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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tevinho Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brandon Silva could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tevinho Souza's chin.
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156 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brandon Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tevinho Souza!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza has a takedown stuffed.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Silva.
Silva controls from within his opponent's guard.
Souza pushes Silva off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Souza closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
and Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Souza tries to clinch but Silva moves away
and Silva counters with a left to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good shot there by Silva.
Tevinho Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Souza stops a takedown attempt from Silva.
Souza is pushing Silva up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Souza is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
Silva looking for a takedown.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Souza has him pressed against the cage.
Souza slowing the pace effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Silva taking a breather.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Souza in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Tevinho Souza has been cut.
Souza slowing the pace effectively.
A bit of stalling here from Silva.
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 manages to break the clinch.
Souza moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva lands a head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza takes a kick to the side of the head.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Souza circles away.
Souza clinches up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silva is trying to pull guard but Souza has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva pulls guard effortlessly.
Souza must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Souza is proving a slippery customer.
Silva pulls Souza in close to his closed guard and prevents Souza from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Silva pushes Souza off and gets back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Souza defends it nicely.
Silva tries to keep at a distance but Souza has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brandon 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 is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Souza manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Souza has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Souza misses with an elbow strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silva looking for a takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza pressing his opponent against the cage.
Silva tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Souza just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva wants to take the fight to the mat but Souza manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
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 breaks the clinch.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Souza shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Souza to keep the fight standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza looking to stall.
Silva leaning against his opponent.
Souza wants to stall.
Silva is working for takedown but Souza is calmly controlling the position for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva tries to pull guard but Souza holds him up against the cage and eventually Silva drops back down to his feet.
Souza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Souza to keep the fight standing.
Souza gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Silva.
Souza is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Souza into the cage.
Silva jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Souza walks away with a smile on his face. Silva gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Souza blocks a head kick by Silva.
Souza tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Souza wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
and Silva counters by clinching up.
Souza trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Souza into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Brandon Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tevinho Souza's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Silva fails with the takedown.
Souza tries to clinch up.
Silva with a lazy takedown attempt
and Souza counters by moving into the clinch.
Souza stalls.
Souza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Souza wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Souza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Souza fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Souza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Souza wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva looks for the body kick but Souza saw that one coming.
Souza has managed to clinch.
Souza is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Silva can't fight it off and eventually Souza manages to take the fight to the floor. Silva looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Souza is looking to stand up but Silva won't let him.
Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Souza is proving a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Souza from controlling successfully.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Souza doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
Souza slaps away a takedown attempt from Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Souza gets a clinch.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva jumps guard but Souza stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva jumps guard but Souza turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva wants to stall.
Silva is trying to pull guard but Souza turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Silva tries for a takedown but Souza manages to get underhooks.
Brandon Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Souza.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Souza stalls.
Silva tries to pull guard but Souza forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tevinho Souza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Brandon Silva!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
38% |
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