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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chai Chei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Sandstorm as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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200 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chai Chei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chei blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva stalls.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Chei blocks with his arms.
Chei wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Chai Chei has been cut.
Chei is breathing heavily.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chei could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chei blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Chei takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva slows down the pace here.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chei blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chei taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Chei blocks it.
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!
Chei wants to stall.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Chei improves position.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chei is trying to break free.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Chei can't break the clinch.
Chei avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Chei is blocking nicely.
Chei wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chei just leaning against Silva, taking a breather.
Chei trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Chei is blocking nicely.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Chei blocks with his arms.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Chei.
Silva is looking to control Chei's arms but Chei gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silva has his back to the cage.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chei displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
Chei tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Chei misses with a punch to the body.
Chei takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Chei's face.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Chei is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva blocks a body shot from Chei.
Chei effectively controlling the action here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chei blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderlei Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chai Chei's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Chei.
Nice shot by Chei.
Silva clinches with his opponent.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chei blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva trying to control the position but instead, Chei has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silva into the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Chei's face.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Chei's face.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chei blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chei.
Chei lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chei taking a breather.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chei blocks it with crossed arms.
Chei wants to take the fight to the mat but Silva manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Chei is blocking nicely.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chei is pushing Silva up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Chei avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chei is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chei has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chei swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chei looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Chei pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva slips under a jab.
Silva moves into range and clinches up with Chei.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Chei is blocking nicely.
Chei controlling the action here for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Chei stalls.
Silva prevents a body shot from Chei.
Chei lands with a light punch inside.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Chei blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Chei holding his opponent close, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderlei Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Chai Chei's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Chei scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Silva drives through and clinches with Chei against the cage.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chei has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva slowing the pace effectively.
Chei taking a breather.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chei is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva working Chei over with knees to the body.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chei is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Chei scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Chei displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Chei takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Chei blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Chei avoids the damage to the body.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Chei blocks it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Chei blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chei avoids it.
Stalling in the clinch from Chei.
Chei wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Chei's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chei blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chei will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Silva up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Chei avoids the damage to the body.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chai Chei has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wanderlei Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Chei stalling against the cage.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Chei being controlled against the cage.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wanderlei Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wanderlei Silva!
During a confident post fight interview, Wanderlei Silva thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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