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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Ruud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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202 lbs
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188 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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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
7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lars Ruud!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruud tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva thows a body kick. Ruud tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Ruud on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Silva throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ruud.
Silva throws a nice head kick!
Silva has Ruud up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ruud in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva has Ruud pushed against the cage.
Silva gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Lars Ruud has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva stops a takedown attempt from Ruud.
Ruud tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Ruud.
It looks like Anderson Silva has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Ruud is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ruud shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva lands with a kick to the temple. Ruud shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Silva fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ruud has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ruud shoots in but no luck this time.
Anderson Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lars Ruud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ruud's sensitive parts.
Ruud shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Silva as he jumps to the side.
That kick from Silva tenderised Ruud's leg. Ruud is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ruud takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ruud is looking to clinch.
Ruud takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ruud doesn't manage to clinch there - Silva circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruud closes the distance but Silva moves to the side
and Silva makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Ruud really felt that one!
Silva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Silva gets a clinch.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Ruud has him pressed against the cage.
Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva lands with a kick to the ribs.
Ruud is trying desperately to land a takedown but Silva is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Ruud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva slaps away a takedown attempt from Ruud, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Silva scores with a leg kick.
Silva lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Anderson Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva scores with a head kick.
That has opened up Lars Ruud's cut even more.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva throws a front kick that sends Ruud stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Silva dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Silva lands with a nice combination. Ruud backs away looking to recover.
Ruud rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ruud wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva scores with a push kick.
Ruud closes this distance looking for a takedown but Silva circles away.
Anderson Silva is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Silva. Ruud shrugs it off though.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ruud.
Anderson Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Silva.
Ruud tries for a takedown but Silva circles away easily
and Silva counters with a nice body kick.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva lands a front kick.
Silva thows a body kick. Ruud tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva thumps Ruud with a low kick.
Ruud is breathing heavily.
Ruud misses with a jab to the body
and Silva counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ruud's knee momentarily.
Silva throws a one two combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva scores with a kick to the body.
Silva lands a nice looking body kick.
Ruud takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ruud tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ruud's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Silva.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ruud can do to turn this around?
Ruud tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ruud fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ruud is looking for a takedown.
Anderson Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lars Ruud.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ruud throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva counters with a nice kick to the body.
Anderson Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ruud steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Silva. That one must have hurt.
Silva delivers a nice body kick.
Ruud on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ruud stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Silva lands a head kick!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruud tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Silva dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Ruud swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva clinches with his opponent.
Silva working Ruud over with knees to the body.
Ruud with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva lands an elbow that stopped Ruud in his tracks for a moment.
Ruud misses with a knee to the head.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ruud's defenses.
Ruud tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice elbow from Silva.
The cut above Lars Ruud's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Ruud tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Ruud takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ruud tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Silva delivers a nice body kick.
Ruud takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Silva throws a head kick that half lands.
Ruud misses with the combination.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ruud looks to clinch
and Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a spinning back kick!
Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ruud wants to clinch but Silva slips to the side
and Silva counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva clinches.
Ruud has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Silva.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ruud's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Ruud misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with a solid body kick.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a front kick that sends Ruud stumbling back into the cage.
Silva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Lars Ruud's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Ruud fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Silva throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Nice body kick from Silva.
Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ruud tries to score a power double leg takedown but Silva sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ruud somewhat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva moves into range and clinches up with Ruud.
Silva lands a knee to the head.
Silva manages to break the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ruud tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Silva counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Silva!
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energy
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hype
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