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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raz Matazz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matazz comes to the cage accompanied by Tool - Eulogy. Silva has chosen Metallica - The Unforgiven II as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Raz Matazz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raz Matazz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Lucas Silva !
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matazz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Matazz tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva dives in and grabs Matazz's left leg, looking for a takedown. Matazz pushes down on Silva 's head and hops out.
Matazz swings widly with a right hand
and Matazz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Matazz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Matazz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Silva throws a one two combo.
Matazz misses the shot to the body.
Matazz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Matazz thows a body shot but no joy.
Matazz lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matazz clobbers Silva with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Matazz walks into a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Matazz. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Matazz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Matazz throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raz Matazz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Matazz lands with a straight right. Silva didn't see that one coming.
Nice jab there from Matazz.
Silva shoots for a double leg takedown but Matazz sprawls well. He's pushed Silva 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Matazz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Matazz swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva .
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Matazz tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Matazz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Raz Matazz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucas Silva .
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Matazz takes a jab right on the kisser.
Matazz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matazz throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
A jab lands there for Matazz.
Silva checks a low kick from Matazz.
Matazz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Matazz scores with a punch to the head.
Matazz misses with a low kick.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Matazz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Matazz counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeps Matazz at a distance using the push kick.
Matazz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Silva .
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
Matazz misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Matazz throws a hook to the side of Silva 's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Matazz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva on the side of the head.
Matazz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Matazz lands the left hand.
Matazz lands a nice hook to Silva 's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Matazz lands a body shot.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses the body punch
and Matazz counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matazz thumps Silva with a low kick.
Matazz moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Silva trying to control the action but Matazz is working from the bottom.
Silva laying and praying for a moment but Matazz takes advantage and regains half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matazz makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Matazz.
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 Raz Matazz will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Matazz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Raz Matazz is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Matazz tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Matazz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva cracks Matazz with an open hand slap.
A solid body kick from Matazz.
Matazz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Silva shoots for a takedown but Matazz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Matazz lands a jab to the nose.
It looks like Lucas Silva has been cut.
Matazz throws a poor cross that misses
and Silva counters with a nice body shot.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Raz Matazz has been cut.
Matazz connects with a leg kick. Silva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Matazz works the jab nicely.
Matazz connects with a right hand. Silva shakes it off.
Matazz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A nice inside leg kick there by Matazz. That's going to slow Silva down.
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!
Matazz misses with a body kick.
Matazz throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Matazz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Matazz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matazz throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva .
Matazz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Silva is able to avoid easily.
Matazz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Matazz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Matazz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Matazz.
Silva 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Matazz throws out a powerful jab.
Silva shoots for a takedown but Matazz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Raz Matazz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucas Silva .
Silva throws a looping overhand right but Matazz ducks down to avoid it.
Matazz dodges the punch combination from Silva .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matazz throws an overhand right that lands on Silva 's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Matazz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Silva . Matazz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva looks to land a left hand but Matazz moved out of range nicely.
Matazz misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Matazz looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Matazz throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Silva .
Matazz throws a jab when Silva was well out of range.
Matazz wants to clinch.
Matazz works the jab nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Matazz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva .
A telegraphed right hand from Matazz misses the target.
Silva throws a jab when Matazz was well out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Matazz circles away quickly and effectively.
A looping hook to the body misses from Matazz. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Matazz is out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Good standup being displayed there by Matazz as he connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raz Matazz dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Matazz wants to clinch.
Horrible takedown by Silva or perhaps it was just good defense by Matazz which made him look bad.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Matazz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Matazz misses with a kick to the body.
Matazz misses with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matazz avoids the body shot from Silva .
Matazz displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silva .
Silva blocks a head kick by Matazz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matazz punishes Silva 's body with a nice straight punch.
Matazz scores with a nice right hand.
Matazz works the jab nicely.
Matazz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matazz throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Matazz throws an overhand right that lands on Silva 's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Matazz scores with a jab to the body.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matazz was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva .
Matazz scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matazz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Matazz is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Matazz throws a leg kick but Silva checks it.
Silva has managed to clinch.
Silva trying to control the position but instead, Matazz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silva into the cage.
Matazz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Matazz tries to work over Silva 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Matazz's efforts to push away.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Matazz breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matazz misses with a body kick.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Matazz throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Matazz.
Matazz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Matazz tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Matazz tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Some bone on bone action there as Silva checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Matazz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Matazz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A punch lands to the side of Matazz 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A low kick from Silva misses
and Matazz counters with a stiff right hand.
Matazz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Matazz throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Matazz misses with a wild body shot.
Matazz thows a body shot but no joy.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Silva getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Matazz swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Matazz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raz Matazz clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
No joy there for Silva , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Matazz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Matazz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Matazz lands with a slapping head kick.
Silva misses with a jab to the body
and Matazz counters with a body kick that stops Silva in his tracks momentarily.
Matazz lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
Matazz moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Matazz.
Matazz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matazz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Silva tries to clinch there but Matazz circles away.
Matazz connects with the punch.
That has opened up Lucas Silva 's cut even more.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matazz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva .
Good exchange - Silva coming out on top.
Jab from Matazz.
Matazz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Matazz connects with a solid leg kick.
Matazz misses with a looping left.
Matazz looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Matazz.
Matazz misses with a straight left.
Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Matazz tries to hold on but Silva pushes him away.
Matazz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matazz is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matazz is working hard here to advance position.
Silva tries to control but Matazz wriggling away.
Silva prevents Matazz from getting the reversal.
Silva lands a nice shot to the head.
Matazz bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Matazz sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Matazz stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matazz tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Matazz tries to clinch up.
Silva lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Jab by Matazz.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Matazz.
Matazz takes one to the chin there.
Matazz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Matazz misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Matazz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Matazz connects with a looping right hand.
Matazz misses with a wild body shot.
Matazz throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Matazz lands a jab to the head.
Matazz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Matazz as he avoids it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice straight punches there by Matazz. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Matazz.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva moves forwards but Matazz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Matazz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silva .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raz Matazz had his way with Lucas Silva in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Silva lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Silva scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Matazz wants to get back to his feet.
Matazz trying to hold on to Silva 's head to control him but Silva postures up.
Silva is trying to control the action in half guard but Matazz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Silva trying to mount his opponent but Matazz defends it.
Matazz is looking to improve his position.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Matazz keeps working.
Matazz tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matazz kicks off Silva and gets to his feet.
A slow jab from Matazz misses its intended target.
Matazz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A cross from Silva lands.
Silva looks to throw the jab but Matazz is out of range.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A head kick misses from Matazz.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Matazz wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matazz blocks an uppercut.
Matazz is looking to control Silva 's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Matazz has his back to the cage.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Matazz controls his hands.
Silva can't get the takedown.
Matazz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Matazz blocking some punches.
Nice elbow from Matazz.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Matazz lands with a left to the head.
Matazz misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Matazz tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Silva .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matazz stalling.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Matazz's elbow.
Silva stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Silva goes for a takedown attempt but Matazz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Raz Matazz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucas Silva .
Matazz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Matazz is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Nice uppercut lands for Matazz. That snapped Silva 's head back.
Silva swings for the body but Matazz moves out of range.
Silva is looking to clinch but Matazz is avoiding it.
Matazz tried to score with a low kick but Silva checks it.
Lucas Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Raz Matazz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Matazz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Matazz misses with a hook to the body
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Matazz. Matazz obviously looking to wear him down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Matazz.
Silva scores with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matazz moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva , right into the meat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Matazz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lucas Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Matazz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 49:46
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 49:46
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raz Matazz!
An out of breath Raz Matazz thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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