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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rickson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ederson Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alves is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by DMX - The Rain. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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145 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rickson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ederson Alves!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Mauricio Rocha and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Alves.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Alves circles away.
Alves throws a left and a right that both miss
so Silva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Alves is keeping the position.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Alves controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Silva doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Silva manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Alves is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Alves.
Silva manages to get to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves preventing the sweep.
Alves postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Silva is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Alves, into his guard.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Alves swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Silva preventing the sweep.
Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Silva postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva stands up over Alves, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Silva drops back looking for a leg! Alves is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Alves manages to kick Silva off! Silva jumps back into Alves's guard.
Silva keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Alves's head.
Silva chips away with some ground and pound.
Silva scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Alves is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Silva defends well.
Silva sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Alves's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Alves has managed to free his arm - good work.
Silva is looking for a kimura but Alves is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Silva to get the leverage.
Silva wants to pass the guard but Alves is defending well.
Silva is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alves looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rickson Silva dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Alves closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Alves throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alves tries to clinch up
and Silva decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Alves's guard.
Silva won't allow Alves to get back to his feet.
Silva slips nicely into half guard.
Silva 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.
Alves has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Silva escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Silva!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva scores with punches from side control.
Silva looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Alves is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Silva goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Alves has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Silva but great work by Alves.
Alves trying to control the position but Silva is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to improve his position.
Silva stops Alves from passing to mount.
Alves tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Silva gets back to half guard.
Silva is trying to get back to full guard.
Silva regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva pushes Alves off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Alves throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Ederson Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice sprawl there from Alves as Silva shoots in.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Alves sprawls well. Alves wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Alves wants to clinch.
Alves fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Silva working the ground and pound but Alves is defending the strikes.
Silva has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Alves is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Silva yanks on the arm and Alves is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Silva.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rickson Silva!
Rickson Silva managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, RMC - $1 Shirts!, into his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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