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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demian Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Stroker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stroker has chosen Deathlike Silence - Who's Gonna Bury Me as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Demian Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bob Stroker!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Silva - that will leave a mark!
Silva lands a head shot.
Stroker misses the jab.
Silva with a nice cross.
It looks like Bob Stroker has been cut.
Silva feints and then cracks Stroker's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Stroker down.
Stroker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stroker fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Stroker throws a big shot that misses.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Stroker.
Stroker goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Stroker thows a body kick. Silva tries to catch it but that hurt him.
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!
Stroker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stroker smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silva clinches.
Silva tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stroker's elbow.
Stroker misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stroker jumps guard but Silva turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Stroker has picked Silva up - he's going for a ride! Stroker dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Stroker is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Silva has managed to free his arm - good work.
Silva manages to get to full guard.
Silva working for a triangle but Stroker defends it easily.
Stroker postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva pulls Stroker in close to prevent any damage.
Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stroker keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head.
Silva has control of Stroker's left arm, preventing Stroker from doing any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Demian Silva has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Stroker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva clinches with his opponent.
Stroker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Stroker can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Stroker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stroker is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stroker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stroker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Stroker thuds his shin into the meat of Silva's side.
Stroker ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva throws out a leg kick but Stroker moves out of range and Silva only half commits.
Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bob Stroker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stroker finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Stroker looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Stroker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Stroker takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That has opened up Bob Stroker's cut even more.
Stroker punishes Silva's body with a nice straight punch.
Silva sizes up Stroker with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A head kick misses from Stroker.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Silva tries to clinch there but Stroker circles away.
A low kick from Stroker misses
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stroker ducks under a wild hook from Silva.
Silva slips under a jab from Stroker.
Stroker misses with an uppercut
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Stroker explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Silva tries to clinch there but Stroker circles away.
Demian Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Stroker gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch.
Stroker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stroker misses with a hook
and Stroker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Stroker has a takedown stuffed.
Demian Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bob Stroker.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silva with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Demian Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bob Stroker's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Stroker clobbers Silva with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Some bone on bone action there as Stroker checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Stroker fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Stroker lands with an uppercut that bounces Silva off the cage and back into range.
Stroker walks into a jab.
Silva lands a glancing blow to the side of Stroker's head.
Stroker throws the kick towards the body but Silva avoids it.
Stroker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Stroker.
Silva darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
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 lands the left hand.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Stroker is just out of range.
Stroker changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Stroker connects with a jab.
Demian Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Stroker is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stroker looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Silva is controlling Stroker's posture.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stroker is one step ahead there.
Silva pulls Stroker in close to prevent any damage.
Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Stroker is proving a slippery customer.
Demian Silva has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Stroker tries a head kick but it misses.
Stroker connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a push kick.
Stroker tries to move into range but Silva moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Stroker is able to avoid easily.
Stroker stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Silva tries to clinch there but Stroker circles away.
Stroker looks for the body kick but Silva saw that one coming.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva slips under a jab from Stroker.
Stroker scores with a sloppy right hand. Silva should have avoided that one.
Stroker misses the shot to the body.
Stroker drives through with a takedown into guard.
Silva controlling Stroker's posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Silva manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Stroker manages to get himself to full guard.
Stroker is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Silva defends well.
Silva decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Stroker shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Stroker wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stroker passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Silva!
Bob Stroker has got the better of the ground game so far.
Stroker tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Silva is working to get back to half guard.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Stroker's attempts to control the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stroker throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Silva sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bob Stroker will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Bob Stroker's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Stroker throws a front kick that sends Silva stumbling back into the cage.
Silva misses with a hook. Stroker ducked under it nicely.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stroker.
Stroker fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Stroker turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Stroker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stroker thuds a left hand into Silva's body.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva avoids the body shot from Stroker.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stroker. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva scores with a spinning back kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stroker's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Silva connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stroker scrambles back to his feet.
Good shot there by Stroker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws out a leg kick but Stroker moves out of range and Silva only half commits.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Stroker checks a leg kick.
Stroker throws a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Silva takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Stroker bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Stroker taking a breather here.
Silva is trying to improve his position.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to buck Stroker off but Stroker is having none of it.
Stroker is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Silva knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Silva manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva wants to take a breather but Stroker is having none of it.
Silva is looking to advance position but Stroker won't allow it.
Stroker gets full guard.
Stroker looking for subs off his back but Silva has passed one foot through into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Stroker defends it well.
Silva is stalling here. Stroker is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Silva seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Stroker has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Stroker wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.
Sloppy strikes there by Stroker.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva regains half guard.
Silva wants to control but Stroker is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Stroker is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Silva is holding on to half guard well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stroker sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Stroker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Stroker 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Stroker!
Bob Stroker took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Perkele! for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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