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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Teseu Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen California Love as his entrance music. Damian Silva is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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190 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
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196 cm
27
185 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
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Basic striking
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Teseu Nogueira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Damian Silva!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Nogueira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nogueira doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Silva counters with a solid body kick.
Silva stuffs the takedown.
Silva feints a jab promting Nogueira to slip. Silva then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Nogueira slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Silva clinches up against the cage.
Silva tries for a takedown. No joy.
Silva gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nogueira is keeping the position for now.
Nogueira wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nogueira looking for a sweep. Not yet Nogueira, not yet.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Nogueira is retaining full guard.
Nogueira is looking to sweep but instead, Silva has passed into half guard.
Nogueira is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira is defending against the submission attempts here by Silva.
Nogueira is trying to get back to full guard.
Silva seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Nogueira makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Nogueira.
Silva must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Silva is pushing down on Nogueira's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nogueira is fighting to maintain full guard but Silva has managed to sneak the leg through.
Nogueira tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
Silva wants to pass to mount but Nogueira is defending the position.
Nogueira is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nogueira keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nogueira swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nogueira striking from his own guard.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Nogueira.
Silva advances position into side control!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva trying to control the action but Nogueira is working from the bottom.
Nogueira is looking for a sweep.
Silva is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Nogueira knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira is trying to get back to half guard.
Silva tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Nogueira sneaks back into half guard.
Silva is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Silva is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Nogueira sees it coming and defends easily.
Silva is pressing down on Nogueira's thigh, looking to free his foot. Nogueira is holding on for now.
Silva is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Nogueira is just riding it out for now. Silva eventually gives up the hold.
Silva looks winded!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Nogueira doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Silva.
Nogueira works his way to full guard. Good work.
Nogueira wants to improve his position but instead Silva has moved into half guard.
Nogueira is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Silva's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Silva's back!
Oooh a big shot gets through from Nogueira. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nogueira lands a shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nogueira is landing with strikes. Silva can't take much more of this.
Nogueira has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Silva.
Even with his hooks in, Nogueira manages to miss with strikes from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Teseu Nogueira will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Good work by Nogueira as he checks the leg kick.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Nogueira is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Silva trying to control the action but Nogueira is working from the bottom.
Nogueira sneaks back into half guard.
Nogueira landing strikes from the bottom.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nogueira keeps working.
Silva works his way into side control.
Silva avoids the strikes from the bottom by Nogueira.
Nogueira manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to pass the guard but Nogueira defending well.
Nogueira gets back to full guard.
Nogueira looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nogueira doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Nogueira keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Silva stands and throws Nogueira's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Nogueira takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Nogueira tries to bench press Silva off him but Silva keeps the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Nogueira gets back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira gets full guard.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Nogueira 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.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Nogueira is retaining full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nogueira looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silva trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Silva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Silva trying to control but Nogueira is working from the bottom.
Nogueira looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva is one step ahead there.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Nogueira is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nogueira is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nogueira thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Silva wants to control but Nogueira is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Nogueira working the head and body with strikes.
Nogueira landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Silva won't allow Nogueira to pass to mount.
Silva is looking to control Nogueira's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Silva avoid being mounted?
Nogueira not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nogueira connects with a nice short shot to Silva's temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nogueira working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nogueira landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nogueira scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nogueira thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Nogueira missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silva wants to control but Nogueira is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Nogueira working Silva over with strikes.
Nogueira looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Nogueira scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Silva is rocked!
Nogueira scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Silva is still in real trouble! Can Nogueira finish him?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nogueira missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nogueira working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Nogueira lands a big elbow - Silva is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Nogueira!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Teseu Nogueira!
An out of breath Teseu Nogueira thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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