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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marciano's entrance music is 2PAC - NO MORE PAIN. A fine choice. Silva is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Lil Wayne- I'm Me. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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184 cm
26
215 lbs
12 - 10 - 0 |
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194 cm
29
210 lbs
14 - 10 - 1 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tommy Marciano! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Michael Silva! The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges. Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Marciano pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Silva is looking to clinch but Marciano is avoiding it.
Marciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marciano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Marciano clobbers Silva with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Marciano lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Silva looks gassed! Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Marciano circles away.
Marciano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round. Marciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Marciano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Tommy Marciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Marciano throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range. Marciano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Marciano lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket. Marciano throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily. Silva checks the leg kick. The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silva checks a leg kick. Marciano misses with a right hand and Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Marciano is blocking nicely.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Marciano is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Marciano is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him. Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Marciano wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marciano breaks the clinch.
Silva throws a nice head kick!
Silva misses with an uppercut. 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! Marciano tries to work over Silva's front leg with a kick but Silva checks it. Marciano closes the distance and lands a one-two. Marciano connects with a jab. Nice body punch from Marciano.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marciano throws out a powerful jab. Silva shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Marciano lands a jab. A nice leg kick lands there from Marciano. Marciano feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down. Marciano closes the distance and lands a one-two. Marciano displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Marciano connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Silva is rocked! Marciano fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Marciano. Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Marciano finish him?
That's four minutes gone in the round. Marciano throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Marciano fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Silva looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Marciano scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Silva seems to have recovered his senses. Silva moves forwards but Marciano connects with a nice, crisp jab. Marciano scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Marciano is working the combinations to good effect here. Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Marciano finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head. Marciano changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Silva has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Marciano. Marciano throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range. Marciano is really peppering his opponent's head with punches. Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silva there as he acknowledges the shot. Marciano connects with the punch. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Marciano lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Marciano connects with a crisp jab. Marciano scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Marciano dominated that round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Marciano misses with a double jab.
Marciano misses with a series of wild punches.
Marciano cracks Silva with an open hand slap. No joy there for Marciano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marciano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice shot lands for Marciano. A jab from Marciano finds it's way through Silva's defenses. Marciano cracks Silva with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Silva tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Marciano pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Silva is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy Marciano!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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