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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gerrit Kamin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamin comes to the cage accompanied by rollin. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Anderson Silva enters the cage!
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150 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gerrit Kamin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, William Gold and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kamin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Silva shoots in but Kamin avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kamin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva closes the distance and pushes Kamin back into the cage.
Kamin tightens his grip and picks Silva up, before dumping him to the ground. Silva manages to land in guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Kamin stops Silva from standing up.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Kamin looking to pass the guard.
Kamin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head.
Kamin is in close to Silva's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kamin throws a big right hand that misses.
Kamin thows a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Kamin throwing strikes but missing.
Kamin throws a big right hand that misses.
Kamin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kamin throws a big right hand that misses.
Kamin throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Kamin throws a big right hand that misses.
Kamin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kamin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kamin postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kamin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silva is looking to stand up but Kamin isn't so interested in that idea.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kamin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kamin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kamin accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kamin is in close to Silva's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kamin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Silva's guard.
Silva regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Kamin.
Silva wants to stand but Kamin is controlling the position.
Kamin throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamin won't allow Silva to get back to his feet.
Kamin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kamin throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Kamin throws a big right hand that misses.
Kamin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kamin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kamin postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kamin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kamin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Kamin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Silva's guard.
Kamin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Kamin prevents Silva from standing back up.
Kamin working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Silva looks like he's trying to stand up.
Kamin 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.
Silva looks gassed!
Kamin thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gerrit Kamin dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kamin tries for a takedown but Silva sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Kamin misses with a takedown attempt - Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Kamin counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Silva!
Kamin avoids the attempt from Silva to control.
Kamin with good strikes from the mount here!
Silva is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Silva wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kamin.
Kamin looking to ground and pound but Silva is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kamin cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kamin dominating with strikes here.
Kamin in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Kamin landing shots from mount.
Kamin lands a big shot there that rocks Silva but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
Kamin landing punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Kamin has a good base and remains in mount.
Kamin looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kamin throws some wild stikes that Silva manages to avoid easily.
Kamin scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kamin landing strikes, looking to finish!
Kamin with shots to the head and body - Silva looks very uncomfortable down there.
Kamin landing strikes, looking to finish!
Silva taking shots to the head.
Kamin in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kamin throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kamin misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamin avoids the attempt from Silva to control.
Kamin working Silva over with strikes here.
Silva is looking to get to half guard.
Kamin throwing strikes here but Silva is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Kamin gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Kamin throws some wild stikes that Silva manages to avoid easily.
Silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kamin in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kamin cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kamin working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamin sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Kamin misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Kamin unloading with bombs!
Kamin scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
Kamin throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Kamin gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kamin unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gerrit Kamin dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Silva tries to clinch there but Kamin circles away.
Kamin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for Kamin on that attempt.
Silva fails with the takedown.
Kamin gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gerrit Kamin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Come on Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silva lands an elbow just above Kamin 's eye.
Silva taking a breather.
Silva trying to stall but Kamin improves his position.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silva avoiding damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kamin tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Kamin has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kamin up against the cage.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kamin jumps guard but Silva stands there with Kamin around his waist. Kamin gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva has Kamin pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kamin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kamin letting Silva take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Anderson Silva.
Kamin fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kamin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kamin throws and elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kamin's guard. Nice move by Silva!
Gerrit Kamin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Kamin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kamin keeping full guard, as Silva tries to pass.
Anderson Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Kamin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kamin trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Kamin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva trying to control but Kamin is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Anderson Silva was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Silva rushes Kamin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silva dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Silva receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kamin's defenses.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva leaning against his opponent.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kamin is keeping busy.
Kamin being controlled against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Anderson Silva.
Kamin looks for a takedown but Silva sprawls well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kamin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 29:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gerrit Kamin!
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hype
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