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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Borcuha Borcoev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiago Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen sambo de janeiro as his entrance music. 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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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Borcuha Borcoev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tiago Silva!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Borcoev looking to score a takedown here. Silva is defending well but Borcoev drives through and ends up in Silva's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Borcoev trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Borcoev's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silva 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.
Borcoev loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Borcoev.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Borcoev from controlling successfully.
Borcoev with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Borcoev throws a big elbow that misses.
Silva had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Borcoev defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borcoev throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Borcoev postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Borcoev lands a couple of digs.
Borcoev is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Borcoev.
Borcoev drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Borcoev jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Silva trying to control the position.
Silva wants to stand but Borcoev is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Borcoev throws an elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Borcoev's guard. Nice move by Silva!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Borcoev 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.
Borcoev uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Borcoev counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Borcoev.
Silva is looking to control Borcoev's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Silva avoid being mounted?
Borcoev is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Borcoev working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Borcoev is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Borcoev scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Borcoev lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Borcoev working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borcoev is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ground and pound from Borcoev.
Borcoev scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Borcoev working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Borcoev scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Borcoev pulls his head out easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Borcoev lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Borcoev prevents Silva from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Borcuha Borcoev dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Borcoev 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 Borcoev off to one side.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Borcoev counters with a takedown into side control.
Silva struggling a bit here.
Silva tries to buck Borcoev off but Borcoev is having none of it.
Borcoev scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Silva to see if he's OK.
Borcoev lands a nice forearm strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Borcoev thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Silva is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Borcoev is keen to just control but Silva is a slippery customer.
Borcoev working the head and body with strikes.
Borcoev is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Silva is not content to let Borcoev control the position.
Nice strikes from Borcoev there.
Silva manages to get to full guard.
Borcoev looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borcoev is working Silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Borcoev content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Borcoev looking to pass the guard.
Borcoev is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Borcoev stands and steps away. Silva gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borcoev shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Silva is trying to defend but Borcoev finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Borcoev.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control from the bottom.
Silva tries to roll over but Borcoev keeps him under control.
Borcoev working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Borcoev looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Borcoev wants to take a breather but Silva is having none of it.
Borcoev working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Borcoev seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borcoev sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though.
Silva is looking to control Borcoev's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Silva avoid being mounted?
Borcoev working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Silva trying to control here.
Silva looking for submissions off his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Borcoev is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Borcuha Borcoev 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Silva gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Borcoev to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Borcoev wants to pass the guard but Silva is keeping the position.
Silva looking to control.
Borcoev has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Borcoev is pushing down on Silva's leg trying to pass to half guard. Silva is fighting to maintain full guard but Borcoev has managed to sneak the leg through.
Silva trying to hold on to Borcoev's head to control him but Borcoev postures up.
Silva tries to kick Borcoev off but Borcoev keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Ground and pound from Borcoev.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Borcoev passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Silva!
Silva taking shots to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Borcoev putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Borcoev unloading with bombs!
Borcoev is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Borcoev punishing his opponent with strikes.
Silva tries to hold on but Borcoev postures up.
Borcoev jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Silva manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Borcoev is trying to get an arm triangle but Silva is defending well.
Borcoev throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borcoev lands an elbow.
Borcoev working the ground and pound.
Borcoev advances to mount.
Borcoev unloading with bombs!
Borcoev moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Silva has worked his arm free - good work by Silva!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borcoev throws a strike aimed at the side of Silva's head but Silva avoids it well.
Borcuha Borcoev overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Borcoev working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Borcoev scores with punches from side control.
Silva is looking to regain half guard here but Borcoev keeps moving and retains side control.
Silva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Silva wants to control but Borcoev postures up.
Silva is not content to let Borcoev control the position.
Borcoev connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Silva some visible discomfort.
Borcoev lands some shots froms side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Borcoev working the body and head with strikes.
Silva sneaks back into half guard.
Borcoev looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silva with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Borcoev working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Silva moves into full guard.
Silva is trying to keep Borcoev in close.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Borcoev connects with a couple of short punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Borcuha Borcoev showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Borcoev 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Borcuha Borcoev!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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