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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonardo daVinci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Wanderlei Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leonardo daVinci!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Silva finds it's way through daVinci's defenses.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
daVinci avoids the body shot from Silva.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
daVinci is looking to score with low kicks.
daVinci throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
daVinci takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body but daVinci moves away.
Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles daVinci. daVinci circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
daVinci scores with a sloppy right hand. Silva should have avoided that one.
Silva takes a swing at daVinci's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Silva finds it's way through daVinci's defenses.
A lazy left from Silva finds it's target.
Silva scores with a hook.
daVinci avoids the body shot from Silva.
Silva takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's one minute gone in the round.
daVinci throws a body kick that misses.
Silva scores with a jab to the jaw.
daVinci throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
daVinci pulls out of a head kick attempt.
daVinci pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva avoids the head kick by daVinci.
Nice straight punches there by Silva. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Silva.
Silva throws a series of punches but daVinci avoids them all with ease.
daVinci moves into the clinch.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, daVinci creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva is struggling to control the position.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from daVinci.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva is looking to control daVinci's arms but daVinci gets an underhook and turns him. Now Silva has his back to the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
daVinci tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
daVinci misses with the head strike.
daVinci's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
daVinci tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but daVinci gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silva.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
daVinci's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing daVinci up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
daVinci scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of daVinci's head.
Silva trying to stall but daVinci improves his position.
Silva avoiding damage as daVinci throws knees to the body.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but daVinci is blocking nicely.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
daVinci managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
daVinci tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
daVinci misses with a body punch.
daVinci blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva is trying to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by daVinci.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
daVinci tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but daVinci is blocking nicely.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but daVinci gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage.
Silva goes for a takedown in the clinch but daVinci prevents it.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but daVinci has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
daVinci throws a knee to the head but misses.
daVinci throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from daVinci.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
daVinci blocks the elbow strike.
daVinci looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderlei Silva dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from daVinci finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.
daVinci cracks Silva with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A decent looking cross lands there for daVinci.
Silva misses with a hook.
Leonardo daVinci seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick from daVinci lands but Silva takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
daVinci misses with a hook.
daVinci tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva throws a right hand that daVinci ducks under and follows up with a left that daVinci also avoids with ease.
Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Silva is looking to land body kicks.
daVinci lands a nice looking kick to the body. Silva takes a step back to recover.
Silva throws a shot from downtown. daVinci moves away and avoids it.
daVinci feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva avoids the head kick by daVinci.
daVinci lands a high kick!
Silva scores with a crisp jab that stopped daVinci in his tracks.
daVinci tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but daVinci was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
daVinci misses with a head kick.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silva scores with a jab to the head.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
daVinci looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
daVinci lands with a kick to the temple. Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
This has been an exciting period of action!
daVinci connects with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
daVinci throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Silva checks the leg kick nicely there.
Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Nice strikes from Silva there.
daVinci is not content to let Silva control the position.
daVinci wants to get back to his feet.
Silva working the head and body with strikes.
Silva prevents daVinci from improving his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
daVinci gets full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but daVinci is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
daVinci is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
daVinci utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
daVinci keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
daVinci wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed daVinci's guard.
Silva scoring with strikes to the body and head.
daVinci tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control from half guard but daVinci is working away.
Silva is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva prevents daVinci from improving his position.
daVinci slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Silva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva lands a couple of elbows.
Wanderlei Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
daVinci is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leonardo daVinci showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
daVinci throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
daVinci tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
daVinci shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
daVinci throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
daVinci misses with a hook.
daVinci throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
daVinci fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva on the side of the head.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
daVinci takes one to the chin there.
daVinci takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Silva, as that shot connected.
daVinci throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva gets a clinch.
Wanderlei Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Silva landing knees to the head.
daVinci blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
daVinci is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns daVinci into the cage.
daVinci pushes Silva back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
daVinci scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
daVinci dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by daVinci.
daVinci is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now daVinci has his back to the cage.
daVinci on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
daVinci is looking to control Silva's arms but Silva gets an underhook and turns him. Now daVinci has his back to the cage.
daVinci misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
daVinci tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
daVinci is trying to stall.
daVinci lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right from daVinci.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for daVinci.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Come on Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
daVinci misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
daVinci tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
daVinci tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Silva.
Silva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but daVinci gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Silva wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wanderlei Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva blocks a body shot from daVinci.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but daVinci pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but daVinci blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from daVinci.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
daVinci misses with a body punch.
daVinci just leaning against Silva, taking a breather.
daVinci avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
daVinci misses with a hook from the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for daVinci.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but daVinci blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva is looking for a takedown.
Silva tries a knee to the head but daVinci blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
daVinci tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
daVinci misses with a punch to the body.
daVinci tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Wanderlei Silva.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wanderlei Silva!
After winning the bout, Wanderlei Silva thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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