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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pomi Kaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanderlei Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pomi Kaki!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva rushes Kaki and presses him up against the cage.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kaki is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Good body shot from Silva.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Kaki takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva landing knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Kaki looking to stall.
Silva lands an elbow just above Kaki 's eye.
Kaki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva stalling.
Silva lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kaki.
Kaki looks gassed!
Nice body punch from Silva - that landed with a thud.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kaki's face.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kaki up against the cage.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kaki's face.
Kaki stalling in the clinch but Silva improves position.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Kaki is blocking nicely.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kaki blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kaki fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva misses with some punches.
Kaki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kaki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kaki misses with the head strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kaki wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva prevents Kaki from breaking the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kaki avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Kaki tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Kaki is trying to break free.
Kaki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva trying to control the position but instead, Kaki has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silva into the cage.
Kaki can't break the clinch.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kakis head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Kaki blocks with his arms.
Kaki wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Kaki jumps guard but Silva stands there with Kaki around his waist. Kaki gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Wanderlei Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pomi Kaki.
Kaki fails to pull guard.
Kaki fails to pull guard.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kaki has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Kaki blocks it.
Kaki wants to break free but Silva has control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva blocks a body shot from Kaki.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Kaki.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kaki blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Kaki avoids the damage to the body.
Kaki fails to pull guard.
Kaki tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kaki tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Kaki drops back down to his feet.
Kaki tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Kaki backwards.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kaki has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Kaki wants to stall.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kaki is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kaki is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderlei Silva dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kaki.
Kaki misses with a body shot.
Kaki avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva closes the distance and pushes Kaki back into the cage.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kaki avoids it.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kaki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kaki is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kaki taking a breather.
Kaki seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kaki's face.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kaki fails to pull guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kaki blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Kaki tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Wanderlei Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pomi Kaki.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pomi Kaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kaki tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Kaki looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Kaki advances to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kaki stands up from half guard.
Kaki wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
and Silva counters by clinching up.
Silva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kaki stalling in the clinch but Silva improves position.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kaki's face.
Kaki can't break the clinch.
Wanderlei Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kaki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kaki has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Kaki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
Silva looking to stall.
Kaki tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kaki tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kaki jumps guard but Silva stands there with Kaki around his waist. Kaki gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva is looking to control Kaki's arms but Kaki gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silva has his back to the cage.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kaki's face.
Kaki tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Kaki tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Kaki. Kaki gets slowly back to his feet.
Kaki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four 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.
Kaki throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Kaki on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Kaki.
Silva is looking to slow Kaki down with leg kicks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
No luck for Kaki with that takedown attempt.
Kaki walks into a straight right hand from Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderlei Silva dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Kaki takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wanderlei Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kaki darts in trying to clinch
and Silva counters with a good low kick that Kaki was not able to check.
Kaki throws a lazy body kick
and Silva counters with a big head kick but Kaki shrugs it off.
Kaki shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kaki closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Silva tries to clinch up but Kaki circles away and keeps his distance.
Kaki takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kaki on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Silva lands with a kick to the temple. Kaki shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva rushes Kaki and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kaki backwards.
Silva stops a takedown attempt from Kaki.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva slows down the pace here.
Kaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva looking to stall.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kaki is keeping busy.
Kaki is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Kaki blocks it.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kaki blocks it with crossed arms.
Kaki tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Kaki tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silva just stands there and leans against the cage.
Wanderlei Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pomi Kaki.
Kaki is trying to stall.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
Kaki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kaki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kaki tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Kaki looks to clinch
and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.
Kaki tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Kaki drops back down to his feet.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kaki is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kaki in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kaki is keeping busy.
Kaki tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva is trying to stall.
Kaki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Kaki tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Kaki is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva throws and low kick but Kaki moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kaki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kaki is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kaki.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Kaki moves out of range easily.
Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kaki, pushing him back against the cage.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kaki blocks it with crossed arms.
Kaki has Silva pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Silva manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kaki tries to pull guard but Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Kaki drops back down to his feet.
Pomi Kaki has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wanderlei Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wanderlei Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wanderlei Silva!
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