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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chisto Almighty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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190 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chisto Almighty!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Silva!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almighty tries to score a power double leg takedown but Silva sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Almighty somewhat.
Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva is pressed up against the cage. Almighty has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Silva shoots in and bounces Almighty off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Almighty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Almighty has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Silva off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Almighty fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chisto Almighty. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Almighty slaps away a takedown attempt from Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Chisto Almighty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Almighty, pushing him back against the cage.
Almighty has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Almighty changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Almighty sprawls well. Almighty wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva gets a double leg takedown into Almighty's guard.
Silva wants to control from the top but Almighty keeps moving.
Almighty wants to stand and escape but Silva is having none of it.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Almighty works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Almighty is retaining full guard.
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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Almighty utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silva landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Almighty pushes Silva off and scrambles back to his feet.
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Almighty regains guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Almighty is looking to stand up but Silva isn't so interested in that idea.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Almighty is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Almighty preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Almighty swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Almighty wriggles free and stands up.
Almighty fails with the takedown
and Silva counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Almighty has wrist control.
Silva decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Almighty leaves Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Almighty defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Silva.
Silva looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almighty shoots and misses
and Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Almighty is retaining full guard.
Silva stops Almighty from standing up.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Almighty swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Almighty wants to stand and escape but Silva is having none of it.
Almighty keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Alexander Silva wasn't active enough on the ground.
Almighty closes the distance and clinches up with Silva, looking for a takedown. Almighty pushes Silva against the cage but Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Silva drives through and clinches with Almighty against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almighty drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Silva taking a bit of punishment here - Almighty scoring with strikes.
Almighty throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Silva is trying to control Almighty's posture but Almighty avoids it.
Silva manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Almighty kicks off Silva and gets to his feet.
Silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Almighty sneaks out the side door and pushes Silva away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Almighty looking to score a takedown here. Silva is defending well but Almighty drives through and ends up in Silva's guard.
Almighty being controlled here momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Almighty postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Silva dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Almighty shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Almighty shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Almighty shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silva defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chisto Almighty. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Alexander Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Silva wants it to stay on the feet.
Almighty shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva shoots in but Almighty avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown but Almighty manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Silva's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Almighty feints and as Silva raises his hands in defense, Almighty changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Almighty is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Almighty won't allow Silva to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silva pulls Almighty in close to prevent any damage.
Almighty won't allow Silva to get back to his feet.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Almighty postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Almighty accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Almighty scoring with some ground and pound.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Almighty cracks Silva with a solid left hand.
Almighty prevents Silva from getting back to his feet.
Almighty with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almighty throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Almighty 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.
Almighty is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Almighty with a flurry of punches that miss.
Almighty lands a couple of decent looking shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Almighty landing with the ground and pound.
Almighty lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Almighty's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Almighty postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Almighty stops Silva from standing up.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Almighty.
Almighty postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
Silva lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Almighty!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to finish Almighty with some ground and pound. This is bad for Almighty!
Almighty is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Silva takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Almighty takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Almighty wants to get back to his feet.
Silva putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Silva with the ground and pound from mount.
Silva is working for a guillotine from mount but Almighty frees his head quite easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva trying to control but Almighty is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almighty really wants to buck Silva off and get back to his feet.
Silva postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Almighty looks a forlorn figure.
Silva dominating with strikes here.
Almighty is trying to stand up.
Silva wants to control the pace but Almighty is squirming around nicely.
Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva controlling the position easily from mount.
Silva with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Alexander Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!
Almighty will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Almighty shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Silva counters with a takedown into side control.
Check out the look on Silva's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Silva cracks Almighty with a big elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Almighty keeps working.
Alexander Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva in side control lands a decent elbow.
Almighty prevents Silva from improving position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva is working Almighty over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Almighty down.
Almighty throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Almighty misses with a takedown
and Silva counters with a one-two to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chisto Almighty. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Almighty.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Almighty tries for a takedown but Silva circles away easily
and Silva counters by clinching up.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Almighty wants to get back to his feet.
Silva is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Almighty can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Silva cracks Almighty with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almighty is trying to stand up.
Silva landing shots from mount.
Silva connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Almighty really wants to buck Silva off and get back to his feet.
Silva looking to control but Almighty is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Silva working the ground and pound effectively.
Silva with the ground and pound from mount.
Silva punishing his opponent with strikes.
Almighty is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Silva with shots to the head and body - Almighty looks very uncomfortable down there.
Silva looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almighty is trying to stand.
Silva landing strikes from the mount and Almighty is in trouble!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Almighty bucks up and throws Silva to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Silva tries to clinch up.
Almighty looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Almighty persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Almighty displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silva.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Almighty enables Silva to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Almighty manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Alexander Silva is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Almighty wants to stand but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva stays in close to Almighty's body and controls the position.
Almighty is looking to stand up but Silva isn't so interested in that idea.
Silva stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Silva is defended easily by Almighty.
Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from Almighty. Almighty gets slowly back to his feet.
Chisto Almighty has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Almighty did well to prevent Silva getting side control.
Silva is looking to advance position but Almighty won't allow it.
Almighty looks like he's trying to stand up.
Silva is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Almighty defends it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Almighty has one foot on Silva's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Silva has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Silva!
Post fight, Alexander Silva stared into the camera and said 'id like to give my new stable a plug, the forbidden gym in london the most professional gym i have ever trained at thanks guys '.
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