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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between jose silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Cottingham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duke Cottingham is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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189 cm
23
150 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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161 cm
25
145 lbs
3 - 5 - 1 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
Knockout power |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, jose silva! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Duke Cottingham! The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Eliza Hachem and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Cottingham slips a jab and a cross from silva.
Cottingham misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from silva.
Cottingham should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete. Cottingham throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
silva lands a head kick!
A nice inside leg kick there by silva. That's going to slow Cottingham down. Cottingham throws a left and a right that both miss
and silva counters with an outside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cottingham. silva does a little dance to reset his feet. silva finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cottingham shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Cottingham drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cottingham jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cottingham on the ground. Cottingham is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. silva really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. silva trying to control the position.
Cottingham slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's one minute gone in the round. silva wants to get back to his feet but Cottingham drags him back down. Cottingham goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, silva has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Cottingham but great work by silva. Cottingham looks gassed! silva misses with an attempted head punch from side control. silva scoring with punches and elbows. Cottingham prevents silva from improving position. Cottingham 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 stands up and beckons Cottingham to his feet. silva scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
silva lands a big head kick that sends Cottingham tumbling to the mat! silva takes a step backwards and waves Cottingham back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Cottingham is rocked! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cottingham is still on wobbly legs! Can silva finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round. It's a brutal combination of punches from silva! Cottingham is backing up but he can't get away as silva lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Cottingham and ends the fight. Great knockout.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). jose silva!
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
87% |
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