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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cosmo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hossam Merenhor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ White Belt
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Dangerous GnP
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cosmo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hossam Merenhor!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Merenhor.
Merenhor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Merenhor just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva checks a leg kick nicely.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Merenhor doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Merenhor throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Merenhor fails to land with a series of punches.
Merenhor looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Merenhor wants to slow Silva down by chopping away at his legs.
Merenhor lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Merenhor.
It looks like Cosmo Silva has been cut.
Merenhor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva lands with a slapping head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva avoids the body shot from Merenhor.
Merenhor misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Merenhor looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Merenhor.
Merenhor misses with a wild combination.
Merenhor looks gassed!
Merenhor swinging wildly here.
Cosmo Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silva there as he acknowledges the shot.
Merenhor fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva clinches.
Silva slows down the pace here.
Merenhor avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Merenhor is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Merenhor pulls guard effortlessly.
Silva looking to sit in guard and control but Merenhor gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Merenhor preventing the sweep.
Silva looking to control.
Merenhor throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Merenhor is one step ahead there.
Merenhor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Merenhor looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Merenhor tries to clinch up
and Silva counters with a leg kick.
Merenhor looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Merenhor misses with a few strikes there.
Hossam Merenhor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Merenhor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Merenhor swinging wildly here.
Merenhor misses with a two punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Merenhor throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Merenhor misses with a hook.
Merenhor will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
No joy there for Merenhor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Merenhor looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Merenhor wants to clinch
and Silva makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Merenhor really felt that one!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Merenhor takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Merenhor, pushing him back against the cage.
Merenhor looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hossam Merenhor will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Cosmo Silva's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A punch combination from Merenhor misses.
Merenhor throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Merenhor throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Merenhor.
Merenhor looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Silva scores with a head kick.
Silva cracks the inside of Merenhor's front leg.
A combination from Merenhor does no damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Merenhor tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Silva counters with a body kick.
Merenhor is breathing heavily.
Merenhor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Merenhor misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Nice body punch from Merenhor.
Merenhor throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Hossam Merenhor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for Merenhor on that attempt.
Silva thumps Merenhor with a low kick.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Merenhor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Merenhor.
Silva lands with a slapping head kick.
Silva rushes Merenhor and presses him up against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Merenhor tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Silva breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva thumps Merenhor with a low kick.
Merenhor throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Merenhor tries to clinch
and Silva counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Merenhor is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Merenhor thows a leg kick but Silva checks it
and Silva counters with a nice body kick.
Silva fakes the leg kick and cracks Merenhor in the body.
Merenhor misses with a few strikes there.
Merenhor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Merenhor stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Merenhor tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Merenhor throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Merenhor down.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
Merenhor has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Silva.
Merenhor has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Merenhor blocks a head kick by Silva.
Merenhor misses with a body shot.
A combination from Merenhor does no damage.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Merenhor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Merenhor looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Merenhor down.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Merenhor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Merenhor chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Merenhor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Merenhor. That did some damage!
Merenhor 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 Merenhor off to one side.
Merenhor throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
Silva thuds his shin into the meat of Merenhor's side.
Silva clinches with his opponent.
Merenhor's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Merenhor is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cosmo Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cosmo Silva's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Merenhor tries to clinch up
and Silva counters with a nice body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
Merenhor throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Merenhor throws a right and a left that both miss.
Merenhor tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Merenhor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Merenhor up against the cage.
Silva prevents Merenhor from breaking the clinch.
Silva has Merenhor pressed against the cage.
Merenhor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Merenhor breaks the clinch.
Merenhor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Merenhor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A head kick from Silva lands but Merenhor takes it in his stride.
Merenhor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Merenhor lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
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.
Silva slips a straight right by Merenhor.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Merenhor misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Merenhor shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Merenhor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Merenhor takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Merenhor looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Silva scores with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Merenhor. That did some damage!
Silva lands with a kick to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Merenhor.
Merenhor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Merenhor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Merenhor misses with a wild combination.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Merenhor wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
and Silva counters with a body kick.
Silva scores with a nice body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva slips under a jab from Merenhor.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva darts in and clinches Merenhor up against the cage.
Merenhor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Merenhor can't break the clinch.
Silva has Merenhor pressed against the cage, preventing Merenhor from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Merenhor has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Merenhor fails to pull the fight into his guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cosmo Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cosmo Silva!
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