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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Quirke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bigfoot Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Lil Wayne Feat. Mike Tyson - American Dream kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Marcus Quirke has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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281 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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264 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Excellent boxer
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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
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marcus Quirke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bigfoot Silva!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva looks to land a combination but Quirke avoids it well.
Quirke misses with the combination.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Silva lands with a straight right. Quirke didn't see that one coming.
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped Quirke in his tracks.
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!
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Quirke shows good takedown defense.
Quirke with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Quirke is breathing heavily.
Silva throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Quirke tumbling to the canvas!
Silva sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Quirke avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silva pushing down on Quirke's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quirke blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
Quirke knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Silva takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Silva working the head and body with strikes.
Silva content to control rather than advance.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quirke avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Silva not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Quirke blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silva.
Silva not doing much here.
It looks like Silva might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Quirke's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva controlling the action here.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Quirke keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Silva is trying to control the action in half guard but Quirke is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Bigfoot Silva hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Quirke has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Quirke with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Silva to score with a decent uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva breaks from the clinch.
A combination from Quirke does no damage.
Quirke drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Nice jab there from Silva.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva closes the distance and clinches up with Quirke, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes Quirke against the cage but Quirke circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva leaning his opponent against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bigfoot Silva dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Silva steps into range and cracks Quirke with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Quirke flops backwards and Silva dives into his guard looking to finish!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva wants to control from the top but Quirke keeps moving.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Silva scoring with punches to the head and body.
Silva connects with a couple of short punches.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quirke keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Quirke will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silva working some strikes from top position.
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Quirke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Silva sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva gets to his feet. Quirke looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Silva throws a hook but Quirke avoids it easily.
Quirke is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Silva dives in and grabs Quirke's left leg, looking for a takedown. Quirke pushes down on Silva's head and hops out.
Silva shoots for a takedown but Quirke saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Silva lands with a cross.
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silva jabs Quirke to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Marcus Quirke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Quirke.
Quirke takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva moves out of range as Quirke strikes.
Silva changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Marcus Quirke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva moves into range and connects with a jab.
Quirke is rocked!
Bigfoot Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva knocks out Quirke with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Silva before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Silva picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bigfoot Silva!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
78% |
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