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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Lebowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lebowski comes into the arena with The Man in Me blaring out of the sound system. Silva has chosen Vlad the Impaler as his entrance music. Thor Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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219 lbs
15 - 14 - 0 |
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218 lbs
19 - 9 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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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
15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jeff Lebowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thor Silva!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva keeps Lebowski at a distance using the push kick.
Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lebowski.
Silva swinging wildly here.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva throws a leg kick but Lebowski sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lebowski tries for a takedown but Silva circles away easily
and Silva counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Lebowski is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silva controls from within his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva trying to control but Lebowski is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lebowski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lebowski works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Lebowski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Thor Silva has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Lebowski misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeff Lebowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Lebowski defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Lebowski shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Silva as he avoids it easily.
Lebowski is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Silva's half guard.
Silva looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lebowski is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Well, if Lebowski is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Lebowski wants to lay and pray for a moment but Silva keeps working.
Lebowski is trying to work for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
Lebowski wants to work for an arm triangle but Silva is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Lebowski is looking for a kimura but Silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lebowski to get the leverage.
Lebowski is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Silva can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lebowski is working for a kimura but Silva is defending it quite comfortably.
Lebowski has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Silva defend it? Lebowski steps over the head and cranks it - Silva is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Lebowski!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jeff Lebowski!
Jeff Lebowski very nearly forgot to thank Shot in the Arm Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
36% |
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