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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charles Chambers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felix Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charles Chambers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Felix Silva!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva is trying hard to land a takedown here. Chambers sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Chambers tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Chambers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva instigates a clinch.
Chambers ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Chambers no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Chambers uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Chambers scores with a jab to the body.
Chambers misses the shot to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Chambers as Silva shoots in.
Chambers tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries to clinch up but Chambers circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Chambers is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Silva is working for takedown but Chambers is calmly controlling the position for now.
Charles Chambers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felix Silva.
Chambers drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Chambers shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
No joy there for Chambers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chambers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Chambers fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva working aggressively here.
Silva pulls guard.
Silva is looking to stand back up but Chambers counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Silva.
Chambers tries to stand and escape but Silva actually recovers to full guard.
Chambers 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.
Chambers has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Silva is proving hard to escape from.
Chambers stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chambers wanted to stand there but Silva had control of the position.
Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Chambers trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Silva trying to control the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Silva dives in and grabs Chambers's left leg, looking for a takedown. Chambers pushes down on Silva's head and hops out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chambers.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chambers.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
Chambers tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva tries to clinch there but Chambers circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chambers with a jab.
Chambers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva tries to clinch up but Chambers circles away and keeps his distance.
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 Charles Chambers will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Chambers instigates a clinch.
Chambers tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Chambers has Silva pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Chambers pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Silva tumbling to the mat - Chambers dives into Silva's guard.
Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Chambers from controlling successfully.
Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Silva throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva pulls Chambers in close to his closed guard and prevents Chambers from doing any damage or advancing position.
Chambers would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Chambers has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Chambers wants to stand and escape but instead Silva has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Chambers wants to stand up but Silva is controlling him.
Silva stands up and waves to Chambers to follow him.
Chambers clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chambers wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Chambers's efforts to push away.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Chambers.
Silva manages to break the clinch.
Chambers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chambers tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chambers throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Chambers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chambers tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Chambers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chambers tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chambers's defenses.
Chambers has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Silva is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Silva pulls guard effortlessly.
Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Chambers is one step ahead there.
Silva is breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the position.
Chambers trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chambers stops Silva from standing up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chambers tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Chambers working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Chambers wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Chambers dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Chambers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva looks for a takedown but Chambers sprawls well.
Silva tries to clinch but Chambers moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Silva instigates a clinch.
Chambers displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
Chambers wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva pulls guard.
Silva looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Silva looking to control.
Chambers trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva working a defensive guard here.
Chambers trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Felix Silva hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Chambers keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chambers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Charles Chambers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felix Silva.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Chambers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Charles Chambers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Chambers wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Chambers avoids the damage to the body.
Silva is pressed up against the cage. Chambers has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Silva down to the mat. Silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Silva gets tackled into the cage by Chambers. Chambers maintains the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Chambers gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Silva looking to control.
Chambers gets to his feet. Silva looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Chambers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Good shot there by Chambers.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Chambers. Those never looked like landing.
Chambers tries to clinch up
and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chambers tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva tries for a takedown but Chambers sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Silva rushes Chambers and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva tries for a takedown. No joy.
Silva keeps control of Chambers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Chambers is blocking nicely.
Chambers changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Silva fights it off and pushes away nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chambers tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Chambers showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Chambers, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Chambers!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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