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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ippo Ribeiro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ribeiro has chosen bubble pop as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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293 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
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300 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Good knees
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ippo Ribeiro!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Phil Schofield and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Ribeiro with that takedown attempt.
Nice body punch from Silva Jr.
Silva Jr clinches up against the cage.
Ribeiro is working for takedown but Silva Jr is calmly controlling the position for now.
Silva Jr wants to stall.
A short uppercut from Silva Jr.
Silva Jr gets underhooks to prevent Ribeiro's takedown attempt.
Anderson Silva Jr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ippo Ribeiro.
Silva Jr lands a shoulder strike.
Ribeiro has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Silva Jr avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva Jr.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva Jr.
Ribeiro looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva Jr lands a right hand.
Silva Jr stalling against the cage.
Ribeiro wants to take the fight to the mat but Silva Jr manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Silva Jr scores with a nice short uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silva Jr.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva Jr with a knee to the head.
Silva Jr lands a left hand.
Ribeiro is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Silva Jr is defending well.
Silva Jr with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Ippo Ribeiro has been cut.
Ribeiro takes a knee right on the jaw!
A hook to the body from Silva Jr.
Silva Jr drops Ribeiro onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Ribeiro is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Ribeiro is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva Jr throws a big uppercut that drops Ribeiro! More strikes from Silva Jr and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Ribeiro lies dazed against the cage as Silva Jr celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anderson Silva Jr!
In his post fight interview, Anderson Silva Jr started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
Ippo Ribeiro was interviewed post fight and said 'i'm injured'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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