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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vagner Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vagner Love has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vagner Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Love.
Silva defending well as Love loads up on a big left hand.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Silva throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Love tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Silva is in Love's guard.
Silva preventing the sweep.
Love is controlling Silva's posture.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Love is looking to stand up but Silva isn't so interested in that idea.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva advances to half guard.
Silva with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Love tries to roll over but Silva keeps him under control.
Silva is looking to take a break and control but Love is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Love is looking for a sweep. Silva is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva passes to side control.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Love keeps working.
Love knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Love is trying to get back to half guard.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Love keeps working.
Silva tries to move to mount but Love blocks the move with his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Love is avoiding damage well.
Love is looking to regain half guard here but Silva keeps moving and retains side control.
Love is pushing Silva's head away, looking to escape. Silva manages to hold on to the position though.
Love is trying to work for a sweep but Silva has mounted him!
Love blocking the ground and pound.
Silva throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Love because Silva loaded up on that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Love throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Silva wants to control the pace but Love is squirming around nicely.
Love is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Love can't escape the position.
Silva wants to control the pace but Love is squirming around nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Love really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Love misses with a body shot.
Love misses with a hook.
Love is looking to clinch.
Love slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Love throws an overhand right that lands on Silva's shoulder, as Silva tries to avoid the shot.
Love misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva counters with a head kick. That will keep Love thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Silva closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Love's guard.
Love can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Silva controls the pace.
Love wants to get back to his feet but Silva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Silva stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love misses with a series of wild punches.
Love misses with a straight right.
Love throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Love tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Love throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Love throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Love misses with a wild body shot.
Love closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Love lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love lands with a short shot to the head.
Love blocks a body shot from Silva.
Silva jumps guard but Love stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Love is keeping busy.
Love is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Love lands an uppercut.
Love scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Love lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Love taking a breather.
Love digs a right hand into Silva's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Silva's gas tank.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Love.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva is rocked!
Silva blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Love pushes Silva against the cage. Love is working some dirty boxing. Love pushes off with a quick right hook! Silva goes down! Silva tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Love moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vagner Love!
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hype
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RATING
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