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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tevinho Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tevinho Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza keeps the fight on the outside.
Souza wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Souza is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Souza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Souza avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Silva lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Tevinho Souza has been cut.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Souza really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Souza on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Souza is trying to stall.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Souza is breathing heavily.
Silva lands an elbow just above Souza 's eye.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Souza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva lands an elbow just above Souza 's eye.
Souza stalling the fight.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Souza shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land 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!
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Souza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Souza takes an elbow to the temple.
Souza takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Souza's defenses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Souza's face.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Souza in his tracks for a moment.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Souza lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva working Souza over with knees to the body.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Souza won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva working Souza over with knees to the body.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Souza's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Souza's ribcage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Souza lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva working Souza over with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva lands an elbow inside that Souza shrugs off.
Souza takes a knee to the side of the body.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tevinho Souza'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.
Souza staying out of range there.
Souza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Souza is looking to clinch.
Silva gets tackled into the cage by Souza. Souza maintains the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Souza in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Souza shrugs off.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Souza won't want to take too many of those.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Souza's defenses.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Souza takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva lands a knee to the body.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Souza shrugs off.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva working Souza over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva working Souza over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Souza's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Souza is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now Souza has his back to the cage.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Souza in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Anderson Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Souza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Souza avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Souza is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Souza in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Silva.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Souza is blocking nicely.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Souza blocks it.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Souza is blocking nicely.
Souza leaning his opponent against the cage.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tevinho Souza'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. This is the final round!
Silva tries to clinch up.
Souza scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Souza is trying to control the action in half guard but Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We're going to have a standup here because Tevinho Souza wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Souza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anderson Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva tries to clinch but Souza moves out of range.
Silva tries to clinch but Souza is having none of it.
Souza throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Anderson Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva is looking to clinch but Souza is avoiding it.
Anderson Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Souza pushes him off.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Souza shrugs off.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Souza.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Silva.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Souza takes an elbow to the forehead.
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!
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Souza in his tracks for a moment.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Souza in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Silva.
Souza takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Souza won't want to take too many of those.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Souza's ribcage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Souza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva throws an elbow that misses.
Souza takes a knee right on the jaw!
Souza controlling the action here for a moment.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Silva.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Souza lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Souza is blocking nicely.
Souza avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Souza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Souza blocks an elbow strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Souza.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Souza dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Tevinho Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anderson Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silva winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 25:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 25:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Silva!
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