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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Marcus Silva enters the cage!
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184 lbs
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good in bed |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid 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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcus Silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes misses the shot to the body.
A punch combination from Hughes misses.
Hughes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hughes dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva throws a series of punches but Hughes avoids them all with ease.
Hughes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Marcus Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hughes just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Silva.
A punch combination from Hughes misses.
Hughes fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva avoids the body shot from Hughes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hughes circles away quickly and effectively.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva throws a series of punches but Hughes avoids them all with ease.
Hughes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Hughes takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hughes.
Hughes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Hughes feints and as Silva raises his hands in defense, Hughes changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hughes working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Silva wants to stand up but Hughes is controlling him.
Hughes is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hughes drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hughes jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Hughes from controlling successfully.
Hughes landing some decent shots from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes cracks Silva with a solid left hand.
Hughes keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head.
Silva is looking to stand back up but Hughes counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Silva.
Silva is looking to escape.
Hughes scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Silva is refusing to be controlled, as Hughes sits in half guard.
Hughes sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Silva is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hughes stalling.
Hughes lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva looks gassed!
Hughes is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hughes lands a nice short elbow.
Nice strikes from Hughes there.
Hughes with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Hughes is trying to control the action in half guard but Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Silva is in trouble now - Hughes has advanced to mount!
Silva wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hughes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
BOOM! Hughes connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hughes in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Silva's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Silva is in a horrible position here. Hughes smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Silva is bucking up trying to escape but Hughes cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hughes lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hughes scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
It looks like Marcus Silva has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hughes takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
You get the feeling that Silva really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Hughes sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Hughes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcus Silva's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hughes misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hughes thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva throws a right hand that Hughes ducks under and follows up with a left that Hughes also avoids with ease.
Silva looks to land a combination but Hughes avoids it well.
Hughes is looking to wear down Silva with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hughes.
Hughes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hughes scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hughes looks up at the clock and then as Silva takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Hughes smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Hughes wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Hughes lands an elbow.
That has opened up Marcus Silva's cut even more.
Silva is trying to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes looks up at the clock and then as Silva takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Hughes smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The cut above Marcus Silva's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Hughes in side control lands a decent elbow.
Marcus Silva's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Marcus Silva's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Matt Hughes!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
91% |
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