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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tim Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quinton Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adams comes to the cage accompanied by Rihanna - So Hard. This should be fireworks!
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170 cm
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170 lbs
8 - 16 - 1 |
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175 cm
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164 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Determined |
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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
8 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tim Adams! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Quinton Silva! The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Adams moves into the clinch. Adams softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. A frustrated look appears on Adams's face as he tries to break the clinch. Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Adams has Silva pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Adams pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Silva tumbling to the mat - Adams dives into Silva's guard. If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup. Adams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Silva is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Adams is controlling him. Silva has momentary wrist control but Adams slips an elbow through the middle. Adams stays in close to Silva's body and controls the position. Silva wants to stand up but Adams is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round. Adams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Adams throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Adams is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control. Adams throws a big elbow that misses. Adams missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Adams. Adams stops Silva from standing up. Adams with a flurry of punches that miss. Adams is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control. Adams throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Silva keeping moving, preventing Adams from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far. Adams sitting in guard, not really doing much. Adams with a flurry of punches that miss. Silva can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Adams controls the pace.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Tim Adams. Adams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Adams throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Silva's waist but Silva gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Adams off to one side. Silva dodges the punch combination from Adams.
Adams drops Silva with a right and a left! Adams comes rushing in but Silva regains his composure and manages to keep Adams in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Adams wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Adams accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Adams drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Silva dives on top into guard. Adams 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. Adams has a closed guard, preventing Silva from standing up. Adams has Silva pulled in close to control his posture. Adams wriggles free and stands up.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Tim Adams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Adams throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease. Silva misses with a head kick.
Nice sprawl there from Silva as Adams shoots in. Adams changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Adams manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Adams. That's going to take a lot out of him. Adams dives in and grabs Silva's left leg, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes down on Adams's head and hops out. Silva tries to clinch and Adams moves into the clinch. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows. Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Adams.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tim Adams dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Adams scores with a kick to the midsection. Adams rushes Silva and presses him up against the cage. Adams drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Adams closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Silva's guard. Silva being controlled here, momentarily. Adams lands a couple of decent looking shots. Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Adams stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's one minute gone in the round. Silva tries to keep at a distance but Adams has taken the fight into the clinch. Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Silva stalling against the cage.
Adams wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Silva looking to slow down the pace here. Adams has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva is trying to break free. Adams breaks from the clinch.
Adams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Adams clinches. Come on Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Adams gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage. Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Adams is blocking nicely.
Adams jumps guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Adams uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Silva tries to clinch there but Adams circles away.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Adams circles away.
Adams misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. Adams misses with a low kick.
Adams shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down. Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adams paws at him with a jab and circles away. Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Adams jabbing away but nothing is landing. Adams scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Adams. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Silva tries to clinch there but Adams circles away.
Adams looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Adams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Adams keeps the fight on the outside. Adams closes the distance and clinches. Adams has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Adams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. This has been an exciting period of action! Silva fails in his attempt to clinch. Adams misses with a jab, cross combination.
Adams scores with a three punch combo!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Adams throws a leg kick but Silva moved away. Adams throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range. Adams clinches with his opponent.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tim Adams dominated that second round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Adams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Adams paws at him with a jab and circles away. Tim Adams is winning the standup battle so far. Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Silva darts in trying to clinch and Adams counters with a nice double leg into guard. Silva wants to stand and escape but Adams is having none of it. Silva pushes Adams off and scrambles back to his feet.
Adams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Adams swats him away and circles back towards the center. Adams ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Adams manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Adams slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles enabling Adams to counter with a crisp jab. Silva tries to clinch up. Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Adams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around? Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Adams. Adams throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease. Adams throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Silva was covering up waiting for the punch and Adams finishes the takedown easily into guard. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Silva keeping moving, preventing Adams from controlling successfully. Adams prevents Silva from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Silva keeping moving, preventing Adams from controlling successfully. Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Adams. Adams slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Tim Adams. Adams forces Silva back against the cage and clinches. Adams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Silva misses with a body punch.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Adams blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Adams is blocking nicely.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Adams is controlling the position. Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Adams blocks it.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Adams blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Adams lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Adams jumps guard and drags Silva to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Adams has his hands on Silva's head, controlling the position. Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Adams. Adams bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight! Tim Adams showed his dominance in that final round. Well Adams 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27 Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27 Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Adams! Tim Adams really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Das Labor logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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