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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luis Barrera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Acelino Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild as his entrance music. Acelino Silva is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Luis Barrera!
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, Acelino Silva!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barrera fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
Barrera takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Silva with a hook.
Jab from Silva.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
Silva takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Silva scores with a jab. Barrera acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Barrera with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva moves out of range as Barrera strikes.
Barrera moves away from the strike by Silva.
Barrera walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Silva is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Barrera had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Barrera bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Silva does it's job there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva feints a jab promting Barrera to slip. Silva then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Barrera slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva connects with the punch.
Barrera tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Barrera blocks a jab.
Barrera moves forwards but Silva connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Barrera ducks right into an uppercut from Silva.
Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a jab to Barrera's midsection.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barrera circles away quickly and effectively.
Acelino Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Barrera misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva scores with a hook to the body. Barrera takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Barrera moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Barrera ducks right into an uppercut from Silva.
Silva connects with a right hand. Barrera shakes it off.
Barrera clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva breaks from the clinch.
Barrera throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrera takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Silva throws out a powerful jab.
Barrera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Barrera takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Silva tries to bum rush Barrera with a series of wild strikes but Barrera uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barrera takes one on the button.
Barrera avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva lands a lovely overhand right.
Barrera looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Barrera takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Barrera.
Barrera tries to clinch up.
Barrera takes one on the button.
Barrera throws a right hand that misses
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a hook. Barrera ducked under it nicely.
Barrera misses with a hook.
Silva dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Barrera has time to react.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.
Barrera on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Barrera avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Barrera's head backwards.
Silva lands a right hook to the body.
Silva lands with an uppercut that bounces Barrera off the cage and back into rage.
Barrera misses with a hook
and Silva counters with a three punch combo that has Barrera backing up. Barrera nods at Silva to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva lands with an overhand left.
Silva lands a jab to Barrera's midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Acelino Silva dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Silva lunges at Barrera with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Barrera's hand.
Silva works Barrera's body with a nice hook.
Acelino Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Barrera walks into a straight right hand from Silva.
Barrera takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Silva digs a good hook to Barrera's body.
Silva scores with a hook.
Barrera takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Silva cracks a nice hook into Barrera's ribs.
Silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Silva closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Barrera tries to move into range but Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Silva throws out a powerful jab.
Nice body punch from Silva.
Silva lands with a straight right. Barrera didn't see that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrera takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Barrera takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Barrera will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Barrera keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barrera looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barrera tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Barrera gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Silva scores with a hook to the body. Barrera takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Barrera misses with a shot to the body
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barrera is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Silva.
Silva feints a jab promting Barrera to slip. Silva then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Barrera slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A cross from Silva lands.
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silva connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Barrera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Barrera has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Barrera ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Barrera looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Barrera doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Silva. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Silva.
Barrera tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barrera takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Barrera walks into a jab.
Barrera moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Acelino Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Barrera shoots in and drives through. Silva sprawls well.
Silva lands a nice looking body shot.
Silva connects with a looping right hand.
Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Barrera. Barrera circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silva cracks Barrera with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Silva lands with a good body shot.
Barrera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Silva misses with a looping left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barrera walks into a jab.
Silva bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Barrera.
Barrera is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Silva swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barrera.
Barrera takes one on the button.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Silva throws a good cross that connects.
Barrera dodges the punch combination from Silva.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barrera throws a left and a right that both miss
and Barrera takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Barrera.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Acelino Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Barrera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Silva throws out a powerful jab.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Barrera stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silva darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Barrera throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Silva's waist but Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Barrera off to one side.
Silva stuns Barrera with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silva stalks Barrera and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Barrera's face. Barrera staggers backwards, shaken.
Silva dips to his left and cracks Barrera with an uppercut!
Barrera tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Barrera dives in and grabs Silva's left leg, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes down on Barrera's head and hops out.
Silva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Good standup being displayed there by Silva as he connects with a hook.
Barrera is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barrera moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Oh Barrera is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Good exchange - Silva coming out on top.
Silva lands the left hand.
Barrera on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Barrera tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva lands a nice hook to Barrera's body. Barrera takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Barrera seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Barrera on the side of the head.
Barrera slips under a jab.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Barrera was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva lands a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barrera ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barrera takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A cross from Silva lands.
Barrera throws a poor cross that misses
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Silva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Barrera takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Silva lands with an overhand left.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Barrera bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barrera on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Silva's corner calls for a 1-2. Silva obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Barrera avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silva stuns Barrera with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silva's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Silva duly obliges.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barrera ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nice jab there from Silva.
Silva scores with a jab to the body.
Silva lands with an overhand left.
Barrera is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jab by Silva.
Luis Barrera has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silva thuds a left hand into Barrera's body.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Barrera.
Silva cracks a nice hook into Barrera's ribs.
Silva lands a jab to the nose.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Silva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Silva lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Barrera takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Silva throws a shot to the body.
Acelino Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Barrera slips under a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Acelino Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 25:30
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 24:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Acelino Silva!
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