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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xander Arapeta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's entrance music is BLUNT- The Iron Maiden. A fine choice. Arapeta has chosen The Sound by Switchfoot as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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195 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
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200 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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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
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Xander Arapeta!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Bruno Hogan and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Arapeta is just out of range.
Arapeta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A right-left combo lands from Silva.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Arapeta has time to react.
Silva lands with a good body shot.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Matt Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Silva misses.
Arapeta scores with a push kick.
Arapeta looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nice defenses there by Arapeta.
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva misses with a body punch
and Arapeta counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
Arapeta slips under a jab.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arapeta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
Silva tests Arapeta's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Xander Arapeta is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Arapeta misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Arapeta on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Silva is stalling here. Arapeta is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Silva seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Arapeta has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Silva regains half guard.
Silva preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arapeta is controlling the pace.
Let's hope that Arapeta has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
Silva is trying is best to control the position here.
Xander Arapeta has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Arapeta connects with a solid leg kick.
Arapeta throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva blocks a leg kick.
Arapeta tries a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Arapeta.
Good leg kick by Arapeta there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Arapeta misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva swings for the body but Arapeta moves out of range.
Silva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Arapeta slips a straight right by Silva.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Arapeta is just out of range.
Silva misses with a shot to the body
and Arapeta counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
Silva is looking to wear down Arapeta with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Silva misses with a hook to the body
and Arapeta counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
Silva scores with a jab. Arapeta acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a body shot.
Silva swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Arapeta counters with a good low kick that Silva was not able to check.
Arapeta with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Silva lands with an uppercut that bounces Arapeta off the cage and back into rage.
Silva misses with a jab to the body
and Arapeta counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.
Arapeta throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Arapeta.
Arapeta feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
Silva catches Arapeta with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arapeta slips a straight right by Silva.
A left and a right from Silva both land. Nice combination.
Arapeta is looking to land body kicks.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Arapeta. Silva shrugs it off though.
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 Matt Silva will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Silva scores with a jab.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Arapeta throws a head kick that misses.
Silva checks a leg kick nicely.
Arapeta throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A head kick misses from Arapeta.
Arapeta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Arapeta bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Arapeta as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Good shot there by Arapeta.
Arapeta throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva throws a body punch but Arapeta moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Arapeta as he avoids it easily.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva throws a sloppy body shot
and Arapeta finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva stalks Arapeta and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Arapeta's face. Arapeta staggers backwards, shaken.
Arapeta uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva. Arapeta does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Silva closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Arapeta quickly recovers to half guard.
Silva works his way into full mount!
Arapeta wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva controlling from mount.
Silva in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Silva thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Silva looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Silva landing strikes from the mount.
Silva landing strikes from the mount.
It looks like Xander Arapeta has been cut.
Silva looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Arapeta covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Silva!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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