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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pauly Barone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romeo Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Da Silva has chosen A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It? as his entrance music. Romeo Da Silva is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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195 cm
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192 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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187 cm
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195 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Pauly Barone! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Romeo Da Silva! The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Barone tries to close the distance and clinch but Da Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Barone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Da Silva manages to avoid it. Barone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Da Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Da 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. Barone tries to clinch up. Barone tries to clinch up. Barone is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Barone moves into the clinch successfully.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Pauly Barone has been cut. Barone lands a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Barone works on Da Silva's body with a couple of short punches. Da Silva with a knee to the head.
Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barone lands a damaging elbow. Da Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Barone is blocking nicely.
Barone misses with an elbow strike.
Barone lands a damaging elbow. Barone looking to stall.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barone blocks it with crossed arms. Barone avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barone.
It looks like Romeo Da Silva has been cut. Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Da Silva wants to stall.
Da Silva manages to break the clinch.
Barone tries to clinch up. Barone closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Barone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barone blocks it with crossed arms. Barone misses with some punches.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Barone blocks with his arms.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but Barone blocks it.
Barone working Da Silva over with knees to the body. Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Barone slowing the pace effectively. Barone pushes off an throws an elbow but Da Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Barone scores a nice knee to the body.
A short left from Barone. Da Silva lands a knee to the head.
Barone is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Barone lands a nice elbow. Barone lands a shoulder strike. Barone throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Barone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Barone tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Da Silva avoids it. Da Silva stalls. Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Da Silva takes an elbow to the temple. Barone effectively controlling the action here. Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Da Silva missing with knees to the body.
Da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barone blocks it with crossed arms. Barone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Barone creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Barone lands an elbow that stopped Da Silva in his tracks for a moment. Da Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barone is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Da Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barone avoids it. Barone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Barone utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Da Silva is trying to stall.
Da Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Barones head. Da Silva lands a nice shot to the body. Barone lands a hook to the side of the head. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Da Silva can't break the clinch.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barone lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Barone is stalling here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pauly Barone dominated 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.
Barone clinches up with Da Silva and pushes him back against the cage. Da Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Barone uses good head movement to avoid it. Da Silva is stalling here.
Barone misses with a body punch.
Barone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Da Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Da Silva will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Barone up against the cage. Da Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head. Da Silva avoiding damage as Barone throws knees to the body.
Da Silva stalling in the clinch but Barone improves position. Da Silva taking a breather. Barone taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round. Barone looks to throw an elbow but misses. Barone lands an elbow inside. Good anti-grappling being displayed by Barone as Da Silva tries to tie him up. Barone misses with a body punch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch. Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barone.
Barone managing to block the knees to the body from Da Silva.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Barone. Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Barone is blocking nicely.
Da Silva misses with a knee strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Barone just misses with a elbow thrown towards Da Silva's brow. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Da Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Barone avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.
Da Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Barone lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Da Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barone.
Barone'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. Da Silva takes an elbow to the temple. Da Silva being controlled against the cage. Barone lands with a short shot to the head. Da Silva misses with a knee to the head. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Da Silva is trying to stall.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Barone.
Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Barone has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Barone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Da Silva.
Barone just leaning against Da Silva, taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Barone can't find room to land a body shot as Da Silva controls the action.
Barone crunches a lovely knee into Da Silva's ribcage. Barone lands a nice elbow. Da Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Both guys are working to get underhooks. Barone lands a good knee to the midsection. Da Silva won't want to take too many of those. Da Silva is breathing heavily. Da Silva misses with a knee strike.
Barone lands an elbow inside. Barone landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Barone. Barone has Da Silva pressed against the cage.
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! A short right from Barone on the inside. Barone lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Da Silva blocks it with crossed arms. Barone effectively controlling the action here. Da Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Barone stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Da Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Barone lands a left hand.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Barone is blocking nicely.
Barone lands an elbow just above Da Silva 's eye. Barone taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Barone blocks with his arms.
A short left from Barone. Barone lands a big knee! That's hurt Da Silva! Oh, he's all over the place! Barone lands another knee that sends Da Silva to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pauly Barone!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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