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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luca de Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kilian Lothar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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180 cm
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167 lbs
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165 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luca de Silva! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kilian Lothar! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lothar gets a takedown into half guard. Lothar missing with the ground and pound from half guard. Lothar thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed de Silva's head. Nice strikes from Lothar there. de Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lothar. Lothar tries to pass the half guard into mount. de Silva knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. de Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lothar. de Silva is trying to maintain the position but Lothar is very close to passing his half guard. Lothar prevents de Silva from standing back up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Lothar swats away the attempt to clinch by de Silva. de Silva keeps Lothar at a distance using the push kick. A head kick from de Silva lands but Lothar takes it in his stride. Lothar takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Left hook, right uppercut from de Silva. Lothar fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lothar tries to clinch up. Lothar is on the wrong end of a nice combination from de Silva.
Lothar is rocked! Lothar closes the distance and clinches. Lothar is still on wobbly legs! Can de Silva finish him? Lothar pushes off an throws an elbow but de Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Lothar managing to block the knees to the body from de Silva.
Lothar seems to have recovered his senses. Lothar lands a shoulder strike. Lothar wants the takedown. de Silva is fighting it off but Lothar persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in de Silva's guard against the cage. de Silva wants to stand and escape but Lothar is having none of it. de Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Lothar decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow. Lothar takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. de Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! Lothar tries to clinch up. Lothar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lothar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lothar takes a kick to the body and keeps moving. Lothar looks gassed! Lothar wants to clinch up but de Silva keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round. de Silva fakes the leg kick and cracks Lothar in the body. de Silva looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lothar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. de Silva cracks the inside of Lothar's front leg. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage! Lothar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. de Silva fakes the leg kick and cracks Lothar in the body. Lothar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by de Silva. de Silva obviously looking to wear him down.
de Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Lothar misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. de Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! de Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination! de Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Lothar. de Silva lands a head kick. Lothar smiles back at him and beckons him forward. de Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
de Silva lands a body shot.
de Silva connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lothar takes a kick to the side of the head. de Silva throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lothar's head. de Silva lands with a kick to the ribs.
de Silva lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lothar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? de Silva is fending him off so far but Lothar persists. Nope, de Silva circles away and we're back to standing. Ooooh, nice body kick lands from de Silva. Lothar shrugs it off though. Lothar gets a takedown into half guard. Lothar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Lothar is pressing down on de Silva's thigh, looking to free his foot. de Silva is holding on for now. Lothar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Lothar trying to control the action but de Silva is working from the bottom. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Lothar lands a nice short elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Lothar thows a huge punch but de Silva dodges it nicely.
Lothar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. Lothar looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard. de Silva wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Lothar trying to control the action but de Silva is working from the bottom. Lothar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. de Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lothar. Lothar missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Lothar not landing any meaningful shots this time. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. de Silva tries to kick Lothar off but Lothar keeps his base steady and stays in half guard. Lothar thows a huge punch but de Silva dodges it nicely.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Lothar tries to clinch there but de Silva circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luca de Silva dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
de Silva feints and then cracks Lothar's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lothar down. de Silva misses with a wild combination.
Lothar stuffs the takedown attempt from de Silva. de Silva gets slowly back to his feet. de Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lothar paws at him with a jab and circles away. Lothar shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in de Silva's guard. de Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lothar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. de Silva is looking for a triangle but Lothar pushes his legs off easily.
de Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Lothar is breathing heavily. de Silva had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Lothar is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. de Silva Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Lothar's back instead. de Silva is looking for the choke from the back position but Lothar is controlling his hands well.
That's one minute gone in the round. de Silva looking for the choke but no joy. de Silva struggling to keep hold of the position.
Lothar is trying to break free.
de Silva trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
de Silva misses with an elbow to the head. de Silva doesn't have the hooks in and Lothar manages to turn into his guard.
Lothar gets to his feet. de Silva looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son! de Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Luca de Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. de Silva lands a jab-cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round. de Silva tries to clinch there but Lothar circles away.
Lothar has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from de Silva. de Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lothar paws at him with a jab and circles away. Lothar shoots in and bounces de Silva off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. Lothar stops de Silva from standing up. Lothar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Lothar must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. de Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Lothar stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. de Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard. Lothar wants to control from the top but de Silva keeps moving. Lothar throws a strike but de Silva rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. de Silva controlling from the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lothar is working an open guard so de Silva takes the opportunity to get back to his feet. de Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
de Silva throws a leg kick which misses Lothar's front leg but catches the back leg as Lothar tries to avoid it. Lothar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. de Silva checks a low kick from Lothar. Lothar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? de Silva is fending him off so far but Lothar persists. Nope, de Silva circles away and we're back to standing. de Silva scores with a head kick.
Luca de Silva is winning the standup battle so far. de Silva lands with a nice body kick. de Silva scores with a leg kick.
de Silva throws a leg kick which misses Lothar's front leg but catches the back leg as Lothar tries to avoid it. de Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Lothar circles away.
de Silva lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. de Silva's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and de Silva duly obliges. de Silva scores with a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! de Silva lands a jab-cross combination. Lothar stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from de Silva.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Lothar moves in looking to clinch but de Silva pushes him off. de Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lothar is out of range and de Silva settles back down. Lothar shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lothar showed some decent athleticism there. de Silva is refusing to be controlled, as Lothar sits in half guard. Lothar works his way into side control. de Silva avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Lothar. Lothar postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. de Silva tries to bench press Lothar off him but Lothar keeps the position. You can see the frustration on de Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. Lothar wants to lay and pray for a moment but de Silva keeps working. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luca de Silva dominated that second round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Lothar throws a sloppy head kick and de Silva counters with a one-two to the body. de Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Thud! ouch! good body kick from de Silva - that will leave a mark!
Lothar has taken the fight to the clinch.
de Silva wants to stall.
de Silva can't break the clinch.
Good body shot from Lothar.
Lothar breaks from the clinch.
Lothar drives through and clinches with de Silva against the cage.
Lothar tries to pull guard but de Silva holds him up against the cage and eventually Lothar drops back down to his feet.
Lothar successfully pulls guard.
de Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lothar is keeping the position for now. Lothar doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Lothar manages to escape and get back to his feet.
de Silva pushes Lothar away with a front kick. Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lothar blocks a head kick by de Silva.
Kilian Lothar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Lothar tries to close the distance and clinch but de Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. de Silva lands a head kick!
The fight stays on the outside here - Lothar looks like he's thinking about clinching though. An inside leg kick lands from de Silva. Lothar is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
de Silva moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination. de Silva connects with a solid leg kick. de Silva scores with a one two! Lothar had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. de Silva throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
de Silva circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Lothar drops to the canvas, hurt badly! de Silva follows Lothar to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luca de Silva!
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