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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luka da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge San Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luka da Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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188 cm
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190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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187 cm
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180 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luka da Silva! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jorge San Pierre! The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! San Pierre misses with the combination.
da Silva closes the distance and clinches. San Pierre prevents a takedown attempt there.
Good body shot from da Silva.
da Silva has San Pierre pressed against the cage, preventing San Pierre from circling away and getting back to striking at range. San Pierre is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. San Pierre takes a knee to the side of the body. San Pierre takes a knee to the side of the body. A right hook to the body lands for da Silva.
da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. San Pierre tries to circle away but da Silva has him pinned against the cage. da Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. San Pierre won't want to take too many of those. da Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. San Pierre won't want to take too many of those. A hook to the body from da Silva.
da Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
San Pierre takes a knee to the side of the body. San Pierre looks gassed! da Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to San Pierre's face.
San Pierre takes a knee right on the jaw!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. San Pierre is trying to break the clinch but da Silva is controlling him. da Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
da Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. San Pierre won't want to take too many of those.
That's one minute gone in the round. da Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
da Silva moves into the clinch. A knee to the head by da Silva.
da Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Decent striking displayed by San Pierre there. San Pierre keeps the fight on the outside. San Pierre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
da Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
da Silva tries to clinch up. da Silva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
San Pierre avoids the body shot from da Silva.
da Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from da Silva. Those never looked like landing. Luka da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. San Pierre scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's two minutes gone in the round. da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. A punch combination from San Pierre misses. San Pierre misses with a few strikes there.
San Pierre misses with a two punch combination.
San Pierre works over da Silva's head and body with a nice combination. No joy there for San Pierre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
da Silva wants to clinch. San Pierre goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. San Pierre misses with a two punch combination.
San Pierre swinging wildly here.
San Pierre just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. San Pierre throws a series of punches but da Silva moves out of range. San Pierre fails to land with a series of punches.
San Pierre shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. da Silva eats them both and turns towards San Pierre to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo. da Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch. da Silva slips a jab and a cross from San Pierre.
da Silva's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and da Silva duly obliges. da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but San Pierre paws at him with a jab and circles away. da Silva feints and then cracks San Pierre's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow San Pierre down. da Silva is looking to clinch. da Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from San Pierre.
da Silva dodges the punch combination from San Pierre.
That's four minutes gone in the round. San Pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
da Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
da Silva misses with a body punch
and San Pierre counters with a two punch combo. San Pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
San Pierre avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
San Pierre swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
da Silva misses with a shot to the body and San Pierre counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. da Silva throws an overhand right that lands on San Pierre's shoulder, as San Pierre tries to avoid the shot. da Silva throws a right and a left that San Pierre avoids nicely. San Pierre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but da Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luka da Silva dominated that round. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
An inside leg kick lands from da Silva. San Pierre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but da Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily. da Silva tries to clinch there but San Pierre circles away.
da Silva tries to score with a low kick but San Pierre moves his leg out of the way. da Silva throws a nice outside leg kick. San Pierre bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps da Silva's head backwards. da Silva throws a chopping leg kick but San Pierre manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Ouch! a nice leg kick from da Silva, right into the meat.
da Silva is looking to clinch. San Pierre will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
San Pierre looks to land a combination but da Silva avoids it well. da Silva misses with a low kick.
da Silva tries to clinch but San Pierre is having none of it. San Pierre throws a right hand that da Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that da Silva also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round. da Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. da Silva tries to clinch up but San Pierre circles away and keeps his distance. San Pierre throws a combination. da Silva tries to block but a couple of punches get through. Luka da Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. da Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. da Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and San Pierre has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. San Pierre lands a jab to da Silva's midsection. San Pierre misses with a series of wild punches.
San Pierre scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. San Pierre shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. da Silva eats them both and turns towards San Pierre to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo. San Pierre swinging wildly here.
da Silva wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. da Silva tries to clinch up. San Pierre misses with a double jab.
San Pierre fails to land with a series of punches.
da Silva tries to clinch but San Pierre moves out of range. A punch combination from San Pierre misses. San Pierre looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. da Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - San Pierre circles away.
San Pierre tries to bum rush da Silva with a series of wild strikes but da Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault. da Silva is looking to wear down San Pierre with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. No joy there for San Pierre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
San Pierre keeps the fight on the outside. da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. da Silva ducks right into an uppercut from San Pierre.
That's three minutes gone in the round. San Pierre jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
da Silva tries to clinch but San Pierre is having none of it. da Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from San Pierre.
da Silva has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ. San Pierre moves out of range of the leg kick from da Silva. da Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and San Pierre counters with a three punch combo that has da Silva backing up. da Silva nods at San Pierre to acknowledge the strikes. da Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and San Pierre counters with a one-two to the body. da Silva swings and misses with a shot to the body and San Pierre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. San Pierre throws a right and a left that da Silva avoids nicely. da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but San Pierre swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by San Pierre!
da Silva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
da Silva moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
da Silva is rocked! San Pierre ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Oh da Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. San Pierre batters da Silva with a massive right followed by a huge left! da Silva is out on his feet looking like a zombie as San Pierre lands a final crushing right hand to drop da Silva to the mat with a gruesome thud! San Pierre is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jorge San Pierre!
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RATING
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