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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Burt Bedlan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Silva Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Wrestler. Burt Bedlan had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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193 cm
22
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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195 cm
18
269 lbs
0 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Burt Bedlan! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Silva Silva! The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Lou da Vinci and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Silva stalks Bedlan and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bedlan's face. Bedlan staggers backwards, shaken. Bedlan shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Bedlan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Silva misses with a low kick. Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick. Silva keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Bedlan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Silva Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Bedlan moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off. Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bedlan moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Silva wants to slow Bedlan down by chopping away at his legs. Silva throws a series of strikes that have Bedlan backpedaling.
Silva connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Bedlan shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Burt Bedlan. That's going to take a lot out of him. Silva looks to land a combination but Bedlan avoids it well. Bedlan is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Bedlan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva lands with a cross. Silva throws a combination. Bedlan tries to block but a couple of punches get through. Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bedlan walks into a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round. Silva keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Bedlan walks into a stiff left hand from Silva. Silva lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bedlan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Bedlan throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Bedlan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time. Silva scores with a decent looking hook. Bedlan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the cage. Bedlan scores with a shoulder strike. Silva should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete. Bedlan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bedlan throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely. Silva throws a good cross that connects.
Bedlan moves into range and clinches up with Silva. Bedlan keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Bedlan decides to pull guard. Bedlan keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully. Silva wants to stand but Bedlan has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Silva looks gassed!
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. Bedlan scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. Bedlan stands up. Bedlan closes this distance looking for a takedown but Silva circles away. Bedlan fails with the takedown. Silva tests Bedlan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nice sprawl there from Silva as Bedlan shoots in. Silva throws a series of punches but Bedlan avoids them all with ease. Bedlan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. A punch combination from Bedlan misses. Silva tests Bedlan's chin there with a solid looking shot. Bedlan shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Bedlan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Bedlan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Bedlan shoots for a takedown but Silva saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Bedlan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Silva scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Bedlan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bedlan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva. Silva displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. Bedlan has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bedlan has him pressed against the cage. Bedlan pressing his opponent against the cage. Bedlan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bedlan jumps guard and drags Silva to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back. Bedlan trying to control the position here. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bedlan is proving hard to escape from. Silva wants to control from the top but Bedlan keeps moving. Silva wants to get up but he can't break Bedlan's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Silva Silva will probably get the nod. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Bedlan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Good standup being displayed there by Silva as he connects with a hook. Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. A punch combination from Silva misses. Silva sizes up Bedlan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for Bedlan on that attempt. Silva throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bedlan on the side of the head. Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Bedlan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bedlan shoots for a double leg takedown but Silva sprawls well. He's pushed Bedlan's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Silva tests Bedlan's chin there with a solid looking shot. Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Bedlan tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance. Silva throws a nice looking combination but Bedlan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Bedlan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Silva sizes up Bedlan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. Bedlan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Silva. Bedlan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bedlan there as he acknowledges the shot. Bedlan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's one minute gone in the round. Silva cracks the inside of Bedlan's front leg. Nice uppercut lands for Silva. That snapped Bedlan's head back.
Bedlan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Silva finds it's way round the side to connect with Bedlan's head. Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bedlan counters with a takedown into side control. Silva wants to get back to his feet but Bedlan drags him back down. Silva manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Silva stops Bedlan from getting back to his feet.
Silva wants to stand but Bedlan has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now. Bedlan is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest. Silva wants to stand up but Bedlan is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground. Bedlan darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage. Bedlan manages to break the clinch.
Bedlan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Burt Bedlan. That's going to take a lot out of him. Silva throws out a leg kick but Bedlan moves out of range and Silva only half commits. Silva waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Bedlan. Bedlan changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Bedlan manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Burt Bedlan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Some wild striking there from Silva.
Bedlan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it. Bedlan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Horrible takedown by Bedlan or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva which made him look bad. Bedlan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Good standup being displayed there by Silva as he connects with a hook. Bedlan drives through with a takedown into guard. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Bedlan stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bedlan has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Bedlan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bedlan breaks from the clinch.
Bedlan clinches with his opponent.
Bedlan breaks the clinch.
Bedlan feints and as Silva raises his hands in defense, Bedlan changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. Bedlan postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it. Bedlan slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up. Silva keeping moving, preventing Bedlan from controlling successfully. Bedlan gets to his feet. Silva looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son! Bedlan shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bedlan showed some decent athleticism there. Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Bedlan trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Silva keeps control of the position for the meantime. Bedlan stops Silva from getting back to his feet.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground. Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Bedlan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. Bedlan feints and as Silva raises his hands in defense, Bedlan changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Bedlan stands up from Silva's guard - Bedlan perhaps looking for a knockout. Silva will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Burt Bedlan dominated that second round. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
A nice combination there by Silva.
Bedlan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bedlan jabbing away but nothing is landing. Silva scores with the left hand. Bedlan knows he should have avoided that one. Silva fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Silva throws a leg kick but Bedlan moved away. Bedlan shoots in looking for a takedown. Silva tries to sprawl out of it but Bedlan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Silva manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva with a poor takedown and Bedlan moves into the clinch. Bedlan decides to pull guard. Silva gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. Bedlan closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Silva to the mat! Silva manages to get full guard. Bedlan wants to control from the top but Silva keeps moving. Bedlan gets to his feet. Silva looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son! Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bedlan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Silva lands a jab-cross combination. Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Silva lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook. Silva Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. The crowd cheers as Silva lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bedlan doesn't seem phased though. A punch lands to the side of Bedlan 's head but he takes it in his stride. Silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bedlan is rocked! Bedlan throws a looping overhand right but Silva ducks down to avoid it. Oh Bedlan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Silva lands with a big left! Bedlan is wobbled badly! Silva comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Bedlan to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Silva Silva!
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energy
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hype
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