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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raimundo Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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187 cm
31
200 lbs
13 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
23
205 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Raimundo Oliveira! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anderson Silva! The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Oliveira looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range. Oliveira throws a hook but Silva blocks it. Silva scores with a nice right hand.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Oliveira. Oliveira swinging wildly here.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Silva misses with a straight left. Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Silva misses with a left hand and Oliveira counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Silva connects with a nice looking jab.
That's one minute gone in the round. Silva throws a looping overhand right but Oliveira ducks down to avoid it. Oliveira changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Oliveira manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Silva throws an off balance right hand
and Oliveira counters with a lovely straight right hand! Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Oliveira. Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Oliveira misses with a body shot.
Oliveira just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva loads up on a big right hand but Oliveira slips the punch. Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Oliveira counters with a takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work. Oliveira tries to advance to mount but can't. Oliveira working away. Silva tries to buck Oliveira off but Oliveira is having none of it. Oliveira controls the position. Silva takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Oliveira throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage. Oliveira wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy. Oliveira lands an elbow. Oliveira throwing strikes but missing, from side control. Oliveira happy to just control the position for now. Silva tries to improve position but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round. The strikes coming from Oliveira are missing the target in this wave of attacks. Oliveira landing a few strikes. Oliveira is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Silva will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already. Oliveira has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Oliveira landing strikes. Oliveira misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard. Oliveira grinds an elbow into Silva's temple.
It looks like Anderson Silva has been cut. Oliveira grinds an elbow into Silva's temple. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Silva gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there! Oliveira lands a nice shot to the head. Silva taking shots to the head. Oliveira scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Oliveira content just to control the position here. Oliveira trying to control but he's not successful this time. Oliveira controlling from the full mount. Silva taking shots to the head. The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring. Oliveira with the ground and pound from mount. Oliveira trying to control but he's not successful this time. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Oliveira lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Silva hang on? And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raimundo Oliveira dominated that round. The cut man is working on Anderson Silva's cut. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Oliveira closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Silva to the mat! Silva manages to get full guard. Silva wants to sweep here but Oliveira controlling him for the moment. Oliveira throwing strikes but missing. Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Oliveira. Oliveira keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head. Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silva trying to strike off his back.
Oliveira scoring with some ground and pound. Oliveira controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Oliveira loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round. Oliveira scoring with some ground and pound. Oliveira advances to half guard. Oliveira sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Silva defending well though. Oliveira is trying to control. Silva wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. Silva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Oliveira. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Oliveira seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Oliveira throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Oliveira has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Oliveira raining down hammerfists from mount.
That has opened up Anderson Silva's cut even more. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Oliveira lands a heavy elbow.
Anderson Silva's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Anderson Silva's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Raimundo Oliveira! As Raimundo Oliveira got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Essa foi sua primeira aula de boxe, cara!!! This was your first boxing lesson, dude!!!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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