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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Nazario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Da Silva has chosen No Love - Eminem as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Rafael Da Silva enters the cage!
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189 lbs
4 - 5 - 0 |
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196 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Ronaldo Nazario!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Rafael Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Silva scores with a kick to the midsection.
Da Silva changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nazario gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Da Silva wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Da Silva lands with a nice body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Da Silva scores with a jab to the body.
Nazario is breathing heavily.
Nice straight punches there by Da Silva. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Da Silva.
It looks like Ronaldo Nazario has been cut.
A head kick from Da Silva lands but Nazario takes it in his stride.
Da Silva cracks the inside of Nazario's front leg.
Da Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Da Silva lands a big shot that drops Nazario! Can he finish him?
Nazario is rocked!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Nazario has momentary wrist control but Da Silva slips an elbow through the middle.
Oh Nazario is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Da Silva sitting in guard here, content to control.
Da Silva stands up from Nazario's guard - Da Silva perhaps looking for a knockout.
Rafael Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nazario gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Da Silva gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rafael Da Silva! Rafael Da Silva retains his middleweight title!
A victorious Rafael Da Silva thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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