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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dana White (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dana White has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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179 cm
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300 lbs
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225 cm
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290 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Prefers ground |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dana White! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wanderlei Silva! The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Donatello Bradman and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Silva scores a takedown into full mount! Silva with good strikes from the mount here! White gets back to half guard. White gets full guard. White manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Silva is looking to get to half guard. Silva bucks White off and manages to get back to his feet! Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but White paws at him with a jab and circles away. White tries for a takedown but Silva circles away easily and Silva counters with a shoot takedown. White fights it but they end up in guard. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. White bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard. White looking to pass the guard. White missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. White trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom. Silva has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but White has passed into side control.
White wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Silva, who protects the arm well. White has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand. Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of White is proving hard to escape from. Silva looks gassed! White working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Silva doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but White is tightening it up a little... Silva has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Silva reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Silva taps out! nice BJJ there by White!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Dana White!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
91% |
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