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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frederick Finklestein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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165 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frederick Finklestein!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a right and a left that Finklestein avoids nicely.
Silva thuds his right hand into Finklestein's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Finklestein tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A choreographed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Finklestein throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Finklestein shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Finklestein's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Finklestein counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Finklestein.
Finklestein stands and throws Silva's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Finklestein asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Finklestein in side control lands a decent elbow.
Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Silva tries to get out of the position.
Finklestein tries for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Silva tries to improve position but can't.
Silva is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Finklestein on the ground.
Finklestein passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Silva!
Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Silva trying desperately to get to his feet.
Finklestein wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Finklestein landing strikes, looking to finish!
Finklestein blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Finklestein cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Silva tries to hold on but Finklestein pushes him away.
Finklestein connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Silva is looking to improve his position but Finklestein isn't that keen on the idea.
Silva trying desperately to get to his feet.
Silva is looking to get to half guard.
Finklestein has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Finklestein tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Silva taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Finklestein in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Finklestein scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Finklestein.
Finklestein pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Finklestein connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Silva wants to try and get back to his feet.
Finklestein trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is bucking up trying to escape but Finklestein cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Finklestein punishing his opponent with strikes.
Silva squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Finklestein lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Silva wants to control but Finklestein is having none of it.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Silva is working hard here to advance position.
Finklestein unloading with bombs!
Finklestein lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frederick Finklestein dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Finklestein rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Finklestein counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Finklestein.
Finklestein with a knee to the head.
Silva looking to stall.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Finklestein is controlling the position.
Finklestein lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Finklestein landing knees to the body.
Finklestein escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva throws a good cross that connects.
Silva stalks Finklestein and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Finklestein's face. Finklestein staggers backwards, shaken.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Silva misses with a combination
and Finklestein counters with a thumping low kick.
Finklestein is breathing heavily.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Finklestein counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silva controlling the position.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Finklestein is one step ahead there.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Finklestein trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Finklestein prevents Silva from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Finklestein holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Finklestein won't allow it.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Finklestein escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Finklestein fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Finklestein fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva stuffs the takedown.
Anderson Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frederick Finklestein.
Finklestein moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No luck for Finklestein with that takedown attempt.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Finklestein tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anderson Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Finklestein shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Silva's guard.
Finklestein scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finklestein advances to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Finklestein lands a nice short elbow.
Finklestein prevents Silva from standing back up.
Finklestein moves nicely into side control.
Frederick Finklestein has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Silva tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Silva is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Will Finklestein go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finklestein lands punches and elbows.
Silva is trying to break free.
Finklestein is persistently looking for the submission but Silva is defending it well.
Silva trying to control the hands but Finklestein breaks the grip.
Silva is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Silva covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Finklestein is hanging on to Silva's back as he tries to escape.
Silva staying busy and making it hard for Finklestein to control.
Silva is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frederick Finklestein showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Silva looks to land a combination but Finklestein avoids it well.
Silva lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Finklestein drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Finklestein looking to stall.
Finklestein connects with a knee to the head.
Finklestein manages to break the clinch.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Finklestein counters with a takedown into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Finklestein moves into full mount!
You get the feeling that Silva really doesn't like being in this position too much.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finklestein controlling from mount.
Silva is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Silva can't escape the position.
Finklestein tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Silva really wants to buck Finklestein off and get back to his feet.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Finklestein working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Silva is trying to stand.
Silva flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Finklestein scoring with strikes but Silva is staying in there.
Finklestein scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Silva is rocked!
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Oh Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Finklestein landing punches.
Finklestein can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silva is looking to escape.
Silva is bucking up trying to escape but Finklestein cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finklestein controlling his opponent.
Silva is trying to stand.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Finklestein scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Silva?
Silva squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Finklestein lands with some strikes.
Silva is trying to stand up.
Finklestein looking to secure an arm triangle but Silva defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
A nice elbow there by Finklestein.
Finklestein wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Finklestein looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Finklestein wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Finklestein landing punches.
Silva is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Anderson Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva can't escape the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frederick Finklestein comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Finklestein winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frederick Finklestein!
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FIGHT
RATING
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