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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel ElRippo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ElRippo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Wait and bleed. Sean Silva is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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179 cm
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184 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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186 cm
20
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel ElRippo! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sean Silva! The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! ElRippo fails with the takedown. Silva misses with a takedown and ElRippo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Silva won't be happy with that. ElRippo prevents Silva from escaping the position. ElRippo lands an elbow. ElRippo working away. Silva is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but ElRippo is one step ahead and moves to full mount! Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
ElRippo 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. ElRippo looking to finish Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silva! Silva regains half guard. ElRippo thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by ElRippo.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. ElRippo is trying to work for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round. ElRippo prevents Silva from improving his position. ElRippo sitting and controlling from the half guard. ElRippo moves nicely into side control. The referee asks ElRippo politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. ElRippo prefers to stall for the moment though. ElRippo is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Silva can't do much from the bottom here. ElRippo is breathing heavily. ElRippo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Silva is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round. My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer. Silva tries to improve position but can't. Silva wants to control but ElRippo postures up. ElRippo looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. Silva manages to get back to half guard. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. ElRippo trying to pass the guard but Silva defending well. ElRippo is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Silva has managed to free his arm - good work. ElRippo moves into full mount! Silva won't be happy about that! ElRippo looking to secure an arm triangle but Silva defends it well. ElRippo working for a guillotine from mount but Silva is in no mood to give up.
That's three minutes gone in the round. ElRippo controlling his opponent. Silva can't escape the position.
ElRippo punishing his opponent with strikes. ElRippo trying to control but he's not successful this time. Silva is trying to escape the mount but ElRippo keeps good control and instead manages to take Silva's back.
I would not like to be Silva right now.
ElRippo tightening his grip on Silva, looking for the choke. ElRippo lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round. ElRippo is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Silva has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here. Silva tries to break free.
Silva trying to control the position but ElRippo manages to sink in the hooks. Silva is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
ElRippo sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Silva taps out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Daniel ElRippo!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
52% |
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