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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Gallo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wanderlei Silva has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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290 lbs
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300 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Big right hand |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Wanderlei Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ryan Gallo!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gallo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva has Gallo pressed against the cage.
Gallo pulls guard.
Silva avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Silva has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gallo looking for a guillotine here but Silva defends easily.
Silva knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gallo on the ground.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Gallo has wrist control.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Gallo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva tries to stand but Gallo is controlling from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gallo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Gallo is retaining full guard.
Gallo is looking for a triangle but Silva pushes his legs off easily.
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gallo wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment.
Gallo is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Gallo looks gassed!
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gallo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva scoring with punches to the head and body.
Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gallo looking for a guillotine here but Silva defends easily.
Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Gallo is proving hard to escape from.
Gallo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silva throws and elbow that misses. Gallo uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Silva's guard. Nice move by Gallo!
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gallo advances to half guard.
Silva on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Silva tries to get out of the position.
Silva is staying active underneath Gallo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Silva wants to control but Gallo is keeping busy.
Gallo moves nicely into side control.
Gallo is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Silva has escaped the position, nice work there.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard.
Silva is trying to buck Gallo off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is trying to improve his position.
Silva is working hard here to advance position.
Gallo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Silva is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silva throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Silva clinches.
Gallo manages to break the clinch.
Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gallo prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Gallo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Silva gets a clinch.
Gallo prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gallo backwards.
Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Gallo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gallo backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva is working for takedown but Gallo is calmly controlling the position for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva scores with a shot to the side of Gallo's head.
Gallo keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gallo takes a shot to the head.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
Gallo is pressed up against the cage. Silva has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gallo down to the mat. Gallo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wanderlei Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gallo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Gallo manages to break the clinch.
Gallo swinging wilding here.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gallo misses with a double jab.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gallo as he avoids it easily.
Silva wants to clinch.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gallo circles away.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Gallo lands a slapping body shot.
Gallo throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gallo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good work by Silva as he checks the leg kick.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva tries to clinch there but Gallo circles away.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gallo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gallo throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Gallo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ryan Gallo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gallo misses with a jab, cross combination.
A head kick misses from Gallo.
No luck for Silva with that takedown attempt.
Silva tries to clinch but Gallo moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallo swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Gallo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gallo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gallo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gallo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gallo circles away.
Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gallo is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Silva is working Gallo over against the cage.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silva content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Gallo shows good takedown defense.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva slips a straight right by Gallo.
Silva moves out of range as Gallo strikes.
Silva tries to bum rush Gallo with a series of wild strikes but Gallo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gallo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gallo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva is looking to clinch but Gallo is avoiding it.
A bone on bone clash there as Gallo blocks the leg kick.
Wanderlei Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
An inside leg kick lands from Gallo.
Silva blocks a head kick by Gallo.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva gets the takedown into side control.
Silva wants to stand but Gallo is controlling his arm.
Silva throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Gallo works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Silva thows a huge punch but Gallo dodges it nicely.
Silva is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Gallo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Silva throws a right and a left that Gallo avoids nicely.
Gallo misses with a few strikes there.
Gallo lands a big uppercut and Silva crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Silva looks OK.
Silva is rocked!
It looks like Wanderlei Silva has been cut.
Gallo is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Oh Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Silva is defending against the submission attempts here by Gallo.
Gallo trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.
Silva is trying to control but Gallo passes into side control!
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva is looking to reverse the position.
Gallo tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Gallo asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gallo advances nicely into full mount.
Gallo wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Gallo. What's that going to do exactly?
Silva is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gallo with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Gallo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Silva is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Silva is looking to improve his position but Gallo isn't that keen on the idea.
Silva really wants to buck Gallo off and get back to his feet.
Silva trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gallo trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Silva is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Silva is looking to improve his position but Gallo isn't that keen on the idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gallo working for a submission but Silva is keeping him at bay.
Silva is looking to get to half guard.
Wanderlei Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gallo has control of Silva's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Silva regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Gallo works his way to his opponent's back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gallo wants to control but Silva is keeping busy.
Silva defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Gallo's arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Ryan Gallo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gallo has got one arm under Silva's chin. This could be trouble... Silva trying to control the other hand but Gallo gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Silva has tapped out! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ryan Gallo!
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energy
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hype
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