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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gigant Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hulk Hogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hogan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Real American. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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265 lbs
16 - 8 - 0 |
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258 lbs
48 - 27 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class 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
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gigant Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
48 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hulk Hogan!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hogan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hogan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hogan lands a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Hogan.
Hulk Hogan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva moves into the clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Silva has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Silva turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Silva throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Silva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Silva is trying to ground and pound but Hogan uses the momentary lack of control by Silva to regain half guard.
Silva really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan has hold of Silva's hands but Silva slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hogan is positioning himself well to prevent Silva advancing to mount.
Hogan is defending against the submission attempts here by Silva.
Hogan wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to control but Hogan is keeping him busy.
Silva content to control rather than advance.
Silva throws a strike but Hogan avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Hogan avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hogan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silva.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva wants to control from the top but Hogan keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a big elbow that misses.
Silva wants to control from the top but Hogan keeps moving.
Silva working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hogan managing to control the position.
Hogan controls Silva momentarily but Silva frees himself.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hogan tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Hogan. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
Hogan slaps away a takedown attempt from Silva, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gigant Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva tries for a takedown but Hogan manages to get underhooks.
Nice body punch from Hogan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hogan.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A body shot lands from Hogan.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hogan digs a right hand underneath Silva's ribcage. Silva let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hogan lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hogan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hulk Hogan dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hogan lands a left and a right that send Silva crashing to the mat, dazed. Hogan thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Silva is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hogan throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva shoots in for a double leg but Hogan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hogan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Good body shot from Hogan.
Hogan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hogan is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Silva has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Hogan after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gigant Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hogan drops Silva onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Silva is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Hogan lands a nice shot to the body.
Hogan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hogan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hogan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hogan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Silva to his knees! Hogan keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hulk Hogan!
Hulk Hogan was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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