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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rickson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evans kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Emoyrean Mercenaries. Silva has chosen system of a down - violent pornography as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rickson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva misses with a hook.
Evans tries to work over Silva's front leg with a kick but Silva checks it.
Evans just misses with a punch to the body.
Evans looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Evans tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Evans's waist but Evans gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Silva off to one side.
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A swing and a miss from Evans.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Evans looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Evans misses with a looping left.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Evans.
Evans ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Evans throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Evans as he checks the leg kick.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva lands with an overhand left.
It looks like Ryan Evans has been cut.
Evans is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Silva throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Evans fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva throws a hook but Evans blocks it.
Evans walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Evans throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Evans was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Evans.
Evans slips under a jab.
Evans lands a jab to Silva's midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evans shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Silva drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Evans looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Silva wants to control from the top but Evans keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Evans blocks nicely.
Silva is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Evans is on top in guard.
Silva keeping full guard, as Evans tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans is looking to advance position but Silva has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Silva prevents Evans from getting the reversal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Silva is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Silva putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Evans is wriggling around trying to escape.
Silva with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Evans is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control but Evans is having none of it.
Evans is trying to escape the mount.
Evans is working hard here to advance position.
Silva tries to control but Evans wriggling away.
Silva unloading with bombs!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Silva cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Evans regains half guard.
Evans looking for a kimura from the bottom but Silva passes into side control!
Silva connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Evans some visible discomfort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rickson Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Evans'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.
Evans lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
Nice shot lands for Silva.
Silva connects with a right hand. Evans shakes it off.
Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Evans throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Evans scores with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evans misses with a body kick.
Evans stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Evans wants it to stay on the feet.
Evans dives in and grabs Silva's left leg, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes down on Evans's head and hops out.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Evans.
Nice defenses there by Evans.
Evans attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Evans lands with a kick to the temple. Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Evans steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva looks to land a body kick but Evans moved away.
Ryan Evans is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Silva blocks the low kick.
Evans defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Silva clobbers Evans with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Evans will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Evans. Evans obviously looking to wear him down.
Crunch! Evans slams his shin into Silva's torso.
Evans tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Silva throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Evans dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Evans misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Evans tries to score with a low kick but Silva moves his leg out of the way.
An inside leg kick lands from Evans.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
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.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Evans lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Evans lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
It looks like Rickson Silva has been cut.
Evans fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Evans. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva looks for a takedown but Evans sprawls well.
A big right from Evans misses.
Evans fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Good leg kick by Evans there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva misses with a straight right.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
An inside leg kick from Evans misses.
Silva misses the jab.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Evans did well to prevent Silva getting side control.
Evans looking for submissions off his back.
Evans is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Silva is trying to control the action in half guard but Evans is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Silva might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Evans kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Silva is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Evans has managed to free his arm - good work.
Rickson Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva seems to be working for a kimura but Evans defends the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans actively working from the bottom here.
Evans actively working from the bottom here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Silva lands a nice short elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva is trying to control the action in half guard but Evans is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Evans wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.
Silva seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Evans is looking for a sweep. Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Silva works his way into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Evans dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Evans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Evans dives in and scores a takedown into Silva's guard.
Silva is trying to control the position but Evans postures up.
Evans drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Silva dives on top into guard.
Silva connects with a couple of short punches.
Evans is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Evans is keeping the position.
Evans wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva trying to control but Evans is working from the bottom.
Evans escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Silva gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Evans throws his legs up looking for a submission but Silva uses it to pass to side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Evans is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Evans gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Evans is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Silva scores with a couple of nice shots.
Evans looking for submissions off his back.
Evans actively working from the bottom here.
Silva lands strikes from half guard.
Silva scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Silva scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans is defending against the submission attempts here by Silva.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evans is not content to let Silva control the position.
Silva is working for a submission of some sort.
Silva working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Silva moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Evans.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Evans is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Evans takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans is trying to improve his position.
Silva connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Evans some visible discomfort.
Evans is looking to regain half guard here but Silva keeps moving and retains side control.
Silva working the ground and pound from side control.
Silva scoring with punches and elbows.
Evans taking punishment in the form of punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Evans regains half guard.
Evans looking for submissions off his back.
Silva takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nice strikes from Silva there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans looking for a kimura from the bottom but Silva passes into side control!
Silva working the ground and pound.
Silva in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Evans keeps working.
Silva wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Evans, who protects the arm well.
Evans is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Silva off and has taken his back!
Evans is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Silva is having to fend off submission attempts from Evans, who is looking to sink in the choke. Evans doesn't have the hooks in though and Silva manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rickson Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rickson Silva!
Rickson Silva seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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