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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Junior Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel The Pride of Mexico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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150 lbs
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174 cm
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Junior Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Manuel The Pride of Mexico!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Damien Edna and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Pride of Mexico moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
The Pride of Mexico gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Silva postures up.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. The Pride of Mexico is keeping the position for now.
The Pride of Mexico is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The Pride of Mexico is keen to just control but Silva is a slippery customer.
The Pride of Mexico is working for a submission of some sort.
Silva wants to control but The Pride of Mexico is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Pride of Mexico lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The Pride of Mexico is pressing down on Silva's thigh, looking to free his foot. Silva is holding on for now.
Silva looks like he's trying to stand up.
The Pride of Mexico is trying to control. Silva wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The Pride of Mexico throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The Pride of Mexico throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The Pride of Mexico is trying to control the action in half guard but Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
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.
The Pride of Mexico is trying to work for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Silva shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches The Pride of Mexico napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The Pride of Mexico tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Silva prevents The Pride of Mexico from escaping the position.
Silva scoring with punches from side control.
Silva decides to stand back up.
The Pride of Mexico fails with a takedown attempt.
Manuel The Pride of Mexico seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Pride of Mexico looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a leg kick which misses The Pride of Mexico's front leg but catches the back leg as The Pride of Mexico tries to avoid it.
The Pride of Mexico misses with a double jab.
The Pride of Mexico misses with a hook.
The Pride of Mexico throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Silva gets a clinch.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The Pride of Mexico striking off his back but it's not causing Silva any problems.
The Pride of Mexico looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silva is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva stands up from The Pride of Mexico's guard - Silva perhaps looking for a knockout.
The Pride of Mexico drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The Pride of Mexico slows the pace down.
The Pride of Mexico trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Junior Silva dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Silva tries to clinch up but The Pride of Mexico circles away and keeps his distance.
The Pride of Mexico stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and The Pride of Mexico wants it to stay on the feet.
Silva swings for the body but The Pride of Mexico moves out of range.
The Pride of Mexico swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The Pride of Mexico swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
The Pride of Mexico scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches The Pride of Mexico napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The Pride of Mexico is looking for a sweep.
Silva throws a strike aimed at the side of The Pride of Mexico's head but The Pride of Mexico avoids it well.
Silva has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Pride of Mexico throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Pride of Mexico paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The Pride of Mexico jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Pride of Mexico is looking to clinch.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by The Pride of Mexico.
The Pride of Mexico shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Silva as he jumps to the side.
The Pride of Mexico scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.
The Pride of Mexico drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Junior Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The Pride of Mexico trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The Pride of Mexico trying to control from the bottom.
The Pride of Mexico missing with punches from the bottom.
The Pride of Mexico wants to control but Silva is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
The Pride of Mexico punching from the bottom.
The Pride of Mexico pushes Silva off and gets back to his feet.
The Pride of Mexico looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Silva checks a leg kick.
The Pride of Mexico gets caught flat footed, as Silva shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The Pride of Mexico lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Silva!
The Pride of Mexico looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Pride of Mexico looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silva is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The Pride of Mexico unloading with bombs!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Pride of Mexico postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Silva looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Manuel The Pride of Mexico will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
The Pride of Mexico lands with a right hand.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
The Pride of Mexico misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but The Pride of Mexico is out of range and Silva settles back down.
Nice defenses there by The Pride of Mexico.
A shot to the body from The Pride of Mexico misses
and Silva counters with a thumping low kick.
The Pride of Mexico looks to clinch
and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.
The Pride of Mexico prevents the takedown attempt.
Silva lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silva has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed The Pride of Mexico clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The Pride of Mexico tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Pride of Mexico regains half guard.
The Pride of Mexico wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.
Silva 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 stand and escape but The Pride of Mexico is controlling the position.
The Pride of Mexico is trying to control but can't.
The Pride of Mexico moves into full guard.
The Pride of Mexico is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The Pride of Mexico working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Pride of Mexico looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Silva wants to control from the top but The Pride of Mexico keeps moving.
The Pride of Mexico looking to control.
The Pride of Mexico is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The Pride of Mexico wants to stand up but Silva is controlling him.
Silva gets to his feet. The Pride of Mexico looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva gets a takedown into half guard.
The Pride of Mexico is staying active underneath Silva, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Silva wants to free his trapped foot but The Pride of Mexico is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The Pride of Mexico trying to control from the bottom.
Silva is working for a submission of some sort.
Silva throwing shots but The Pride of Mexico is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Pride of Mexico gets back to full guard.
Silva trying to control but The Pride of Mexico is working from the bottom.
Silva wants to stand but The Pride of Mexico is controlling his posture from full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The Pride of Mexico lands with a shot to the body.
The Pride of Mexico looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Pride of Mexico lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Junior Silva.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 30:28
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior 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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FIGHT
RATING
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