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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wandeco Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nolan Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's entrance music is Mad Dog. A fine choice. Sackett is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bad To the Bone. Wandeco Silva could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Nolan Sackett's chin.
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215 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Excellent boxer
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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
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wandeco Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nolan Sackett!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva drops his hands momentarily and Sackett takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sackett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Sackett moves out of range easily.
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sackett finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva tries to land a body kick
and Sackett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva avoids the body shot from Sackett.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva throws a right hand that Sackett ducks under and follows up with a left that Sackett also avoids with ease.
Wandeco Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sackett moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.
Sackett scores with a shot to the body.
Sackett throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sackett can pounce on him.
Silva misses with a combination
letting Sackett counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sackett checks a leg kick.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick
and Sackett cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd cheers as Sackett lands an impressive looking overhand right. Silva doesn't seem phased though.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sackett sprawls well. Sackett wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva looks to throw a body kick
and Sackett counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva throws a low kick but Sackett avoids it.
Silva fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sackett on the side of the head.
Sackett lands a really nice looking cross but Silva seems unphased.
Sackett lands with a straight right. Silva didn't see that one coming.
Silva throws a lazy head kick
and Sackett counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Sackett is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Silva had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Sackett misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
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 looks to throw a body kick
and Sackett counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sackett defends it nicely.
Sackett has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Sackett.
Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sackett scores with a three punch combo!
Sackett lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Silva throws a push kick but Sackett slaps the foot to one side.
Sackett checks a leg kick nicely.
Sackett swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Wandeco Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva throws a series of punches but Sackett moves out of range.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sackett manages to avoid it.
Sackett misses with a double jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sackett crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Silva - the referee stops the clock and Sackett gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Silva. Sackett manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sackett throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Sackett scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.
Some wild striking there from Sackett.
A big head kick from Silva and Sackett is sent sprawling to the canvas!
Sackett is rocked!
It looks like Nolan Sackett has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Sackett is still in real trouble! Can Silva finish him?
Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sackett seems to have recovered his senses.
Sackett trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to control from the top but Sackett keeps moving.
Silva is stalling in the full guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Wandeco Silva wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Sackett chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sackett throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Silva throws a powerful right kick. Sackett tried to block low but the kick was high! Sackett was taken right off of his feet! Silva jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Wandeco Silva!
A relieved looking Wandeco Silva thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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