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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seamus Heaney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Silva's choice of entrance music: Lil Wayne- I'm Me. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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25
212 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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194 cm
28
210 lbs
14 - 8 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Seamus Heaney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Michael Silva!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to clinch up but Heaney circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Heaney shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Heaney.
Heaney punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Silva drives through and clinches with Heaney against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Heaney lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Heaney wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva is trying to push Heaney away but Heaney has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Heaney's takedown attempt.
Heaney is trying to break free.
Heaney goes for a takedown attempt but Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Seamus Heaney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Heaney softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Heaney changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva slips a straight right by Heaney.
Silva tries to clinch but Heaney moves away
and Heaney decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Silva's 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.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Heaney keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head.
Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Heaney. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Heaney postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Heaney pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
Heaney 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.
Heaney not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Silva is looking to stand up but Heaney isn't so interested in that idea.
Heaney with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heaney trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Heaney lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Heaney accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Heaney stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Heaney throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Heaney wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Heaney might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Heaney looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Heaney connects with a couple of short punches.
Heaney thows a big elbow that misses.
Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Heaney pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
Heaney trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Heaney passes into half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Silva can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heaney has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Silva has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Heaney's lack of action.
Heaney missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Heaney looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seamus Heaney dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Silva throws a body kick that misses.
Heaney lands a nice shot that snaps Silva's head back.
Silva thows a body kick. Heaney tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Heaney scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Seamus Heaney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Heaney manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heaney fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Heaney shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Heaney was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Heaney looking to ground and pound but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva avoids a series of strikes thrown by Heaney.
Silva wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Heaney.
Heaney throws some wild stikes that Silva manages to avoid easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is looking to get to half guard.
Silva's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Heaney sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Silva blocking the ground and pound.
Heaney looking to finish Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silva!
Seamus Heaney overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Heaney with good strikes from the mount here!
Heaney lands a big elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heaney is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Heaney lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Silva is rocked!
Silva is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heaney drops a big elbow. That's hurt Silva! More shots from Heaney and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seamus Heaney!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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