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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Falcone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Falcone's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, BLACK HAWK DOWN. Silver has chosen Give me da loot as his entrance music. Anderson Silver is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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213 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Falcone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silver!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Silver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Falcone throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Silver was covering up waiting for the punch and Falcone finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Silver is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Falcone pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silver is keeping the position for now.
Falcone is working hard here to advance position.
Silver looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Falcone postures up.
Silver controlling the position.
Falcone wants to pass the guard but Silver is keeping the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silver will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falcone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silver closes the distance and pushes Falcone back into the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silver jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Falcone walks away with a smile on his face. Silver gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Silver tries to clinch up.
Silver is looking to clinch.
Silver tries to clinch there but Falcone circles away.
Silver looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Falcone fails with a takedown attempt.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up but Falcone swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A big right from Falcone misses.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silver is looking to clinch but Falcone is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Falcone. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Falcone.
It looks like Anderson Silver has been cut.
Falcone lands with a good body shot.
Falcone is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Silver.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silver keeps the fight on the outside.
Silver wants to clinch but Falcone slips to the side
and Falcone moves into the clinch.
Falcone working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Falcone.
Falcone taking a breather.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Falcone tries to throw a body punch but Silver avoids it by throwing Falcone back against the cage.
Falcone pushes Silver back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Falcone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silver's elbow.
A right hand to the body from Falcone.
Falcone lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Falcone swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Falcone just leaning against Silver, taking a breather.
Silver tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A hook to the body from Falcone.
Silver using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Falcone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falcone taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Silver slows down the pace here.
Falcone softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Good body shot from Falcone.
Silver's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A body shot lands from Falcone.
Falcone goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Falcone.
Silver is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Falcone is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Falcone misses with the head strike.
Silver tries a knee to the head but Falcone blocks it.
Falcone working aggressively here.
A right handed body shot lands from Falcone.
Silver looks gassed!
Silver lands a nice knee to the body.
Falcone lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Falcone avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falcone lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Falcone throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvers head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Falcone - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Falcone lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Silver throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silver lands a knee to the body.
Falcone leaning his opponent against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Falcone fails to land.
Falcone can't find room to land a body shot as Silver controls the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Falcone fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Falcone blocks the elbow strike.
Falcone lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Falcone takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Bruno Falcone has been cut.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Still in the clinch, Falcone scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Falcone dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Silver shoots for a takedown but Falcone saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Falcone thows a body shot but no joy.
Falcone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silver throws a hook but Falcone avoids it easily.
Falcone clinches with his opponent.
Falcone lands a nice uppercut.
Silver is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Falcone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silver's elbow.
Nice elbow from Silver.
Silver using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Falcone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silver tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A body shot lands from Falcone.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Falcone leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Falcone lands a shot to the body.
Falcone presses Silver against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Silver is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver is pushing Falcone up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Falcone swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silver's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Falcone on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Falcone tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silver's elbow.
Falcone lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Falcone lands with a left to the head.
Falcone cracks Silver with a nice body shot.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Falcone takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Falcone pushes Silver back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Falcone managing to block the knees to the body from Silver.
Falcone scores with a shoulder strike.
Silver tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A bit of stalling here from Falcone.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falcone is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Falcone lands a nice uppercut.
Silver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Falcone misses with a short punch on the inside.
Falcone tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silver using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Falcone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Falcone tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
Falcone lands an uppercut.
Silver is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Falcone is keeping busy.
Falcone misses with a body punch.
Falcone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Falcone will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Silver up against the cage.
Falcone has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
A short left from Falcone.
Silver landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Falcone fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver looking to throw knees to the head but Falcone is blocking nicely.
Bruno Falcone has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Falcone lands a right hand.
Silver has clasped his hands together around Falcone's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silver wants to lay and pray for a moment but Falcone keeps working.
Silver looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
You can see the frustration on Falcone's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Falcone tries to improve position but can't.
Silver wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Falcone, who protects the arm well.
Falcone gets back to half guard.
Falcone wants to improve his position but Silver is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falcone slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Falcone bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silver's guard.
Falcone sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Silver's guard.
Falcone decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Falcone misses with a series of wild punches.
Falcone misses with the combination.
Silver misses with a combination
and Falcone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A combination from Silver does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Falcone dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Falcone leaves Silver with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Falcone forces Silver back against the cage and clinches.
Falcone makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Falcone.
Silver lands an elbow inside.
Falcone working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Falcone lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Silver blocking some punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Falcone - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Falcone throws a punch but it's blocked by Silver.
Silver looking to stall.
Falcone lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Falcone holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Falcone for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Silver tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Falcone has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
Falcone misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silver throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Falcone.
Falcone lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, Falcone scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Falcone throws a head punch that misses.
A short left from Falcone.
Falcone lands a body punch in the clinch.
Falcone takes an elbow to the temple.
Falcone blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
Silver scores with a knee to the head.
Silver takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Falcone working aggressively here.
Falcone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Silver tries to pull guard but Falcone holds him up against the cage and eventually Silver drops back down to his feet.
Silver unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silver tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Falcone leaning against his opponent.
Falcone swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Falcone lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Anderson Silver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silver's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Falcone swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Falcone has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
Bruno Falcone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Falcone creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silver blocks an uppercut.
Falcone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falcone tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
Silver lands a nice knee to the body.
Falcone softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Silver tries a knee to the head but Falcone blocks it.
Silver with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Falcone holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Silver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Falcone managing to block the knees to the body from Silver.
Silver blocks an uppercut.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silver tries a knee to the head but Falcone blocks it.
Falcone is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Silver putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Falcone in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Falcone's brow.
Silver stalling.
Silver tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silver looking to throw knees to the head but Falcone is blocking nicely.
Silver jumps guard but Falcone stands there with Silver around his waist. Silver gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bruno Falcone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Silver.
Silver is trying to maintain a safe position but Falcone gets an underhook and turns Silver into the cage.
A short right from Falcone.
Silver is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Falcone is defending well for now.
Falcone dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
Falcone lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silver misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Falcone.
Falcone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Falcone content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Silver lands an elbow inside that Falcone shrugs off.
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 Bruno Falcone.
Well Falcone has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruno Falcone!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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