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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marius Zaromskis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zaromskis is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: 5FDP-Meet the monster. Wanderlei Silva could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Marius Zaromskis's chin.
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170 lbs
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177 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wanderlei Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marius Zaromskis!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaromskis clinches.
Zaromskis lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Silva actively working from the bottom here.
Zaromskis decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Zaromskis closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the ropes.
Silva tries to break free but Zaromskis pushes him back against the ropes.
Silva lands a left hand.
Zaromskis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Zaromskis breaks the clinch.
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
It looks like Marius Zaromskis has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zaromskis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Zaromskis has hold of one of Silva's legs. Silva is fighting the takedown attempt but Zaromskis gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Silva is looking for a triangle but Zaromskis pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Zaromskis is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Zaromskis got a little sloppy there for a moment and Silva has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Zaromskis has managed to get both his arms back between Silva's legs - danger averted.
Silva had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Zaromskis defends it easily.
Silva is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Zaromskis is aware though and is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaromskis decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Silva, up you get!
Zaromskis lands a high kick!
Zaromskis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zaromskis ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva gets tackled into the ropes by Zaromskis. Zaromskis maintains the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silva.
Silva gets control of Zaromskis's arms and successfully pulls guard. Silva will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Silva is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Zaromskis is aware though and is defending well.
Zaromskis got a little sloppy there for a moment and Silva has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Zaromskis has managed to get both his arms back between Silva's legs - danger averted.
Zaromskis has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Silva is proving hard to escape from.
Zaromskis gets to his feet - Silva follows without any prompting.
Zaromskis has taken the fight to the clinch.
Zaromskis lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaromskis works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Zaromskis missing with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Zaromskis obliges.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zaromskis has him pressed against the ropes.
Zaromskis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva misses with some punches.
Zaromskis prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
A knee to the head by Zaromskis.
Zaromskis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zaromskis lands a nice knee to the body.
Zaromskis working Silva over with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Zaromskis misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zaromskis.
Silva working aggressively here.
Zaromskis lands a knee to the head.
Zaromskis looks gassed!
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Zaromskis won't allow it.
Zaromskis has Silva pressed against the ropes, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Zaromskis ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Zaromskis no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Zaromskis keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaromskis pushes Silva off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Zaromskis throws a head kick that half lands.
Zaromskis takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Zaromskis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva tries to break free but Zaromskis pushes him back against the ropes.
Silva wants to break free but Zaromskis has control.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Zaromskis just leaning against Silva, taking a breather.
Zaromskis misses with a knee strike.
Silva tries to pull guard but Zaromskis won't allow it.
A knee to the head by Zaromskis.
Silva tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Zaromskis smiles and moves away.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Zaromskis is looking to clinch.
Zaromskis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a jab to the body.
Zaromskis blocks a jab.
Marius Zaromskis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Zaromskis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Zaromskis drops his hands momentarily and Silva takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zaromskis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Zaromskis on the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva misses with an uppercut. Zaromskis saw that one coming.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Silva is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Silva fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Zaromskis throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Silva's head.
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?
Zaromskis slips under a jab from Silva.
Zaromskis forces Silva back against the ropes and clinches.
Zaromskis turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Zaromskis manages to end up in side control.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Zaromskis tries to stand but can't do so whilst Silva controls his leg.
Silva gets back to full guard.
Silva is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Zaromskis defends well.
Silva looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Zaromskis has picked Silva up and slammed him! Silva can't keep hold of the triangle and Zaromskis manages to pass to side control!
Zaromskis stands up.
Zaromskis throws a nice head kick!
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Silva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Zaromskis's head backwards.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. Zaromskis moves away and avoids it.
Zaromskis drives through and clinches with Silva against the ropes.
Zaromskis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva working hard to break the clinch.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Zaromskis is controlling him.
Nice body punch from Zaromskis - that landed with a thud.
Zaromskis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Zaromskis.
Zaromskis rushes Silva and presses him up against the ropes.
Zaromskis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Zaromskis lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Zaromskis has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, Silva works to full guard.
Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Zaromskis can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Zaromskis is defending well. Silva quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Zaromskis has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Silva celebrates on the ropes, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Wanderlei Silva!
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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