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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luiz Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wiz Khalifa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Khalifa has chosen young wild and free as his entrance music. Wiz Khalifa acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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, Luiz Da Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wiz Khalifa!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khalifa tries to clinch but Da Silva moves out of range.
Da Silva clinches with his opponent.
Khalifa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Da Silva has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Khalifa clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Da Silva misses with punches from the back.
Da Silva throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Da Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Khalifa on the ground.
Khalifa holding both Da Silva 's hands and preventing any damage.
Khalifa is in bad spot here.
Khalifa fending off the submission attempt from Da Silva.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Da Silva throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Da Silva is looking to control Khalifa but Khalifa is wriggling around and keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Khalifa's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Khalifa breaks Da Silva's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Da Silva will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Khalifa drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Khalifa jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Khalifa pushes down on Da Silva's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Da Silva is trying to stand.
Khalifa is looking for a kimura here.
Da Silva wants to control but Khalifa passes into side.
Da Silva is trying to control Khalifa's posture but Khalifa avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalifa tries to score with some ground and pound. Da Silva controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Khalifa goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Da Silva has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Khalifa but great work by Da Silva.
Khalifa is looking for a sweep.
Khalifa wants to control but Da Silva postures up.
Da Silva trying to control the position but Khalifa is working away.
Khalifa can't do much from the bottom here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An elbow from Da Silva crashes against the mat.
Da Silva wants to control but Khalifa is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Khalifa dodges the ground and pound from Da Silva.
Da Silva working the ground and pound but Khalifa is defending the strikes.
Da Silva throws a strike aimed at the side of Khalifa's head but Khalifa avoids it well.
Da Silva misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Khalifa sneaks back into half guard.
Khalifa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Da Silva works his foot free and advances to mount.
Khalifa is looking to get to half guard.
Khalifa avoids a series of strikes thrown by Da Silva.
Khalifa is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Khalifa blocking the ground and pound.
Khalifa really wants to buck Da Silva off and get back to his feet.
Da Silva unloads with some shots from mount but Khalifa bucks and avoids them well.
Da Silva unloads with some shots from mount but Khalifa bucks and avoids them well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva throws some wild stikes that Khalifa manages to avoid easily.
Khalifa avoids a series of strikes thrown by Da Silva.
Khalifa is looking to get to half guard.
Khalifa wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Da Silva.
Khalifa is looking to get to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Khalifa wants to hold on but Da Silva pushes him away.
Da Silva looking to finish with strikes here!
Khalifa tries to hold on but Da Silva pushes him away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Khalifa blocking the ground and pound.
Khalifa really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Da Silva misses with a head shot.
Khalifa can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luiz Da Silva dominated that round.
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.
Da Silva instigates a clinch.
Da Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Da Silva.
Da Silva wants a takedown.
Da Silva gets control of Khalifa's arms and successfully pulls guard. Da Silva will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Khalifa wanted to stand there but Da Silva had control of the position.
Khalifa throwing strikes but missing.
Da Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Da Silva, not yet.
Khalifa trying to stand up but can't free himself from Da Silva's guard.
Khalifa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Khalifa drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Da Silva dives on top into guard.
Da Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Khalifa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Khalifa looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khalifa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Khalifa is looking to stand back up but Da Silva counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Khalifa.
Luiz Da Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Khalifa trying to hold on to Da Silva's head to control him but Da Silva postures up.
Da Silva moves into full mount! Khalifa won't be happy about that!
Da Silva throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Poor strikes thrown by Da Silva there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Khalifa is looking to improve his position but Da Silva isn't that keen on the idea.
Khalifa slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Khalifa actively working from the bottom here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Khalifa manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalifa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Khalifa wants to stand up but Da Silva is controlling him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Da Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Khalifa wants to sweep here but Da Silva controlling him for the moment.
Khalifa working for a triangle but Da Silva defends it 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!
Da Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Khalifa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Da Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Khalifa has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Da Silva stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Khalifa tries to clinch
and Da Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Khalifa misses with the head strike.
Da Silva lands a takedown into guard.
Khalifa is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Khalifa throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Da Silva got a little sloppy there for a moment and Khalifa has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Da Silva has managed to get both his arms back between Khalifa's legs - danger averted.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Da Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Da Silva controlling from the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalifa wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Da Silva manages to pass to side control.
Da Silva wants to take a breather but Khalifa is having none of it.
Da Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Khalifa's head.
Da Silva trying to control from Khalifa's half guard. Khalifa has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Da Silva has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Khalifa looking for a triangle here. Da Silva is fighting it but it looks tight! Khalifa pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Da Silva is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Wiz Khalifa!
Wiz Khalifa decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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