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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Santa Claus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Silva's choice of entrance music: The Pot - Tool. Paulo Silva struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.3lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Paulo Silva is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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154 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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155 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Santa Claus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Claus scores with a takedown into Silva's guard.
Claus won't allow Silva to sweep him here.
Silva keeping full guard, as Claus tries to pass.
Claus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Silva wants to sweep here but Claus controlling him for the moment.
Claus 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.
Claus passes into half guard.
Claus 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.
Silva tries to roll over but Claus keeps him under control.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Claus tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Claus misses with a takedown attempt - Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Claus shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Santa Claus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Claus has a takedown stuffed.
Claus bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Claus is breathing heavily.
Claus is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Silva has escaped the position, nice work there.
Silva manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Silva is looking to control Claus's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Silva avoid being mounted?
Silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Claus is proving a slippery customer.
Silva pulls Claus in close to prevent any damage.
Silva trying to control the position.
Claus advances position into side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva regains half guard.
Silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Silva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Claus wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Claus keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Claus wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Claus wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Claus looking to sit in guard and control but Silva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Claus looking for a guillotine here but Silva defends easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Claus throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Silva's waist but Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Claus off to one side.
Claus shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Claus's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Claus shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Claus was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Claus cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Silva is looking to improve his position but Claus isn't that keen on the idea.
Claus tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Claus controlling from mount.
Claus landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Claus sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Claus jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Silva is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Silva and Claus has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Claus working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Claus kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
What's Silva going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Silva taking punishment in the form of punches.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Claus controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santa Claus dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Claus looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Claus persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Claus shoots in for a double leg but Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Claus gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Claus keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Claus controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.
Santa Claus overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silva forces his way into half guard.
Claus trying to control from the bottom.
Silva with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Claus trying to control from the bottom.
Silva looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Claus looking for submissions off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throwing shots but Claus is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Claus is pressing down on Silva's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Claus has his feet on Silva's thighs here. He's pushed Silva off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Silva screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Santa Claus!
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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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