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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Sylva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and aaron morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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182 cm
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192 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anthony Sylva! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, aaron morris! The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sylva shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with morris but morris pushes him off and we're back to square one. Anthony Sylva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Sylva. morris gets caught flat footed, as Sylva shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. Sylva stopping the sweep attempt from morris. morris keeping moving, preventing Sylva from controlling successfully. morris manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
morris connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sylva tries to lock up and control but morris gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. morris sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it! morris looking to ground and pound but Sylva is blocking nicely. Sylva tries to get back to half guard but can't. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! morris with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sylva wants to control but morris is having none of it. morris looking to ground and pound but Sylva is blocking nicely. Sylva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing. morris fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
morris working away from the top, dropping strikes. morris throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sylva because morris loaded up on that one. Sylva working to try and regain half guard.
Sylva wants to control but morris is having none of it. morris pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. morris thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage. morris throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Sylva is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
morris can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sylva is looking to escape. Sylva throwing hammer fists to the chest of morris. What's that going to do exactly?
That's two minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. Sylva regains half guard. morris throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. morris not landing any meaningful shots this time. morris looks gassed! Sylva wants to control but morris is keeping busy and won't allow it. Sylva manages to get to full guard.
morris looking to pass the guard. Sylva has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. morris doesn't defend quickly enough and Sylva has managed to lock this one up! Can morris escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Sylva on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Anthony Sylva!
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
49% |
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