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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jessie Sherbang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jessie Sherbang has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rafael Silva's chin.
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289 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
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258 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jessie Sherbang!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Paulo Santos and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Sherbang swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silva gets control of Sherbang's arms and successfully pulls guard. Silva will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Sherbang stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
Silva has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Silva misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Silva throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Silva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sherbang is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Silva is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Sherbang has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sherbang has given up his back here. Will Silva look for the submission or keep pounding away?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Sherbang taps!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Rafael Silva!
A relieved looking Rafael Silva thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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