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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Silvestry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Gambler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silvestry comes to the cage accompanied by Street Fighter. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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174 lbs
5 - 13 - 0 |
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176 cm
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173 lbs
6 - 14 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brandon Silvestry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jonny Gambler!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Summer Carpenter and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silvestry shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Gambler manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Gambler throws his legs up looking for a submission but Silvestry uses it to pass to side control.
Silvestry trying to control the action but Gambler is working from the bottom.
Gambler is looking for a sweep.
Gambler dodges the ground and pound from Silvestry.
Silvestry misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Silvestry trying to control the action but Gambler is working from the bottom.
Silvestry lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silvestry lands an elbow.
Gambler is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Silvestry is controlling him well.
Silvestry tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silvestry has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Silvestry staying calm.
Silvestry wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gambler keeps working.
Gambler is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Silvestry off and has taken his back!
Silvestry has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvestry just trying to survive but Gambler is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Gambler doesn't have the hooks in and Silvestry manages to turn into his guard.
Gambler is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Silvestry defends well.
Gambler looking for a guillotine here but Silvestry defends easily.
Silvestry throws a big elbow that misses.
Gambler wants to stand and escape but Silvestry is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gambler is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Silvestry defends well.
Gambler looks gassed!
Silvestry with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silvestry stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Gambler leaves Silvestry with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Silvestry fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Gambler throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gambler misses with a looping left.
Silvestry shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gambler but Gambler pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Silvestry. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gambler misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gambler misses with an uppercut
and Silvestry counters by clinching up.
Silvestry taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Gambler stops a takedown attempt from Silvestry.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silvestry.
Silvestry pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silvestry's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silvestry tries to score a power double leg takedown but Gambler sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Silvestry somewhat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silvestry with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brandon Silvestry dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Silvestry shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Silvestry was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Silvestry with a couple of short strikes.
Gambler tries to reverse the position but Silvestry maintains control.
Gambler is trying to reverse the position but instead Silvestry has taken his back - oops!
What can Gambler do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Gambler is trying escape back to his feet. He turns into his opponent's guard and eventually finds his way back to his feet.
Gambler throws a nice looking combination but Silvestry bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A swing and a miss from Silvestry.
Silvestry closes the distance and pushes Gambler back into the cage.
Gambler is breathing heavily.
Silvestry breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gambler swings for the body but Silvestry moves out of range.
Gambler jabs at Silvestry's body.
Silvestry fails with a takedown attempt.
Silvestry scores with a head kick. Gambler tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Silvestry lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gambler takes a step back to recover.
A head kick from Silvestry lands but Gambler takes it in his stride.
A jab from Gambler finds it's way through Silvestry's defenses.
Silvestry moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silvestry decides to pull guard.
Silvestry manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Silvestry looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silvestry is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gambler can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Silvestry looking to control and managing it successfully.
Silvestry wants to control the pace but Gambler is squirming around nicely.
Silvestry working Gambler over with strikes here.
Gambler is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silvestry landing strikes from the mount.
Gambler is still in real trouble! Can Silvestry finish him?
Silvestry takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Silvestry with good strikes from the mount here!
Silvestry loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Gambler scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Silvestry land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Silvestry stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brandon Silvestry!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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