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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stromile Farseer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wanderlei Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stromile Farseer!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farseer shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Silva but Silva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Farseer tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Farseer.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Farseer fails with the takedown.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva needs to keep his hands up - Farseer had a free shot at his head there.
Farseer throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Silva slips a jab from Farseer.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Farseer misses the target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Farseer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva blocks a jab.
Farseer is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
A big left from Farseer misses.
Silva throws a hook but Farseer blocks it.
Farseer keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A jab from Farseer does it's job there.
Farseer scores with a nice right hand.
Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Farseer misses the jab.
Silva lands a really nice looking cross but Farseer seems unphased.
It looks like Stromile Farseer has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Farseer. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Farseer looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva throws a jab when Farseer was well out of range.
Silva slips under a jab from Farseer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Farseer.
Wanderlei Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Farseer moves into range and connects with a jab.
Stromile Farseer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Farseer avoids the body shot from Silva.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Farseer might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Silva stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Silva wants it to stay on the feet.
Wanderlei Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stromile Farseer.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Farseer lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Farseer will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva throws a leg kick
enabling Farseer to counter with a crisp jab.
Silva scores with a spinning back kick!
Silva throws a predictable looking body shot
and Farseer counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silva's knee momentarily.
Farseer throws a sloppy head kick
and Silva counters with a good, hard body kick but Farseer shrugs it off.
Silva lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva lands a glancing blow to the side of Farseer's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farseer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Farseer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Farseer scores with a decent looking hook.
Farseer connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Farseer shoots in for a double leg but Silva sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Farseer.
Silva throws a quick inside leg kick.
Silva cracks Farseer with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Farseer pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silva is out of range and Farseer settles back down.
Farseer misses the jab.
Farseer misses with a hook.
Farseer shoots in but no luck this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva takes the fight into the clinch.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Farseer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Farseer won't want to take too many of those.
Farseer looks winded!
Silva landing knees to the head.
Farseer is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Farseer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Farseer avoids it.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Farseer blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Farseer.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Farseer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as Farseer tries to tie him up.
Farseer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva blocking some punches.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Farseer's face.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Farseer is trying to maintain a safe position but Silva gets an underhook and turns Farseer into the cage.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Wanderlei Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Stromile Farseer's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Silva lands a nice leg kick that just misses Farseer's sensitive parts.
Farseer misses with a takedown attempt - Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Silva, right into the meat.
Silva throws a chopping leg kick but Farseer manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Silva bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Farseer's head.
Farseer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Farseer throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Stromile Farseer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva digs a good hook to Farseer's body.
Farseer fails to land the takedown.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
Silva connects with a solid leg kick.
Farseer is breathing heavily.
Silva takes a swing at Farseer's ribcage but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Farseer blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Farseer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Farseer.
Farseer takes one to the side of the head.
That has opened up Stromile Farseer's cut even more.
Farseer throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva avoids the body shot from Farseer.
Farseer on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Silva. Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Farseer's head but Farseer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Farseer misses with a jab to the body
and Silva counters with an outside leg kick.
Silva buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva digs a good hook to Farseer's body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva cracks Farseer with a good jab.
Silva throws a nice looking combination but Farseer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A left and a right from Farseer both land. Nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Farseer is just out of range.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Farseer.
A good leg kick by Silva.
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Farseer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Farseer moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Silva throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farseer throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Farseer blocks with his arms.
Silva with a knee to the head.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Farseer takes a knee to the side of the body.
A knee to the head by Silva.
Wanderlei Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silva is trying to maintain a safe position but Farseer gets an underhook and turns Silva into the cage.
Farseer trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Farseer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva tries a knee to the head but Farseer blocks it.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Farseer has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Silva regains guard immediately.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Farseer is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farseer missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Farseer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Farseer in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Farseer throws an elbow that misses. Silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Farseer's guard. Nice move by Silva!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva wanted to stand there but Farseer had control of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanderlei Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stromile Farseer's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Silva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Farseer can pounce on him.
Farseer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Farseer looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Farseer on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Farseer throws a lazy right hand but Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Farseer scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big right from Silva misses.
Farseer throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Farseer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Farseer shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Silva pinned against the cage. Silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Farseer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Farseer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Farseer changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Farseer manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Farseer throws a head kick that misses
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Farseer uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Silva has time to react.
Farseer misses with a hook.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Farseer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva connects with a good right hand that stumbles Farseer. Farseer circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva is looking to slow Farseer down with leg kicks.
Silva misses with an uppercut. Farseer saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farseer misses with an attempted mid kick.
Farseer tries to clinch up.
Farseer throws a one two combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farseer gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Silva throws the kick towards the body but Farseer avoids it.
Farseer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The cut above Stromile Farseer's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Farseer.
Farseer throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Farseer misses with a few strikes there.
Farseer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wanderlei Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stromile Farseer.
Farseer throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Farseer misses the shot to the body.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Farseer.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jab from Silva.
Farseer is rocked!
Farseer lands a jab to the nose.
Farseer is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Farseer.
Farseer throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Farseer seems to have recovered his senses.
Silva lands a leg kick that knocks Farseer off balance momentarily.
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Silva getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Silva scores with a punch to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Silva.
Silva scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Stromile Farseer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wanderlei Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stromile Farseer's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva catches Farseer with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Farseer throws a poor cross that misses
and Silva counters with a crisp right that sends Farseer to the canvas! Silva follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wanderlei Silva!
Wanderlei Silva 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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