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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Willie Whiskers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Willie Whiskers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dave Silva!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva lands a jab to the head.
Whiskers looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Whiskers tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Whiskers moves into range and clinches up with Silva.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Whiskers keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Whiskers.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Whiskers keeps him there for the moment.
Silva is trying to stall.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Whiskers trying to land knees to the body.
Whiskers jumps into guard, dragging Silva to the mat.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Whiskers has his feet on Silva's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Whiskers has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva is looking to control Whiskers's arms but Whiskers gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silva has his back to the cage.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Whiskers keeps him there for the moment.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Whiskers keeps him there for the moment.
Whiskers ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Whiskers no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Silva drops back looking for a leg! Whiskers is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Whiskers manages to kick Silva off! Silva jumps back into Whiskers's guard.
Silva is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Whiskers uses the cage to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whiskers closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Whiskers lands in his opponent's guard.
Whiskers gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva swings for the body but Whiskers moves out of range.
A nice combination there by Silva.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Whiskers keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Whiskers fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Silva sprawls well initially but Whiskers persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva looks like he's trying to stand up.
Whiskers slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.
Silva is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Whiskers pulls his head out easily.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
Whiskers stands up and beckons Silva to join him on the feet.
Silva swinging wilding here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whiskers fails with the takedown.
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!
Silva fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A right-left combo lands from Silva.
Silva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Whiskers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Whiskers pinned against the cage. Whiskers gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Silva shoots in but no luck this time.
Willie Whiskers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dave Silva.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Whiskers.
Whiskers gets a clinch.
Whiskers crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Whiskers landing knees to the head.
Whiskers lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Whiskers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Whiskers forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Whiskers lands a knee to the head.
Whiskers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Whiskers.
Whiskers wants the takedown. Silva is fighting it off but Whiskers persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Silva's guard against the cage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Silva is on top in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Silva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Whiskers throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Whiskers trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Silva is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Silva prevents Whiskers from getting back to his feet.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Whiskers goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Silva lands with a nice body punch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
Whiskers takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Whiskers shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Silva as he jumps to the side.
Silva fails to land the takedown.
Dave Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Whiskers with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva works the jab nicely.
Whiskers closes the distance and clinches up with Silva, looking for a takedown. Whiskers pushes Silva against the cage but Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Silva lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Whiskers at a distance.
Whiskers closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Silva to the mat! Silva manages to get full guard.
Whiskers makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Whiskers cracks Silva with a solid left hand.
Silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva seems to be working for a kimura but Whiskers defends the submission attempt.
Whiskers tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whiskers works his way to full guard. Good work.
Whiskers has a closed guard, preventing Silva from standing up.
Silva drops back looking for a leg! Whiskers is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Whiskers manages to kick Silva off! Silva jumps back into Whiskers's guard.
Whiskers trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Willie Whiskers will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Whiskers darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.
Silva tries to pull guard but Whiskers holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
Silva wants to break free but Whiskers has control.
Whiskers has picked Silva up - he's going for a ride! Whiskers dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Whiskers lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Whiskers postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Silva to stand up.
Silva scores with the left hand. Whiskers knows he should have avoided that one.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Whiskers.
Silva tests Whiskers's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Whiskers moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Whiskers drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Whiskers throwing strikes but missing.
Whiskers connects with a couple of short punches.
Whiskers with a nice head shot there.
Silva looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Whiskers working some strikes from top position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Whiskers stands and steps away. Silva gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Whiskers wants to clinch.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Whiskers.
Silva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Whiskers on the side of the head.
Whiskers fails to land the takedown.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Whiskers's waist but Whiskers gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Whiskers throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Whiskers rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Whiskers turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Silva regains half guard.
Whiskers prevents Silva from improving his position.
Silva works his way to full guard. Good work.
Whiskers cracks Silva with a solid left hand.
Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Whiskers can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whiskers scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva is looking for a triangle but Whiskers pushes his legs off easily.
Whiskers has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Silva looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Silva had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Whiskers is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Silva Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Whiskers's back instead.
Silva is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Whiskers knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Whiskers for a finish.
Whiskers rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva trying to pass the guard but Whiskers defending well.
Willie Whiskers overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silva is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Whiskers defends it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Whiskers gets back to full guard.
Silva wants to stand but Whiskers is controlling his posture from full guard.
Silva is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Silva tries to stand but Whiskers is controlling from the bottom.
Silva drops back looking for a leg! Whiskers is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Whiskers manages to kick Silva off! Silva jumps back into Whiskers's guard.
Silva advances position into side control!
Silva looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Silva tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Whiskers is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Whiskers has one foot on Silva's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Whiskers closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Silva to the mat! Silva manages to get full guard.
Silva escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Whiskers gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Whiskers postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Whiskers advances to half guard.
Ground and pound from Whiskers.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva gets back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Whiskers should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Silva has tightened it up now! Whiskers should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Dave Silva!
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FIGHT
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