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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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252 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
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199 cm
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255 lbs
13 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, David Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Bear!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bear closes this distance looking for a takedown but Silva circles away.
Bear is trying hard to land a takedown here. Silva sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bear fails with a takedown attempt.
David Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Bear.
Bear fails with a takedown attempt.
Bear throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Silva's waist but Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Bear off to one side.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bear gets a double leg takedown into Silva's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Silva seems keen to control Bear's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bear's guard.
Silva sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bear's guard.
Silva wants to free his trapped foot but Bear is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Bear wants to control but Silva is keeping busy.
Bear slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Silva being controlled here momentarily.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Bear is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bear swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bear has his foot on Silva's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Silva works his way back into a safe position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva advances position into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bear is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Silva off and has taken his back!
A lull in the action here.
Bear is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Silva is defending well though. Bear let's go of the attempt for now.
Bear tries to get the hooks in deep but Silva pushed the leg off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear keeps control of the position easily here as Silva tries to buck him off.
Bear is looking to control Silva but Silva is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Silva preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Bear.
Silva turns into Bear and is now in his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear keeping full guard, as Silva tries to pass.
Bear pulls Silva in close to prevent any damage.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Bear is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bear working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bear is keeping the position for now.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silva's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
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 David Silva will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bear.
Bear walks into a left hand.
Bear shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Silva sprawls well. Silva wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bear gets slowly back to his feet.
Max Bear seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Silva lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Bear has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bear and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bear tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Bear shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.
Silva has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Bear misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
David Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Max Bear.
Bear changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Bear manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silva counters with a three punch combo that has Bear backing up. Bear nods at Silva to acknowledge the strikes.
Nice defenses there by Silva.
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Bear ducks down to avoid it.
Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Bear.
Bear throws a sloppy head kick
and Silva counters with a left and a right that stings Bear.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Bear.
Silva feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Silva lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva thows a big elbow that misses.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bear swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Bear is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Bear blocks nicely.
Bear has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Silva should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Bear has tightened it up now! Silva should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Max Bear!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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