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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ethan Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ethan Tate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Antonio Silva!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Kavanagh and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Tate.
Tate scores with a jab.
It looks like Antonio Silva has been cut.
Tate cracks Silva with a big right hand and Silva goes down!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tate trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
Tate has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Silva escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tate gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Tate knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Tate trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Tate distracts Silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Tate looking to pass the guard.
Tate landing some decent shots from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate lands a couple of digs.
Tate throws a big right hand that misses.
Tate throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tate stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tate thows a big elbow that misses.
Tate throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Tate cracks Silva with a solid left hand.
Tate postures up and lands a big shot to Silva's brow.
Tate is looking to work some ground and pound but Silva has wrist control.
Tate content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Silva has an active guard here but Tate has managed to pass into half guard.
Tate landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate is tying to control. Silva wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tate wants to pass the guard but Silva is defending well.
Tate working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Silva looking for submissions off his back.
Silva looks gassed!
Ground and pound from Tate.
Tate takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ground and pound from Tate.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tate lands a nice short elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Tate.
Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Tate drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Tate lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tate trying to control the pace.
Nice strikes from Tate there.
Tate scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Tate is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Tate drops an elbow to the side of Silva's head.
Tate landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tate lands a nice short elbow.
Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Tate working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tate 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 staying active underneath Tate, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tate working over Silva with some ground and pound. Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tate lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tate is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tate takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ethan Tate dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Silva's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silva there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tate darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tate fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tate as he jumps to the side.
Tate throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Tate thows a body shot but no joy.
Tate missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tate misses with a wild body shot.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Tate.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate misses with a low kick.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tate darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tate fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tate lands a jab to Silva's midsection.
Tate cracks Silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That has opened up Antonio Silva's cut even more.
Tate with a hook.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Tate.
Tate connects with a looping right hand.
Tate lands with an overhand left.
Silva is rocked!
The cut above Antonio Silva's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Silva! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Ethan Tate!
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FIGHT
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