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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Arealius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arealius kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is Ministry Rock. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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187 cm
21
195 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anthony Arealius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fernardo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arealius closes the distance and clinches.
Silva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Arealius gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Come on Arealius - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Arealius is trying to break free.
Silva gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Silva wants to control from the top but Arealius keeps moving.
Silva stops Arealius from standing up.
Silva is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Arealius pushes Silva off and gets back to his feet.
Silva walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Arealius tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Arealius circles away from the clinch attempt
and Arealius counters by moving into the clinch.
Arealius lands with a short shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva pulls Arealius into guard.
Arealius trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Arealius from controlling successfully.
Silva has a closed guard, preventing Arealius from standing up.
Silva being controlled here, momentarily.
Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Silva can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Arealius controls the pace.
Arealius tries to stand but Silva is controlling from the bottom.
Arealius postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Arealius trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Silva keeping full guard, as Arealius tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Arealius is stalling in the full guard.
Arealius stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Arealius throws a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Silva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Arealius misses with a two punch combination.
Arealius scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.
Arealius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arealius fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A choreographed right hand from Arealius misses the target.
Arealius throws a big shot that misses.
Arealius throws a head kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Arealius looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Arealius tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva tries to stall but Arealius uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Arealius wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Arealius wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Arealius wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Arealius escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Anthony Arealius is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A thudding body kick lands there by Silva!
Silva looks to clinch
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Arealius is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Arealius misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Arealius is breathing heavily.
Arealius throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it.
Arealius throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A head kick misses from Arealius.
Arealius gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to score a body lock takedown but Arealius shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Anthony Arealius has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fernardo Silva.
Arealius breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Arealius lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva blocks a head kick by Arealius.
Silva fails with the takedown
and Arealius moves into the clinch.
Arealius breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva shoots and misses
and Arealius holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Silva tries to pull guard but Arealius won't allow it.
Arealius manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Silva keeps control of Arealius as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Arealius escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Arealius waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Silva.
Jab from Arealius.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Arealius is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Silva avoids the head kick by Arealius.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Arealius dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Silva fails to land the takedown.
Silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Arealius counters with a left right combination that sends Silva crashing to the mat - Arealius wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Silva out for a TKO! Devastating finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Arealius!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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