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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tiago Silvain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Yap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silvain comes to the cage accompanied by stam1na - kadonneet kolme sanaa. 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 Purple Belt
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tiago Silvain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, James Yap!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yap misses with a wild body shot.
Silvain staying out of range there.
Yap cracks a nice hook into Silvain's ribs.
Yap connects with a crisp jab.
Yap lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silvain circles away quickly and effectively.
Yap lands a really nice looking cross but Silvain seems unphased.
It looks like Tiago Silvain has been cut.
Yap misses with a wild combination.
Silvain with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silvain uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yap.
Silvain closes the distance and clinches up with Yap, looking for a takedown. Silvain pushes Yap against the cage but Yap circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Yap misses with a body shot
and Silvain counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Yap is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yap. Silvain does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silvain throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yap throws a right hand that Silvain ducks under and follows up with a left that Silvain also avoids with ease.
Yap jabs Silvain right on the nose. Silvain blinks but takes it well.
Yap misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silvain misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silvain shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Silvain sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Yap defending well though.
Silvain trying to control from half guard but Yap is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yap is trying to control but can't.
Silvain trying to mount his opponent but Yap defends it.
Silvain wants to work for an arm triangle but Yap is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Silvain misses with a head shot. Yap uses the momentum to regain guard.
Yap wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silvain looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yap circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silvain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
James Yap is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silvain pushes Yap up against the cage in a clinch.
Yap is trying to break free.
Silvain is struggling to control the position.
Silvain misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Yap.
Yap is pressed up against the cage. Silvain has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Yap down to the mat. Yap avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Yap misses with the combination.
Yap throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silvain counters with a takedown into side control.
Yap manages to work his way to half guard, despite Silvain's best efforts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvain not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Yap is looking to improve his position.
Silvain seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Yap gets full guard.
Silvain trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Yap is adopting a defensive guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silvain is looking to work some ground and pound but Yap has wrist control.
Yap looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tiago Silvain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tiago Silvain's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Yap throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silvain counters with a right hand to the body.
Silvain takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Silvain is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silvain throws a head kick but Yap moves out of range.
Silvain lands a head kick!
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!
Yap loads up on a big right hand but Silvain slips the punch.
Tiago Silvain is winning the standup battle so far.
Silvain takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
James Yap is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Yap throws a right hand that Silvain ducks under and follows up with a left that Silvain also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvain misses with a kick to the body.
Yap misses with a two punch combination.
Silvain wants to clinch.
Silvain is looking to clinch but Yap is avoiding it.
Yap misses with a wild body shot.
A punch combination from Yap misses.
Yap scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silvain doesn't seem bothered though.
A big right from Yap misses.
That's two 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.
Yap lands a nice hook to Silvain's body. Silvain takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Yap throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silvain.
Yap takes a swing at Silvain's ribcage but misses.
Silvain walks into a stiff left hand from Yap.
Yap swings for the body but Silvain moves out of range.
Silvain slips under a jab.
Yap lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silvain circles away quickly and effectively.
Yap misses with a hook to the body
and Silvain counters with a good low kick that Yap was not able to check.
Yap is breathing heavily.
Silvain keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silvain pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvain misses with a kick to the body.
Silvain digs a good hook to Yap's body.
Silvain thows a body shot but no joy.
Silvain drives through and clinches with Yap against the cage.
Silvain working Yap over with knees to the body.
Silvain's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silvain moves in looking to clinch but Yap pushes him off.
No joy there for Yap, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yap throws a jab but it's blocked by Silvain.
Silvain is looking to wear down Yap with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Yap misses with a body punch
and Silvain counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvain throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silvain throws a half hearted mid kick.
Silvain steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yap.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Yap!
A shot to the body from Yap misses
and Silvain moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yap is trying to break free.
Yap wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silvain has him pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silvain putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Yap in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silvain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yap misses with a body punch
and Silvain counters with a good, hard body kick but Yap shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tiago Silvain dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tiago Silvain's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
A slapping body kick lands there for Silvain.
Silvain lands a nice looking kick to the body. Yap takes a step back to recover.
Silvain tries to clinch up.
Yap swings for the body but Silvain moves out of range.
Silvain thuds a left hand into Yap's body.
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!
A slapping leg kick lands for Silvain.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silvain swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silvain tries to clinch but Yap is having none of it.
Yap misses the body punch
and Silvain counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Yap is lucky that one didn't land flush.
It looks like James Yap has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yap takes a swing at Silvain's ribcage but misses.
Yap fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silvain manages to avoid it.
Silvain doesn't manage to clinch there - Yap circles away.
Yap tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silvain was well out of range. Poor timing from Yap.
Yap misses with a combination
and Silvain counters with a nice body kick.
Silvain is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yap can do to turn this around?
A head kick misses from Silvain.
Yap gets caught flat footed, as Silvain shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvain is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Silvain 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.
Yap keeping moving, preventing Silvain from controlling successfully.
Silvain looking to pass the guard.
Silvain thows a big elbow that misses.
Silvain won't allow Yap to get back to his feet.
Yap pushes Silvain off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Silvain dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yap. That did some damage!
Silvain lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Silvain.
Yap rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silvain moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Yap bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tiago Silvain is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silvain ducks under a wild hook from Yap.
Yap missing with a left hand there. Silvain was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silvain throws a combination that misses
and Yap cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yap avoids the head kick by Silvain.
Silvain misses with a kick to the body.
Silvain fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Yap.
That's four 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.
Silvain takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Silvain shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Silvain tries to move into range but Yap moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A slapping body kick lands there for Silvain.
Yap throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A head kick misses from Silvain.
Yap falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silvain counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
James Yap has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yap throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silvain counters with a nice body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tiago Silvain showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silvain has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tiago Silvain!
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