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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Napoleon Bonaparte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Silverton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silverton has chosen Seven as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Napoleon Bonaparte could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Joey Silverton's chin.
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158 lbs
11 - 1 - 0 |
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156 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
KO power |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Napoleon Bonaparte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Silverton!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bonaparte keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A big right from Silverton misses.
Silverton loads up on a big right hand but Bonaparte slips the punch.
Silverton misses with an uppercut. Bonaparte saw that one coming.
Silverton throws a shot from downtown. Bonaparte moves away and avoids it.
Bonaparte wants to slow Silverton down by chopping away at his legs.
Silverton swings for the body but Bonaparte moves out of range.
Bonaparte throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Bonaparte lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silverton loads up on a big right hand but Bonaparte slips the punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bonaparte.
Bonaparte bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silverton's head.
Silverton shoots in looking for a takedown. Bonaparte tries to sprawl out of it but Silverton keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bonaparte manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bonaparte throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silverton.
Silverton blocks a low kick nicely.
Silverton misses with a hook
and Bonaparte connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonaparte fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bonaparte avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A cross from Silverton lands.
Silverton thows a body shot but no joy.
Silverton shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bonaparte pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Silverton throws a hook but Bonaparte avoids it easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Bonaparte.
Silverton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bonaparte.
A solid leg kick lands there for Bonaparte.
Bonaparte misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silverton moves out of range of the leg kick from Bonaparte.
Silverton fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Napoleon Bonaparte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joey Silverton.
Bonaparte stuffs the takedown attempt from Silverton. Silverton gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bonaparte drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Bonaparte.
Silverton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bonaparte was well out of range. Poor timing from Silverton.
Silverton fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Bonaparte to the ground. Silverton is now in Bonaparte's guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Bonaparte is adopting a defensive guard.
Bonaparte is trying to keep Silverton in close.
Silverton throws a big right hand that misses.
Silverton wants to control from the top but Bonaparte keeps moving.
Bonaparte controls Silverton momentarily but Silverton frees himself.
Bonaparte 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napoleon Bonaparte has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Silverton lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Silverton.
It looks like Napoleon Bonaparte has been cut.
Silverton shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Bonaparte napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Silverton cracks Bonaparte with a big right hand but Bonaparte just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Bonaparte gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Bonaparte wants to improve his position but Silverton is controlling well.
Silverton looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bonaparte wants to improve his position but Silverton is controlling well.
Bonaparte won't allow Silverton to pass to mount.
Bonaparte is trying to maintain the position but Silverton is very close to passing his half guard.
Silverton has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bonaparte is not content to let Silverton control the position.
Silverton is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bonaparte trying to hold on to Silverton's head to control him but Silverton postures up.
Bonaparte blocking the ground and pound attempt from Silverton.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silverton controlling the pace.
Bonaparte is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Napoleon Bonaparte will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Napoleon Bonaparte's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Silverton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silverton avoids the head kick by Bonaparte.
Bonaparte drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bonaparte fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bonaparte checks a leg kick nicely.
Silverton takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Silverton throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silverton swings widly with a right hand
and Bonaparte counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bonaparte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silverton.
Bonaparte tries a head kick but it misses.
Silverton avoids the head kick by Bonaparte.
Napoleon Bonaparte is winning the standup battle so far.
Bonaparte showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silverton.
Bonaparte throws a head kick but Silverton moves out of range.
A cross from Silverton lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silverton throws a lazy right hand but Bonaparte sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silverton throws a looping overhand right but Bonaparte ducks down to avoid it.
Bonaparte misses with the combination.
Silverton shoots in for a double leg but Bonaparte sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Bonaparte misses with a head kick.
Bonaparte tries a low kick but Silverton avoids it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bonaparte. That's going to slow Silverton down.
Silverton connects with a nice looking jab.
Silverton shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bonaparte manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Silverton postures up.
Silverton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silverton trying to control but Bonaparte is working from the bottom.
Silverton won't allow Bonaparte to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silverton is working Bonaparte over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Silverton seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Joey Silverton has got the better of the ground game so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bonaparte wants to sweep here but Silverton controlling him for the moment.
Bonaparte not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silverton pushes down on Bonaparte's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Bonaparte wants to control but Silverton is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Silverton is pressing down on Bonaparte's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bonaparte is holding on for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silverton missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bonaparte is trying to get back to full guard.
Silverton works his way into full mount!
Silverton lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bonaparte hang on?
Silverton prevents Bonaparte from getting the reversal.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Silverton cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Silverton putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silverton lands with some strikes.
Silverton in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bonaparte is desperately trying to improve his position but Silverton has a good base and remains in mount.
Silverton landing strikes from the mount.
Bonaparte is squirming around, avoiding Silverton's attempts to control the action.
Silverton with the ground and pound from mount.
Bonaparte is rocked!
Bonaparte wants to control but Silverton is having none of it.
Silverton breaks from Bonaparte's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silverton trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bonaparte can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Silverton showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Napoleon Bonaparte's cut.
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!
Nice uppercut there from Silverton.
Nice sprawl there from Bonaparte as Silverton shoots in.
Silverton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice shot lands for Silverton.
Silverton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bonaparte stuffs the takedown.
Bonaparte tries to land a front kick but Silverton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Silverton avoids the head kick by Bonaparte.
Silverton misses with a low kick.
Bonaparte wants to clinch up but Silverton keeps it at a distance.
Silverton shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Silverton showed some decent athleticism there.
Silverton is trying to control. Bonaparte wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silverton lands strikes from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bonaparte tries to roll over but Silverton keeps him under control.
Bonaparte is trying to control but can't.
Silverton trying to mount his opponent but Bonaparte defends it.
Silverton passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Bonaparte!
Bonaparte takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bonaparte is desperately trying to improve his position but Silverton has a good base and remains in mount.
Bonaparte wants to hold on but Silverton pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silverton with a couple of short strikes.
Silverton cracks Bonaparte with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
BOOM! Silverton connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Silverton avoids the attempt from Bonaparte to control.
Silverton lands a heavy elbow.
Bonaparte tries to reverse the position but Silverton maintains control.
Bonaparte in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Oh Bonaparte is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silverton drops a big elbow. That's hurt Bonaparte! More shots from Silverton and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joey Silverton!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Joey Silverton made sure he mentioned Rōnin, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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