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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Berry Fulcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gigant Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gigant Silva has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Berry Fulcher's chin.
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190 cm
26
220 lbs
21 - 15 - 0 |
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225 cm
24
265 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
21 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Berry Fulcher! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gigant Silva! The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work. Silva fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Fulcher managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Silva.
Silva tries to land with some ground and pound but misses. Silva throwing shots but missing, from side control. Fulcher is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Silva has just dragged him back down to the mat. Silva throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage. An elbow from Silva crashes against the mat.
Fulcher on the wrong end of some ground and pound. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Silva looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Fulcher is avoiding damage well.
Silva lands some shots froms side control. Fulcher dodges the ground and pound from Silva. Fulcher knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round. Fulcher avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Silva. Silva throwing shots but missing, from side control. Silva tries to land with some ground and pound but misses. Silva misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Fulcher on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Fulcher tries to get out of the position. Silva is trying to get an arm triangle but Fulcher is defending well. Silva scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Fulcher to see if he's OK. Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Silva throws an elbow but Fulcher slips to the side and avoids it well. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Fulcher taking a bit of punishment here - Silva scoring with strikes. Fulcher can't do much from the bottom here. Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fulcher keeps working. Silva looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Fulcher gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Fulcher wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Silva.
Silva lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Fulcher hang on?
Fulcher is rocked! Silva postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Fulcher in real trouble here! The ref calls for Fulcher to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gigant Silva!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
45% |
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