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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Romeo Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alan Shearer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Da Silva comes to the cage accompanied by A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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195 lbs
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197 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Romeo Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Alan Shearer!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Silva tries to clinch there but Shearer circles away.
Da Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Da Silva moves into the clinch.
Da Silva connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Alan Shearer has been cut.
Shearer misses with the head strike.
Da Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shearer's efforts to push away.
Da Silva scores with a shot to the side of Shearer's head.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shearer.
Da Silva missing with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Da Silva.
Da Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Shearer avoids the damage to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Da Silva is pushing Shearer up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Shearer wants to stall.
Da Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Shearer controls his hands.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shearer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Da Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shearer's elbow.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shearer blocks it with crossed arms.
Da Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shearer blocks it with crossed arms.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shearer.
Da Silva just leaning against Shearer, taking a breather.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
Shearer tries to break free but Da Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Shearer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shearer trying to control the position but instead, Da Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Shearer into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shearer.
Shearer lands a body punch.
Da Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shearer blocks it with crossed arms.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shearer avoids it.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Shearer is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Shearer is trying to break the clinch but Da Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shearer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Da Silva.
Shearer takes a knee right on the jaw!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Da Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Knees to the body from Da Silva.
Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shearer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Da Silva has Shearer pressed against the cage, preventing Shearer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shearer avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shearer avoiding damage as Da Silva throws knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
A short uppercut from Da Silva.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Romeo Da Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alan Shearer'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.
Shearer misses with a left hand
and Da Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shearer throws the left hand but Da Silva avoids the punch easily.
Da Silva ducks under a wild hook from Shearer.
Da Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Da Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shearer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shearer blocking some punches.
Da Silva stalling against the cage.
Shearer tries to stall but Da Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but Shearer blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shearer just misses with a punch to the body.
Shearer tries a low kick but Da Silva avoids it.
Da Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
Shearer tests Da Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Da Silva cracks the inside of Shearer's front leg.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Shearer.
Da Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Shearer.
Da Silva tries to score with a low kick but Shearer moves his leg out of the way.
Shearer misses with an uppercut
and Da Silva counters with an inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Da Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva tries to clinch up.
Shearer lands a nice hook to Da Silva's body. Da Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Da Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shearer.
Shearer connects with a good right hand that stumbles Da Silva. Da Silva circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shearer attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Shearer misses with a hook. Da Silva ducked under it nicely.
Shearer looks to land a left hand but Da Silva moved out of range nicely.
Da Silva clinches with his opponent.
Shearer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shearer avoids it.
Da Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Shearer won't want to take too many of those.
Shearer wants to get back to striking at distance but Da Silva won't allow it.
Shearer holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Da Silva landing knees to the body.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Da Silva with a knee to the head.
Shearer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Da Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shearer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shearer is trying to force a seperation but Da Silva has the dominant position.
A bit of stalling here from Da Silva.
Da Silva has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Shearer stalling in the clinch but Da Silva improves position.
Da Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shearer.
Da Silva just leaning against Shearer, taking a breather.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Shearer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shearer trying to control the position but instead, Da Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Shearer into the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but Shearer blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Romeo Da Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alan Shearer's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Da Silva is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Shearer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Da Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Shearer throws a lazy right hand but Da Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Da Silva misses with a wild combination.
Da Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shearer.
Da Silva slips a jab from Shearer.
Da Silva throws a head kick that Shearer semi-blocks.
Nice uppercut there from Shearer.
Da Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shearer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Da Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Shearer avoids the damage to the body.
Da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short body shot lands from Da Silva as the two fighters clinch.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shearer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Da Silva misses with a knee strike.
Da Silva misses with a knee strike.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Da Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Shearer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A knee to the head by Da Silva.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Shearer blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva just leaning against Shearer, taking a breather.
Shearer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Da Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Da Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Shearer is blocking nicely.
Shearer is trying to force a seperation but Da Silva has the dominant position.
Da 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shearer is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Da Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Shearer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Da Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Da Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Alan Shearer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shearer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Da Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shearer cracks Da Silva with a nice body shot.
Da Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Shearer avoids the damage to the body.
Da Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shearer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Da Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shearer is trying to stall.
Romeo Da Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shearer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Romeo Da Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Da Silva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Romeo Da Silva!
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