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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ted Chips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wagani Silvia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silvia has chosen Roll With It as his entrance music. Silvia has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Wagani Silvia looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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193 lbs
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195 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ted Chips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wagani Silvia!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chips feints and as Silvia raises his hands in defense, Chips changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Silvia looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Chips trying to control but Silvia is working from the bottom.
Chips sitting in guard here, content to control.
Chips's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Chips wants to control from the top but Silvia keeps moving.
Chips stays in close to Silvia's body and controls the position.
Chips is looking to stand up but Silvia won't let him.
Chips sitting in guard here, content to control.
Chips wants to stand but Silvia is controlling his posture from full guard.
Chips content to stall in guard here.
Chips stands up from Silvia's guard - Chips perhaps looking for a knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvia swats away the attempt to clinch by Chips.
Chips pushes Silvia up against the cage in a clinch.
Chips manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Chips is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Chips avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Chips has his hands on Silvia's head, controlling the position.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Ted Chips just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Chips drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chips stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silvia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Chips won't allow Silvia to sweep him here.
Silvia being controlled here, momentarily.
Chips passes Silvia's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Chips escapes and gets back to his feet.
Chips fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chips tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silvia fails with the takedown
and Chips counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silvia's guard now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvia working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Chips doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Chips manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Chips is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Chips gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Chips fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chips shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Chips looking to control and managing it successfully.
Chips lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silvia hang on?
Chips wants to control the pace but Silvia is squirming around nicely.
Chips tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silvia is bucking up trying to escape but Chips cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Chips controlling from the full mount.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Ted Chips just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Chips breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chips wants to clinch.
Chips moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ted Chips dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wagani Silvia's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Chips closes the distance and clinches.
Chips lands an elbow inside.
Chips controlling the action here for a moment.
Chips breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chips throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silvia avoids the body shot from Chips.
Chips scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Chips is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Silvia will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Chips knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silvia on the ground.
Chips trying to control the position but Silvia is working away.
Silvia is letting Chips control him for a moment.
Chips has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Silvia is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chips looking to control but Silvia is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvia wants to hold on but Chips pushes him away.
Chips trying to control but Silvia is having none of it.
Chips takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Silvia can't escape the position.
Chips looking to control and managing it successfully.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Ted Chips just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Chips darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chips controlling the pace.
Chips wants to control but Silvia is keeping him busy.
Chips trying to mount his opponent but Silvia defends it.
Ted Chips overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Chips performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Chips is trying to control the action in half guard but Silvia is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chips slows the pace down in half guard.
Chips wants to pass to mount but Silvia is defending the position.
Silvia is refusing to be controlled, as Chips sits in half guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silvia with a poor takedown
and Chips counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silvia's guard now.
Silvia keeping moving, preventing Chips from controlling successfully.
Chips not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Chips trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Chips controlling from the top position.
Chips stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Chips takes the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chips pulls Silvia into guard.
Chips looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Chips is trying to control the position but Silvia postures up.
Silvia with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silvia wants to control from the top but Chips keeps moving.
Chips looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Chips throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Chips trying to control the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Chips drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ted Chips dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Wagani Silvia's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Chips tries to bum rush Silvia with a series of wild strikes but Silvia uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chips moves in looking to clinch but Silvia pushes him off.
Chips throws a series of punches but Silvia avoids them all with ease.
Chips closes the distance and clinches.
Chips manages to pull guard.
Silvia stopping the sweep attempt from Chips.
Chips pushes Silvia off and gets back to his feet.
Chips fails in his attempt to clinch.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Chips.
Chips stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Chips scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silvia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Chips shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Chips was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chips takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Chips lands with some strikes.
Chips looking to control but Silvia is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Chips with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Silvia is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Chips controlling the position easily from mount.
Chips stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Silvia gets caught flat footed, as Chips shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Chips has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Chips stays in close to Silvia's body and controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chips trying to control but Silvia is working from the bottom.
Chips is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Chips decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Chips closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chips just content to control the position.
Chips postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Chips moves into full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chips controlling from the full mount.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Ted Chips just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Chips feints and then cracks Silvia's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silvia down.
Chips tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ted Chips is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chips shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Chips looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Chips passes the guard and advances to mount!
Silvia is squirming around, avoiding Chips's attempts to control the action.
Chips takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Chips tries to control but Silvia wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chips with a couple of short strikes.
Silvia is squirming around, avoiding Chips's attempts to control the action.
Chips controlling his opponent.
Chips is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Chips changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Silvia looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Chips wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Silvia, who protects the arm well.
Silvia being controlled for a moment.
Wagani Silvia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chips decides to take the fight back to the feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ted Chips showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Chips has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:24
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:24
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ted Chips!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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