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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dan Daley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Silveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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189 lbs
1 - 3 - 1 |
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195 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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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
1 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dan Daley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rafael Silveira!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silveira paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Silveira, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silveira misses with a double jab.
Daley moves out of range of the leg kick from Silveira.
Silveira misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Daley tries to close the distance and clinch but Silveira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silveira tries to bum rush Daley with a series of wild strikes but Daley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silveira leaves Daley with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Silveira misses with a jab, cross combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daley tries to close the distance and clinch but Silveira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silveira throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Daley.
Some wild striking there from Silveira.
The fight stays on the outside here - Daley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silveira misses the jab.
Daley tries to clinch but Silveira moves out of range.
Silveira throws a right and a left that Daley avoids nicely.
Silveira misses with a hook.
Silveira throws a sloppy head kick and Daley moves out of range easily.
Silveira avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silveira misses with a few strikes there.
Silveira looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silveira looks gassed!
Silveira is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Daley.
Silveira misses with a double jab.
Daley clinches with his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Daley misses with a knee to the head.
Daley with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Rafael Silveira has been cut.
Daley connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silveira's face.
Daley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Daley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Daley landing knees to the head.
Daley scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Daley.
Daley scores with a knee to the head.
Daley misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Daley.
Daley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silveira can't break the clinch.
Daley landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Daley jumps guard and drags Silveira to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Silveira would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silveira really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Daley. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daley pushes Silveira off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Daley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rafael Silveira is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silveira throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Daley fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silveira avoids it really well and circles away.
Daley tries to close the distance and clinch but Silveira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Daley avoids the head kick by Silveira.
Daley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silveira stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Silveira wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Daley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Daley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Daley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rafael Silveira's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Daley closes the distance and clinches.
Daley is trying to drag Silveira to the mat but Silveira just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Silveira wants to break free but Daley has control.
Daley looking to throw knees to the head but Silveira is blocking nicely.
Silveira tries to break free but Daley pushes him back against the cage.
Daley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silveira wants to get back to striking at distance but Daley won't allow it.
Silveira tries to break free but Daley pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Silveira's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Daley tries to land a knee to the head but Silveira blocks with his arms.
Daley lands a knee to the head.
Silveira managing to block the knees to the body from Daley.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daley jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Silveira walks away with a smile on his face. Daley gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Silveira jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A punch combination from Silveira misses.
Silveira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daley circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silveira swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Daley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silveira swats away the attempt to clinch by Daley.
Daley rushes Silveira and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Daley keeps control of Silveira as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Daley scores with a knee to the head.
Daley manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Silveira prevents Daley from getting back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silveira wants to get up but he can't break Daley's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Silveira is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Daley is looking to stand up but Silveira isn't so interested in that idea.
Silveira wants to stand but Daley has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Daley uses the cage to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dan Daley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silveira stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Silveira wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Daley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silveira tries a head kick but it misses.
Daley tries to clinch but Silveira moves out of range.
Daley avoids the head kick by Silveira.
The fight stays on the outside here - Daley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silveira circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Daley has managed to clinch.
Daley landing knees to the head.
Daley lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Daley misses with a knee to the head.
Daley misses with a knee strike.
Daley tries to land a knee to the head but Silveira blocks with his arms.
Daley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silveira's efforts to push away.
Daley comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Daley prevents Silveira from breaking the clinch.
Daley prevents Silveira from breaking the clinch.
Daley unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Daley lands a knee to the body.
Daley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Daley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silveira wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Daley has him pressed against the cage.
Daley scores with a knee to the head.
Daley crunches a lovely knee into Silveira's ribcage.
Daley tries to land a knee to the head but Silveira blocks with his arms.
Daley tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Silveira just stands there and leans against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Daley dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rafael Silveira's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Silveira misses with a two punch combination.
Silveira misses with a two punch combination.
Daley doesn't manage to clinch there - Silveira circles away.
Daley darts in and clinches Silveira up against the cage.
Daley tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silveira smiles and moves away.
Daley is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silveira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Daley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Daley slips a jab from Silveira.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daley tries to clinch there but Silveira circles away.
Daley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silveira.
Daley wants to clinch.
Daley tries to clinch but Silveira moves out of range.
Daley wants to clinch.
Silveira misses with a few strikes there.
A big left from Silveira misses.
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.
Silveira swats away the attempt to clinch by Daley.
Nice sprawl there from Silveira as Daley shoots in.
Silveira misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silveira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daley circles away quickly and effectively.
Daley moves in looking to clinch but Silveira pushes him off.
Daley tries to clinch but Silveira moves out of range.
Daley moves out of range of the strikes.
Silveira looks to land a left hand but Daley moved out of range nicely.
Daley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Daley is looking to clinch but Silveira is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silveira paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Daley shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Daley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silveira looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Daley is looking to clinch but Silveira is avoiding it.
Daley wants to clinch.
Daley tries to close the distance and clinch but Silveira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Daley tries to clinch there but Silveira circles away.
Daley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
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.
A slow jab from Silveira misses its intended target.
Silveira lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Daley circles away quickly and effectively.
Rafael Silveira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daley is trying hard to land a takedown here. Silveira sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Silveira swats away the attempt to clinch by Daley.
Silveira swats away the attempt to clinch by Daley.
Daley is looking to clinch but Silveira is avoiding it.
Rafael Silveira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Daley tries to clinch there but Silveira circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rafael Silveira.
I think Daley 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dan Daley!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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