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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Gahan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos De Souza Silva has chosen Darude - Sandstorm as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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183 lbs
9 - 9 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Gahan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Gahan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Gahan.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gahan leaves Dos Santos De Souza Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gahan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
A cross from Dos Santos De Souza Silva lands.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Gahan sprawls well. He's pushed Dos Santos De Souza Silva's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Dave Gahan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Gahan slaps away a takedown attempt from Dos Santos De Souza Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Gahan moves in looking to clinch but Dos Santos De Souza Silva pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gahan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dos Santos De Souza Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gahan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dos Santos De Souza Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gahan forces Dos Santos De Souza Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva has Gahan pressed against the cage, preventing Gahan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva drags the fight down to the ground.
Gahan looking to pass the guard.
Gahan postures up in Dos Santos De Souza Silva's guard and throws a big left but Dos Santos De Souza Silva blocks it.
Gahan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gahan stopping the sweep attempt from Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Gahan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gahan is looking to stand up but Dos Santos De Souza Silva won't let him.
Gahan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva trying to control the position.
Gahan lands a couple of elbows.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva scores with a jab.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva blocks a jab.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to bum rush Gahan with a series of wild strikes but Gahan uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jab by Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Gahan's shoulder, as Gahan tries to avoid the shot.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva looks for a takedown but Gahan sprawls well.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gahan.
Gahan doesn't manage to clinch there - Dos Santos De Souza Silva circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dos Santos De Souza Silva is defended easily by Gahan.
Gahan scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gahan tries to clinch up but Dos Santos De Souza Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Gahan misses with a wild combination.
Dave Gahan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva slips a jab and a cross from Gahan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva lands with a nice body punch.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva jumps guard but Gahan stands there with Dos Santos De Souza Silva around his waist. Dos Santos De Souza Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Gahan throws a punch but it's blocked by Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Gahan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva has had enough of the clinch but Gahan keeps him there for the moment.
Gahan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to score a body lock takedown but Gahan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gahan tries to work over Dos Santos De Souza Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants a takedown but no success here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gahan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva jumps guard.
Gahan distracts Dos Santos De Souza Silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gahan manages to get himself to full guard.
Gahan pushes Dos Santos De Souza Silva off and scrambles back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Dave Gahan will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gahan just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gahan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dos Santos De Souza Silva or not.
Gahan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dos Santos De Souza Silva backwards.
Gahan tries to circle away but Dos Santos De Souza Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Gahan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Gahan walks away with a smile on his face. Dos Santos De Souza Silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a jab when Gahan was well out of range.
Dave Gahan is winning the standup battle so far.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Dos Santos De Souza Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Gahan pulls his leg out and moves away.
Dave Gahan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Gahan lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dos Santos De Souza Silva backs up against the cage.
It looks like Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Gahan, as that shot connected.
Gahan wants to clinch up but Dos Santos De Souza Silva keeps it at a distance.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gahan throws a series of punches but Dos Santos De Souza Silva moves out of range.
Gahan misses with a two punch combination.
Horrible takedown by Dos Santos De Souza Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Gahan which made him look bad.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gahan tries to clinch there but Dos Santos De Souza Silva circles away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva swings for the body but Gahan moves out of range.
Gahan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Gahan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gahan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gahan fails to land with a series of punches.
Gahan catches Dos Santos De Souza Silva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gahan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gahan staying out of range there.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a right and a left that Gahan avoids nicely.
Dave Gahan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gahan moves into the clinch.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva pulls Gahan into guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gahan postures up in Dos Santos De Souza Silva's guard and throws a big left but Dos Santos De Souza Silva blocks it.
Gahan pushes down on Dos Santos De Souza Silva's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva trying to control here.
Gahan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gahan throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gahan looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dos Santos De Souza Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gahan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gahan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Gahan pulls his head out easily.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is looking for a sweep. Gahan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gahan trying to mount his opponent but Dos Santos De Souza Silva defends it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is looking to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Gahan pushes past his half guard into mount!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is breathing heavily.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Gahan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Gahan clinches with his opponent.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gahan.
Gahan is looking to control Dos Santos De Souza Silva's arms but Dos Santos De Souza Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gahan has his back to the cage.
Gahan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gahan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gahan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gahan to score with a decent uppercut.
Gahan moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gahan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Gahan closes the distance but Dos Santos De Souza Silva moves to the side
and Dos Santos De Souza Silva moves into the clinch.
Gahan is trying to push Dos Santos De Souza Silva away but Dos Santos De Souza Silva has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to pull guard but Gahan holds him up against the cage and eventually Dos Santos De Souza Silva drops back down to his feet.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Gahan does it's job there.
Gahan misses with a body shot.
Gahan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva looking for a takedown.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to pull guard but Gahan won't allow it.
Dave Gahan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants a takedown but no success here.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva fails to pull guard.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gahan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva breaks the clinch.
Gahan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dos Santos De Souza Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gahan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Dos Santos De Souza Silva at a distance.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Dos Santos De Souza Silva checks a leg kick.
Gahan tries to clinch up
and Dos Santos De Souza Silva decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Gahan's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gahan has his feet on Dos Santos De Souza Silva's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Gahan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
A swing and a miss from Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gahan tries to clinch there but Dos Santos De Souza Silva circles away.
Gahan attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gahan drives through and clinches with Dos Santos De Souza Silva against the cage.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva blocks a body shot from Gahan.
Gahan looking to slow down the pace here.
A short right from Gahan.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva goes for a takedown attempt but Gahan pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gahan.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gahan stuns Dos Santos De Souza Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gahan tries to clinch up.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva fails with the takedown.
Gahan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dos Santos De Souza Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gahan misses with a two punch combination.
Gahan shoots in for a takedown but Dos Santos De Souza Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gahan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gahan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gahan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is in a horrible position here. Gahan smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dave Gahan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gahan 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 Paul Tew scores the fight for Dave Gahan!
Judge William Gold scores the fight for Dave Gahan!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for Dave Gahan!
Dave Gahan wins by unanimous decision!
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