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Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Rodrigo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jules Cassidy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jules Cassidy acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the ring.
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163 lbs
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140 lbs
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Counter fighter
Intelligent
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jules Cassidy!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva has managed to clinch.
Silva prevents Cassidy from breaking the clinch.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Cassidy has eaten all the pies!
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cassidy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cassidy has a couple of punches blocked by Silva.
Cassidy taking a breather.
Cassidy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Silva dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Silva is trying to stall.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silva.
Silva slows down the pace here.
Cassidy trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Silva manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rodrigo Silva.
Silva throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Silva closes the distance and pushes Cassidy back into the ropes.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cassidy's face.
It looks like Jules Cassidy has been cut.
Silva trying to control the position but instead, Cassidy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Silva into the ropes.
Stalling in the clinch from Silva.
Cassidy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cassidy misses with a body kick.
Silva has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Rob's Training Center in the buildup to the fight.
Cassidy misses with a two punch combination.
Silva connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cassidy's hands.
Silva has closed the distance and engaged Cassidy in a clinch.
Silva tries to stall but Cassidy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva lands a body shot in the clinch.
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 breaks the clinch.
Silva pushes Cassidy away with a front kick.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Cassidy circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cassidy misses with a double jab.
Silva throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Silva lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cassidy circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jules Cassidy's cut.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A big right from Cassidy misses.
Cassidy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
A combination from Cassidy does no damage.
Cassidy throws a right hand that misses
and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Cassidy.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cassidy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Cassidy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silva instigates a clinch.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Cassidy avoids it by throwing Silva back against the ropes.
A bit of stalling here from Silva.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cassidy misses with a double jab.
Silva lands with a kick to the temple. Cassidy shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A head kick from Silva lands but Cassidy takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cassidy looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Cassidy swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva drives through and clinches with Cassidy against the ropes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva moves in looking to clinch but Cassidy pushes him off.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva fakes the leg kick and cracks Cassidy in the body.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jules Cassidy's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cassidy's head.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Silva forces Cassidy back against the ropes and clinches.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva leaning his opponent against the ropes.
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cassidy tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Cassidy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Cassidy circles away.
Rodrigo Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Cassidy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva is looking to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Silva.
Cassidy moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Cassidy moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Cassidy misses with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva thumps Cassidy with a low kick.
Silva scores with a three punch combo!
Cassidy tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cassidy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cassidy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cassidy can do to turn this around?
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Jules Cassidy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rodrigo Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cassidy trying to control the position but instead, Silva has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cassidy into the ropes.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rodrigo Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silva has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodrigo Silva!
A very excited looking Rodrigo Silva made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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