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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carter Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shogun Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Potter comes to the cage accompanied by THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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265 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
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197 cm
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270 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Carter Potter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shogun Silva!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Summer Carpenter and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws out a loose jab but Potter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva scores with a sloppy right hand. Potter should have avoided that one.
Potter on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silva fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A punch lands to the side of Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Potter slips a jab from Silva.
Potter walks into a stiff left hand from Silva.
Potter missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Potter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva throws a leg kick but Potter sees it coming and moves out of range.
Potter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Silva is looking to slow Potter down with leg kicks.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Potter throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Potter slips under a jab.
Potter misses with an uppercut.
Potter looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Potter tries to clinch up.
Silva throws the kick towards the body but Potter avoids it.
Potter thows a body shot but no joy.
Potter tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva throws a good cross that connects.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Potter looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Potter tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Potter gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Potter moved out of range nicely.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Potter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Potter tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva scores with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Potter on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Silva jabs Potter right on the nose. Potter blinks but takes it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potter throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Potter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
A big right from Potter misses.
Potter throws a combination that misses
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva misses with a hook.
Potter lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Potter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Potter misses with a double jab
and Silva makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Potter really felt that one!
Potter is breathing heavily.
Silva jabs at Potter's body.
Silva is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Potter had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Silva lands with a cross.
Silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Potter at a distance.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Potter stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Potter on the side of the head.
Shogun Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice shot lands for Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a nice head shot.
Silva cracks Potter with an open hand slap.
Potter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Potter blocks a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Potter takes one to the side of the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Silva throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Carter Potter has been cut.
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 lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Potter at a distance.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Silva throws a hook but Potter blocks it.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva lands with a cross.
Silva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Potter swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Potter takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Potter. That did some damage!
Potter slips under a jab from Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Potter takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Silva looks to land a combination but Potter avoids it well.
Silva lands a jab to the head.
Potter sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Potter is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Potter's hands.
Silva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Silva lunges at Potter with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Potter's hand.
Potter takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Silva drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Potter right on the button. Potter goes down! Silva follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Silva gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shogun Silva!
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