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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Carvalho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Carvalho comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Vida Bandida kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 1 - 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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Carvalho!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carvalho shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Silva counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Silva.
Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Carvalho holds on and takes a little breather.
Silva has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Let's hope that Carvalho 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 trying to control the position from guard on top but Carvalho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Carvalho has control of Silva's left arm, preventing Silva from doing any damage.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Marcelo Carvalho hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Carvalho takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Carvalho closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Silva to the mat! Silva manages to get full guard.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Carvalho from controlling successfully.
Carvalho controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Carvalho in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva trying to control the position.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Carvalho from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carvalho postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silva is working an open guard so Carvalho takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Carvalho doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Carvalho looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Silva!
Carvalho looks gassed!
Carvalho working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Silva turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Carvalho off and cradles Silva's limp body as Carvalho celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Marcelo Carvalho!
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energy
A | B |
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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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