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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Cliche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's entrance music is Vlad the Impaler. A fine choice. The key to victory for Thor Silva has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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218 lbs
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212 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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
19 - 7 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Thor Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Charlie Cliche!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws a push kick but Cliche slaps the foot to one side.
No luck for Cliche with that takedown attempt.
Cliche keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cliche shoots in looking for a takedown but Silva manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cliche's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Silva leaves Cliche with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Thor Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Charlie Cliche.
Silva throws a low kick but Cliche avoids it.
Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cliche manages to break the clinch.
Silva throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Cliche looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Silva is fending him off so far but Cliche persists. Nope, Silva circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cliche.
Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Cliche checks a low kick from Silva.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cliche.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cliche.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Cliche shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Thor Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cliche fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Both fighters circling a little - Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Cliche checks the leg kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cliche avoids the head kick by Silva.
Silva motions for Cliche to come forward. Silva throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva throws a head kick but Cliche moves out of range.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Cliche moves out of range easily.
Cliche shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cliche closes the distance and clinches up with Silva, looking for a takedown. Cliche pushes Silva against the cage but Silva circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cliche shoots and misses
so Silva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Cliche looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silva wants to control from the top but Cliche keeps moving.
Cliche is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Silva wants to control from the top but Cliche keeps moving.
Cliche is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Thor Silva has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Silva throws a leg kick but Cliche checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Cliche won't allow it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cliche is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cliche is trying to trip Silva. He has hold of a leg but Silva is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Cliche persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Cliche is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
Cliche has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.
Cliche throwing strikes but missing.
Cliche connects with a couple of short punches.
Cliche keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silva's head.
Cliche trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cliche postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cliche.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thor Silva dominated that 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.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
Silva tries a low kick but Cliche avoids it.
Silva fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cliche is out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cliche takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Cliche staying out of range there.
Charlie Cliche is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
Silva throws a low kick but Cliche moves out of range easily.
Cliche avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cliche fails to land the takedown.
Cliche shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Silva has his hands on Cliche's head, controlling the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Cliche wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving.
Cliche with a nice head shot there.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cliche on the ground.
Silva can't keep his opponent in guard - Cliche advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Silva is staying active underneath Cliche, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Silva is trying to stand back up but Cliche is controlling him
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Cliche working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cliche wants to take a breather but Silva is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cliche working Silva over with strikes.
Cliche is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Cliche 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.
Cliche slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.
Silva pushes Cliche off but Cliche dives into side control.
Cliche connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Silva some visible discomfort.
Cliche scoring with punches and elbows.
Cliche advances to mount.
Cliche dominating with strikes here.
Silva is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cliche lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Silva! Cliche sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Silva and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Charlie Cliche!
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FIGHT
RATING
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