccardo obviously looking to wear him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is looking to clinch but Riccardo is avoiding it.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Riccardo.
Riccardo scoring well with a low kick there.
Riccardo scoring well with a low kick there.
Riccardo throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Silva.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Riccardo.
Riccardo lands a head kick!
Riccardo moves into the clinch.
Riccardo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Riccardo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Riccardo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Riccardo has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riccardo is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Riccardo into the cage.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva wants to clinch
and Riccardo counters with a leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Riccardo.
Silva looks to clinch
and Riccardo counters with a good low kick that Silva was not able to check.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Riccardo can pounce on him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Riccardo lands a high kick!
Riccardo wants to clinch.
Ricky Riccardo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva tries to clinch up but Riccardo circles away and keeps his distance.
Riccardo lands with a slapping head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Riccardo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Riccardo blocks a jab.
Riccardo scores with a head kick.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rodrigo Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Riccardo lands a head kick!
Riccardo blocks a jab.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Riccardo pushes him off.
Silva looks to clinch
and Riccardo counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
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!
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Riccardo. Riccardo obviously looking to wear him down.
Riccardo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Riccardo thumps Silva with a low kick.
Riccardo tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Riccardo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Riccardo. Riccardo obviously looking to wear him down.
Riccardo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Riccardo cracks the inside of Silva's front leg.
Riccardo darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.
Ricky Riccardo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Riccardo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Riccardo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Riccardo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 25:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 25:30
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Riccardo!
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FIGHT
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