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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mac Avelli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos De Souza Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Darude - Sandstorm. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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183 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
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180 cm
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184 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Mac Avelli!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva scores with a nice strike.
Avelli jabs Dos Santos De Souza Silva right on the nose. Dos Santos De Souza Silva blinks but takes it well.
Avelli checks the leg kick nicely there.
Avelli lands a nice looking body shot.
Avelli throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dos Santos De Souza Silva counters with a head kick.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Avelli circles away quickly and effectively.
A slow jab from Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses its intended target.
The fighters circling - Avelli throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a poor cross that misses
and Avelli counters with a three punch combo that has Dos Santos De Souza Silva backing up. Dos Santos De Souza Silva nods at Avelli to acknowledge the strikes.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a hook but Avelli blocks it.
Avelli displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Avelli counters with a series of strikes. Dos Santos De Souza Silva will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Avelli counters with a right hand to the body.
Avelli takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A jab from Dos Santos De Souza Silva does it's job there.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws the left hand but Avelli avoids the punch easily.
Avelli connects with the punch.
Avelli listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva lands with a cross.
Avelli swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dos Santos De Souza Silva counters with a right hand to the body.
No luck for Dos Santos De Souza Silva with that takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries for a takedown but Avelli circles away easily
letting Avelli counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Avelli counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Avelli keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva moves out of range as Avelli strikes.
Avelli walks into a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mac Avelli dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A combination from Avelli does no damage.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses with a jab to the body
and Avelli counters with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Avelli is looking to clinch but Dos Santos De Souza Silva is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses with a hook
and Avelli counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Avelli.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is trying to keep Avelli in close.
Avelli postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva has his foot on Avelli's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Avelli works his way back into a safe position though.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Avelli defends it easily.
Avelli throwing strikes from guard but Dos Santos De Souza Silva blocks nicely.
Avelli postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Avelli decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Dos Santos De Souza Silva, up you get!
Avelli avoids the head kick by Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva swings widly with a right hand
and Avelli cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Avelli throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dos Santos De Souza Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Avelli's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dos Santos De Souza Silva connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Avelli scrambles back to his feet.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a poor cross that misses
and Avelli counters with a stiff right hand.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva scores with a hook to the body. Avelli takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Avelli misses with the combination.
A head kick by Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses
and Avelli counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avelli blocks a leg kick.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva has his takedown stuffed
and Avelli counters with a left to the body.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva shoots and misses
and Avelli cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Avelli is trying to defend but Dos Santos De Souza Silva finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avelli tries to get to full guard but Dos Santos De Souza Silva has control of the leg.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva stands up from half guard.
Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses with a double jab
enabling Avelli to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mac Avelli showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a head kick that misses
and Avelli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A combination from Avelli does no damage.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a lazy uppercut
and Avelli counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Avelli avoids the head kick by Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a leg kick that misses.
Avelli takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Avelli tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Avelli swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants to control from the top but Avelli keeps moving.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is looking to stand up but Avelli won't let him.
Avelli looking to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva wasn't doing enough on the ground.
A slow jab from Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a one two combo.
A jab from Avelli misses.
Avelli throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dos Santos De Souza Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Avelli missing with a left hand there. Dos Santos De Souza Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva thuds a left hand into Avelli's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva fails with the takedown
and Avelli counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is trying to push Avelli away but Avelli has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva manages to break the clinch.
Avelli gets a takedown into half guard.
Avelli missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants to improve his position but Avelli is controlling well.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva missing with punches from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avelli is looking to advance position but Dos Santos De Souza Silva won't allow it.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Avelli.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is wriggling around but Avelli manages to pass to half guard.
Avelli working Dos Santos De Souza Silva over with strikes.
Avelli stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Dos Santos De Souza Silva to get to his feet.
Avelli swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mac Avelli comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Avelli has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Glass scores the fight for Mac Avelli!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Mac Avelli!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Mac Avelli!
Mac Avelli wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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