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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Maldonado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 cm
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225 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
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195 cm
31
209 lbs
12 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robson Silva! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Maldonado! The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Silva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth. Silva scoring with punches from side control. Silva lands some shots froms side control. Maldonado tries to buck Silva off but Silva is having none of it. Maldonado gets back to half guard. Maldonado looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Silva pushes past his half guard into mount! Silva scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Maldonado?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Silva lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning. Maldonado is looking to get to half guard. Silva has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Maldonado's face.
Silva looking to finish Maldonado with some ground and pound. This is bad for Maldonado! Silva landing strikes, looking to finish!
Maldonado is rocked! Silva drops a big elbow. That's hurt Maldonado! More shots from Silva and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robson Silva! During a confident post fight interview, Robson Silva thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
100% |
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