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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Solar Flair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Dimmu Borgir - Puritania as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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218 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power |
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Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Solar Flair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flair forces Silva back against the ropes and clinches.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Flair blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Flair scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
It looks like Wanderlei Silva has been cut.
Flair gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Flair uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flair on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Flair lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Flair controls the action.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Flair is leaning against Silva and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flair lands a left hand.
Flair swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Flair throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
Silva looks gassed!
Flair avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Flair lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Flair lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Flair.
That has opened up Wanderlei Silva's cut even more.
Flair throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Flair is blocking nicely.
A hook to the body from Flair.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flair presses Silva against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Flair blocks with his arms.
Flair lands a nice shot to the body.
Flair lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silva.
Still in the clinch, Flair scores with a nice short uppercut.
Flair lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Flair scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva is rocked!
Flair misses with some punches.
Flair content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A short right from Flair on the inside.
Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Flair finish him?
Flair swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Flair fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Flair.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Flair avoids it.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Flair throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short left from Flair.
Flair lands a body shot in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flair stalling.
Flair lands a body punch.
Flair manages to break the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Flair.
Flair lands a big right hand that sends Silva crashing to the mat! Flair stays standing though and waves Silva back to his feet!
The cut above Wanderlei Silva's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Flair circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Silva to the canvas! Silva doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Flair keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Solar Flair!
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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
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