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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Cunha (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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Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vitor Cunha!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Cunha.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cunha lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cunha swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Anderson Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cunha avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A punch combination from Cunha misses.
Cunha misses with a jab to the body
and Silva counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from Silva there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cunha is trying to maintain the position but Silva is very close to passing his half guard.
Silva is controlling the pace.
Silva is pressing down on Cunha's thigh, looking to free his foot. Cunha is holding on for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cunha keeps working.
Silva decides to stand up.
Vitor Cunha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva tries to clinch but Cunha moves out of range.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva misses with a body kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cunha thumps Silva with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws the kick towards the body but Cunha avoids it.
Cunha works Silva's body with a nice hook.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Silva crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cunha - the referee stops the clock and Silva gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cunha. Silva manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Cunha keeps Silva at a distance using the push kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cunha misses with a two punch combination.
Cunha lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Cunha comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cunha.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cunha. Silva shrugs it off though.
Cunha tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunha moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cunha feints and then cracks Silva's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silva down.
A solid body kick from Cunha.
Cunha lands a jab to the nose.
Cunha's corner calls for a 1-2. Cunha obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cunha lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Cunha thows a body kick. Silva tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cunha scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silva doesn't seem bothered though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cunha moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cunha throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cunha.
Cunha misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cunha defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Silva.
Cunha lands with an overhand left.
Cunha scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cunha lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cunha scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
That kick from Cunha tenderised Silva's leg. Silva is trying to keep his angry face on.
Silva is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cunha lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cunha.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vitor Cunha dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Nice body punch from Cunha.
Cunha connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Vitor Cunha seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Cunha moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
Silva avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cunha's corner calls for a 1-2. Cunha obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Cunha sprawls well. Cunha wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunha slips under a jab from Silva.
Silva dives in and grabs Cunha's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cunha pushes down on Silva's head and hops out.
Cunha digs a good body shot into Silva's ribs.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cunha manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cunha manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cunha lands with a nice body kick.
Silva will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cunha fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Silva has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cunha with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cunha lands with a good body shot.
Crunch! Cunha slams his shin into Silva's torso.
Cunha has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cunha slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cunha fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Crunch! Cunha slams his shin into Silva's torso.
Cunha throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cunha scores with a nice right hand.
Cunha throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Silva stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cunha.
Cunha lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cunha scores with a nice body kick.
Cunha rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Anderson Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cunha throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cunha.
Cunha misses with the combination.
Cunha lands with a thumping leg kick.
Silva moves out of range as Cunha throws a body kick.
Silva changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cunha tries to avoid it but Silva manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cunha to the ground. Cunha escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cunha lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A decent looking cross lands there for Cunha.
Cunha scores with a kick to the midsection.
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cunha throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nice body punch from Cunha.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cunha scores with a kick to the midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cunha connects with a looping right hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cunha.
Cunha dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vitor Cunha showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Cunha turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silva tries to clinch but Cunha is having none of it.
Silva bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Silva gets to mount! Cunha was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Silva throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Cunha because Silva loaded up on that one.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Silva will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Silva stands up from mount. Strange move.
Cunha throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cunha avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva cracks Cunha with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cunha throws a good cross that connects.
Silva swings for the body but Cunha moves out of range.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cunha paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva drops his hands momentarily and Cunha takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cunha as he jumps to the side.
Cunha scores with a spinning back kick!
Cunha connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Silva's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cunha connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Silva scrambles back to his feet.
Silva wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cunha.
Cunha lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cunha lands a body shot.
A head kick from Cunha lands but Silva takes it in his stride.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Silva drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Cunha can pounce on him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silva tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Cunha defends well and Silva ends up having to push Cunha into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cunha's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cunha dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cunha.
Cunha throws out a powerful jab.
Cunha thows a body kick. Silva tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Cunha thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Silva if he has to take too many more of those.
Silva blocks a head kick by Cunha.
Silva takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Cunha stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Silva looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cunha connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Silva blocks a head kick by Cunha.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cunha with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cunha bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Silva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Cunha tries to improve position but can't.
Silva taking a breather here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
You can see the frustration on Cunha's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vitor Cunha comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Cunha winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 26:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vitor Cunha!
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