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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fabricio Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson Silva will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabricio Gracie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Anderson Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Gracie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Silva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Silva misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Silva.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gracie closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Silva did well to prevent Gracie getting side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Silva tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
Gracie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie is working for a submission of some sort.
Silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Silva is just riding it out for now. Gracie eventually gives up the hold.
Gracie is trying to work for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
Gracie is working for a submission of some sort.
Gracie is looking for a kimura here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie seems to be working for a kimura but Silva defends the submission attempt.
Silva gets full guard.
Gracie drops back looking for a leg! Silva is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Silva manages to kick Gracie off! Gracie jumps back into Silva's guard.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gracie is one step ahead there.
Gracie passes into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gracie seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Silva is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Fabricio Gracie!
Fabricio Gracie is the new middleweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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