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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Xavier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mauricio Xavier has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
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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 Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Xavier!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xavier tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mauricio Xavier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Xavier sprawls well. Xavier wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Xavier fails in his attempt to clinch.
Xavier cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Xavier misses with the combination.
Xavier pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Xavier trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Xavier into the cage.
Xavier pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Xavier will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Xavier sprawls well. Xavier wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Xavier misses with a series of wild punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Xavier tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva gets a takedown into half guard.
Silva stops Xavier from getting back to his feet.
Xavier on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Silva trying to control from half guard but Xavier is working away.
Xavier is looking to get back to is feet but Silva passes into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to get an arm triangle but Xavier is defending well.
Xavier wants to get back to his feet.
Silva looking to control but instead Xavier has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Xavier keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xavier tries to kick Silva off but Silva keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Xavier's head.
Xavier wants to get back to his feet.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Xavier keeps working.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Still in half guard, Silva seems content to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva slips a nice elbow through Xavier's hands, connecting with Xavier's forehead.
Xavier is trying to escape back to his feet but Silva uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Xavier explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Xavier looks gassed!
Xavier fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Xavier wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Xavier wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Xavier throws a lazy head kick
and Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Xavier defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Silva.
Xavier tries to clinch but Silva moves away
and Silva counters with a good low kick that Xavier was not able to check.
Xavier darts in trying to clinch
and Silva counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Silva.
Silva postures up and lands a big shot to Xavier's brow.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Xavier is retaining full guard.
Xavier pushes Silva off and scrambles back to his feet.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Xavier shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice uppercut lands for Xavier. That snapped Silva's head back.
Jab from Xavier.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Xavier as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Xavier closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
and Silva counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Xavier!
Silva lands a heavy elbow.
Xavier somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Xavier lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Silva takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
It's a brutal combination of punches from Xavier! Silva is backing up but he can't get away as Xavier lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Silva and ends the fight. Great knockout.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mauricio Xavier!
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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
46% |
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