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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Patches Meech (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stefan Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meech comes to the cage accompanied by shear it maybe. Stefan Silva has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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190 lbs
4 - 8 - 0 |
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186 cm
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195 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Patches Meech!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stefan Silva!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Meech.
Meech misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Meech misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Meech manages to avoid it.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Meech.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Meech.
Meech swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Meech lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Meech throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Meech throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Meech looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Meech.
Meech will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Patches Meech seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Meech rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Meech swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Meech connects with a looping right hand.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Meech.
Meech lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Meech misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab lands there for Meech.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meech looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Meech misses with a double jab.
A combination from Meech does no damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sloppy strikes from Meech. Those never looked like landing.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Silva.
Meech lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Meech throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Meech, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Meech lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meech displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Meech tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Meech misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sloppy strikes from Meech. Those never looked like landing.
Meech throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice uppercut lands for Meech. That snapped Silva's head back.
Meech looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Meech fails to land with a series of punches.
Meech throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Meech swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva staying out of range there.
Meech throws a series of strikes that have Silva backpedaling.
Meech will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Meech throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Meech misses with a wild combination.
Meech looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Meech throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.
Meech is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva breaks the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patches Meech dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Silva dodges the punch combination from Meech.
Meech misses with a series of wild punches.
Meech sizes up Silva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Meech misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meech was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Patches Meech is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Meech misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Meech misses with a double jab.
Meech tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Patches Meech is winning the standup battle so far.
Meech loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Meech lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meech misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Meech.
Meech fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A combination from Meech does no damage.
Meech misses with a two punch combination.
Meech misses with a jab, cross combination.
Meech throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Meech darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Meech throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Meech can't fight it off and eventually Silva manages to take the fight to the floor. Meech looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Silva trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva throws a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Silva throwing strikes but missing.
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva throwing strikes from guard but Meech blocks nicely.
Meech is looking to stand up but Silva isn't so interested in that idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Meech on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Meech tries to get out of the position.
Silva landing some decent shots from guard.
Silva postures up and lands a big shot to Meech's brow.
Silva chips away with some ground and pound.
Silva postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Silva throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Meech works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
My spies in Capital Fighting Gym inform me that Silva has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Meech preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Silva passes Meech's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva working over Meech with some ground and pound. Meech looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Meech looks like he's trying to stand up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Meech defending well though.
Silva throwing shots but Meech is blocking nicely.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Silva throwing shots but Meech is blocking nicely.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stefan Silva showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Silva shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Silva throws a big right hand that misses.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva scoring with some ground and pound.
Silva postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Silva lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Silva is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva connects with a couple of short punches.
Silva with a nice head shot there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Silva jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Silva is pushing down on Meech's leg trying to pass to half guard. Meech is fighting to maintain full guard but Silva has managed to sneak the leg through.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Silva working Meech over with strikes.
Silva is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Silva connects with a nice short shot to Meech's temple.
Meech avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Silva thows a huge punch but Meech dodges it nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva working over Meech with some ground and pound. Meech looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throwing shots but Meech is blocking nicely.
Stefan Silva has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva working over Meech with some ground and pound. Meech looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Silva seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Silva is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Meech avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
Silva seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Silva thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Silva lands a nice short elbow.
Silva thows a huge punch but Meech dodges it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands strikes from half guard.
Ground and pound from Silva.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Silva throwing shots but Meech is blocking nicely.
Silva scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Meech's head.
Silva slips a nice elbow through Meech's hands, connecting with Meech's forehead.
Silva throwing shots but Meech is blocking nicely.
Meech on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silva thows a huge punch but Meech dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva drops an elbow to the side of Meech's head.
Silva not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Meech defending well though.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Silva is nestled in close to Meech, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Silva throwing shots but Meech is blocking nicely.
Silva is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Meech avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Silva.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stefan Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stefan Silva!
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energy
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hype
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