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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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192 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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185 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident |
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Paul Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris swinging wildly here.
Harris stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harris shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Harris jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Silva manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Harris tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Harris has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris decides to stand back up.
Harris clinches up against the cage.
Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris rushes Silva and presses him up against the cage.
Harris escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva tries to keep at a distance but Harris has taken the fight into the clinch.
Harris drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Harris keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Harris breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A jab from Silva misses.
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.
Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harris on the side of the head.
Harris closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Harris is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Silva looks gassed!
Silva has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Silva is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Harris.
Harris looking for the choke from the back.
Harris softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Harris is working for a rear naked choke. Silva is not defending it well and Harris has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Silva refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Silva's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Paul Harris!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
52% |
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