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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Koss Greco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Marcus Silva has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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162 lbs
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160 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Olympic wrestler
Brawler
Determined |
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcus Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Koss Greco!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Greco swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters with a single leg into guard. Greco didn't expect that.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Greco trying to strike off his back.
Greco lands with a heel strike from the guard.
Silva works over Greco with some ground and pound from guard.
Greco tries to strike from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Greco can do anything to dispel that myth.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Greco has wrist control.
Greco trying to strike off his back.
Greco doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Greco.
Silva passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Greco is looking to improve his position.
Silva is taking a breather. Greco says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Greco missing with punches from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva passes to side control.
Silva lands some shots froms side control.
Greco tries to improve position but can't.
Greco misses with a strike from the bottom.
Greco is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Silva is trying to control. Greco wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Silva working over Greco with some ground and pound. Greco looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Greco is staying active underneath Silva, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Greco missing with punches from the bottom.
Greco throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Greco flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Greco is looking for a sweep. Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Silva scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Silva looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Greco tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
Greco punching from the bottom.
Greco is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Silva scores with a couple of nice shots.
Silva blocks the strikes from Greco.
Greco strikes from the bottom but Silva passes into mount!
Silva with good strikes from the mount here!
Silva landing shots from mount.
Greco throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Silva lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Greco is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Greco sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Greco is still in real trouble! Can Silva finish him?
Silva working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Silva lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Silva lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greco is trying to stand up here but Silva is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Silva looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Silva in particular looking to stall.
Greco misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Greco seems to have recovered his senses.
Greco throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Greco missing with punches from the bottom.
Silva tries to pass the half guard into mount. Greco knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Greco throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Silva is keen to just control but Greco is a slippery customer.
Greco is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Silva wants to control the pace but Greco is squirming around nicely.
Silva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Greco throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva with shots to the head and body - Greco looks very uncomfortable down there.
Silva with a couple of short strikes.
Greco throwing hammer fists to the chest of Silva. What's that going to do exactly?
Greco throwing hammer fists to the chest of Silva. What's that going to do exactly?
Silva lands with some strikes.
Silva putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Greco tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Greco looks gassed!
Silva lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Greco flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
Greco is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Silva dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Greco with a poor takedown
and Silva decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Greco's guard.
Silva scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Greco is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva landing with the ground and pound.
Greco tries to strike from the bottom.
Silva wants to control from the top but Greco keeps moving.
Greco tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Greco throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Silva lands a couple of digs.
Greco throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva thows a big elbow that misses.
Silva is stalling in the full guard.
Silva trying to control but Greco is working from the bottom.
Greco wants to hit a switch here but Silva passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Greco there!
Greco swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Silva lands a nice shot to the head.
Silva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Greco flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Greco throwing hammer fists to the chest of Silva. What's that going to do exactly?
Silva tries to control but Greco wriggling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greco tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Greco keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Greco is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Silva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Marcus Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva with good strikes from the mount here!
Greco is working to get back to half guard.
Greco is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greco throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Silva lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Silva lands a big shot to the head and Greco winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Marcus Silva!
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FIGHT
RATING
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