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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chris Fredderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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130 lbs
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140 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight 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, Chris Fredderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Silva!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fredderson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A big left from Fredderson misses.
Fredderson misses with a head kick.
Silva wants to clinch but Fredderson slips to the side
and Fredderson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Fredderson.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Fredderson from controlling successfully.
Fredderson looking to pass the guard.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Fredderson trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Fredderson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.
Fredderson wanted to stand there but Silva had control of the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Chris Fredderson just wasn't active enough.
Silva tries to clinch there but Fredderson circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva avoids the head kick by Fredderson.
Fredderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva wants to clinch up but Fredderson keeps it at a distance.
Fredderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Fredderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Chris Fredderson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fredderson instigates a clinch.
Fredderson is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Silva pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Fredderson wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Fredderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fredderson is looking for a takedown.
Silva utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fredderson is breathing heavily.
Fredderson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fredderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Fredderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Fredderson's takedown attempt.
Fredderson is looking to take this one to the mat.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fredderson is defending well for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fredderson takes an elbow to the temple.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fredderson's brow.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Fredderson shrugs off.
Fredderson takes an elbow to the temple.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva avoiding damage as Fredderson throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Fredderson dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Fredderson blocks with his arms.
Silva pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fredderson looking to slow down the pace here.
Fredderson tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
Fredderson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Silva to keep the fight standing.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Fredderson in his tracks for a moment.
Fredderson takes an elbow to the temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva stalling in the clinch but Fredderson improves position.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fredderson misses with a knee strike.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fredderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Nice elbow from Silva.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fredderson looking for a takedown.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fredderson blocks an elbow strike.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Fredderson in his tracks for a moment.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Silva dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fredderson gets a clinch.
Fredderson pulls guard successfully.
Fredderson controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva wants to stand but Fredderson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Silva must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Fredderson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Silva is aware though and is defending well.
Fredderson working for a triangle but Silva defends it easily.
Fredderson has his foot on Silva's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Silva works his way back into a safe position though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Fredderson, up you get!
Rafael Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fredderson shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Silva tries to clinch up but Fredderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Fredderson tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Fredderson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fredderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Fredderson throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fredderson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Silva avoids it really well and circles away.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Fredderson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva gets a clinch.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fredderson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fredderson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fredderson can't break the clinch.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredderson avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Fredderson blocks with his arms.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fredderson blocks the elbow strike.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Fredderson's ribcage.
Silva lands an elbow just above Fredderson 's eye.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva tries to stall but Fredderson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fredderson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fredderson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Silva misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva working Fredderson over with knees to the body.
Fredderson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fredderson blocks an elbow strike from Silva.
Fredderson avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the cage.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva misses with an elbow strike.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fredderson is trying to stall.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fredderson breaks the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fredderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva tries to clinch up but Fredderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Fredderson fails to pull guard.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Fredderson.
Fredderson blocks an elbow strike.
Fredderson manages to break the clinch.
Fredderson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chris Fredderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fredderson swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Fredderson clinches with his opponent.
Fredderson manages to break the clinch.
Silva avoids the head kick by Fredderson.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredderson throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Fredderson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Fredderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva tries to clinch but Fredderson is having none of it.
Fredderson tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fredderson dives in and grabs Silva's left leg, looking for a takedown. Silva pushes down on Fredderson's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Fredderson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silva just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fredderson's brow.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fredderson fails to pull guard.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fredderson blocks it with crossed arms.
Fredderson fails to pull guard.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Fredderson takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva lands an elbow inside that Fredderson shrugs off.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fredderson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silva is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silva lands an elbow inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rafael Silva seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Silva.
Fredderson takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silva throws an elbow but misses.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fredderson blocks the elbow strike.
Fredderson breaks from the clinch.
Fredderson looks for a takedown but Silva sprawls well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fredderson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva is looking to clinch but Fredderson is avoiding it.
Fredderson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fredderson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fredderson misses with a kick to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rafael Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Silva 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafael Silva!
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