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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gandalf Grey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and RZ Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grey's entrance music is You shall not pass. A fine choice. This should be fireworks!
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218 lbs
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205 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gandalf Grey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, RZ Silva!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Steve Erwin and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Grey tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Grey thuds his right hand into Silva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Silva throws a big shot that misses.
Grey looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grey.
Grey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Silva.
Grey fails to land with a series of punches.
Grey throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd cheers as Grey lands an impressive looking overhand right. Silva doesn't seem phased though.
Grey scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Grey connects with a leg kick. Silva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grey throws an off balance right hand
and Silva counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Silva slips under a jab from Grey.
Grey swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Grey throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
A big right from Grey misses.
Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silva there as he acknowledges the shot.
Grey lands with a cross.
Grey misses the jab.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Grey.
Grey throws a good cross that connects.
Grey misses with a wild body shot.
Grey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Grey misses with a few strikes there.
Grey is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grey. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
A leg kick checked by Silva.
Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Silva checks a leg kick.
Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Grey misses with an uppercut
and Silva counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Silva jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Grey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Grey loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Grey lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Silva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a nice shot that snaps Grey's head back.
Grey lands with a shot to the body.
Silva throws a right and a left that both miss.
Grey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva slips a jab from Grey.
Grey throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silva moves out of range as Grey strikes.
Grey catches Silva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Grey misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grey swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grey.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Grey swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva takes a kick to the side of the head.
Grey slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Grey misses with a hook
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grey misses with a straight right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grey staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gandalf Grey dominated that round.
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.
Grey connects with a jab.
Nice shot by Grey.
Grey misses with a hook
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silva moves out of range as Grey strikes.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
Grey misses with a body shot.
Grey misses with a straight right.
Grey slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva misses with a body shot
and Grey counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.
Grey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Grey lunges at Silva with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Silva's hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grey scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Grey looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Grey misses with a low kick as Silva jumps back.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Grey connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Grey swinging wildly here.
Grey lands a jab to the nose.
Grey lands a jab-cross combination.
Silva misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grey loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Silva slips under a jab from Grey.
Grey misses with a looping right.
Grey swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Grey was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grey misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good shot there by Silva.
Silva slips under a jab from Grey.
Grey stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Grey lands with an overhand left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grey misses with a body punch
and Silva counters with a right hand to the body.
Grey scores with a spinning back kick!
Grey misses with a looping right.
Grey digs a good body shot into Silva's ribs.
The fighters circling - Grey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grey throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Grey misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Gandalf Grey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grey throws a wild body kick that Silva sees coming a mile off.
Silva shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Grey misses the jab.
Grey slips a jab from Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Grey.
Silva listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Grey misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Grey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Grey scores with a nice head shot.
Grey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Silva lands with a straight right. Grey didn't see that one coming.
Grey dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grey.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Gandalf Grey is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva throws a series of punches but Grey moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gandalf Grey dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Silva moves out of range as Grey strikes.
Grey throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva avoids the body shot from Grey.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Grey.
Silva takes a kick to the side of the head.
Grey lands a jab to the nose.
Grey just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grey misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Silva might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Grey has got the better of the exchanges.
Grey throws a nice inside leg kick.
Grey on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grey swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Grey gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Grey misses with a punch on the inside.
Grey manages to break the clinch.
Grey cracks Silva with an open hand slap.
Grey misses with a straight right.
Grey connects with a right hand. Silva shakes it off.
Grey throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grey displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Grey bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Grey drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
Grey lands a hook to the side of the head.
RZ Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grey pushes Silva back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Grey gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Grey lands with a short shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Grey.
Grey lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Grey dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Grey lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Grey manages to break the clinch.
Grey takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grey.
Grey throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grey throws out the jab.
Grey misses with a body shot.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Grey swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva looks to land a right hand but Grey moved out of range.
Grey thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice body kick from Grey.
Silva throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Grey misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gandalf Grey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Grey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Grey smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silva shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Grey is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Grey lands with a hook. Silva tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva jabs Grey to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Grey moves into range and connects with a jab.
Grey fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gandalf Grey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Grey has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gandalf Grey!
Gandalf Grey seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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