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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaely Cullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kaely Cullen has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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289 lbs
6 - 0 - 1 |
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250 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaely Cullen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thiago Silva!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva has his takedown stuffed
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Cullen shoots in and gets a takedown into Silva's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cullen throwing strikes but missing.
Silva looks gassed!
Cullen controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Cullen from controlling successfully.
Cullen connects with a couple of short punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cullen is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Cullen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silva's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cullen working some strikes from top position.
Cullen is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Silva is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Silva has escaped and now he's on top!
Cullen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.
Cullen wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Cullen throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Cullen postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cullen lands a couple of elbows.
Cullen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cullen sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Cullen from controlling successfully.
Cullen 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.
Cullen throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Kaely Cullen wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Cullen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Silva is able to avoid easily.
Cullen throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cullen throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Cullen pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silva is out of range and Cullen settles back down.
Silva gets a takedown into half guard.
Cullen is pressing down on Silva's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Silva is fighting to break Cullen's control of his arms but Cullen is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Silva wants to stand and escape but instead Cullen has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cullen postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
Cullen pushing down on Silva's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Cullen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cullen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cullen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Cullen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva is trying to stand up here but Cullen is controlling him well.
Cullen lands strikes from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kaely Cullen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cullen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
Cullen lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva defending well as Cullen loads up on a big left hand.
A leg kick checked by Silva.
Silva takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cullen lands a nice looking kick to the body. Silva takes a step back to recover.
Cullen throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva avoids the head kick by Cullen.
Cullen throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Cullen circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cullen counters with a single leg into guard. Silva didn't expect that.
Cullen is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Silva is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Silva has escaped and now he's on top!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looking to sit in guard and control but Cullen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cullen throws a big right hand that misses.
Cullen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cullen postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cullen trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cullen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Cullen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cullen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cullen works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Cullen lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cullen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cullen.
Cullen is trying to control the action in half guard but Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Cullen lands with a punch from half guard.
Cullen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cullen working Silva over with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cullen works his way into side control.
Cullen has hold of Silva's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Silva seems comfortable defending it but Cullen has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Silva is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Silva is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Cullen couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kaely Cullen!
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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