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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mohammad Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romao Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romao Silva will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mohammad Ali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Romao Silva!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ali shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ali could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ali fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ali tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ali walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ali throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mohammad Ali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ali counters with a takedown into side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Silva is trying to improve his position.
Silva is trying to control Ali's posture but Ali avoids it.
Silva tries to bench press Ali off him but Ali keeps the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali stands up.
Ali lands with a kick to the ribs.
Ali fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mohammad Ali. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva is looking to clinch but Ali is avoiding it.
Some bone on bone action there as Ali checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Silva is looking to clinch.
Ali scores with a head kick. Silva tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Silva tries to clinch up
and Ali counters with a body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
Ali breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
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 closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ali counters with a nice body shot.
Ali lands a nice leg kick that just misses Silva's sensitive parts.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Ali swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for Ali on that attempt.
Silva is looking to clinch but Ali is avoiding it.
Silva clinches up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Ali uses from the top position.
Silva is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ali throwing strikes but missing.
Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Ali is proving a slippery customer.
Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Ali doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Silva is tightening it up a little... Ali has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Ali reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Ali taps out! Nice BJJ there by Silva!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Romao Silva!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
36% |
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