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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sakari Nurmi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nurmi comes into the arena with Turisas -Take the day! blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sakari Nurmi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 12 - 3, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mauricio Silva!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nurmi.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nurmi.
Nurmi scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
Nurmi staying out of range there.
Silva throws a poor cross that misses
and Nurmi counters by moving into the clinch.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nurmi's efforts to push away.
Silva avoiding damage as Nurmi throws knees to the body.
Our sources have told us that Nurmi has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Silva breaks from the clinch.
Nurmi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Silva has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Nurmi closes the distance and clinches.
Nurmi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big left from Nurmi misses.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Sakari Nurmi has been cut.
Good work by Silva as he checks the leg kick.
Silva waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nurmi.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Silva moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Silva lands a jab to the head.
Mauricio Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A shot to the liver by Silva. Beautiful body shot.
Nurmi wants to clinch
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Nurmi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva tries to land a front kick but Nurmi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nurmi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nurmi moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva punishes Nurmi's body with a nice straight punch.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurmi misses with a wild combination.
Nurmi tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva tries to keep at a distance but Nurmi has taken the fight into the clinch.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Silva working aggressively here.
Silva avoiding damage.
Nurmi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva misses with a hook to the body
and Nurmi counters with a stiff right hand.
Decent striking displayed by Silva there.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Silva misses with a double jab.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Silva scores with a jab. Nurmi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmi tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva manages to break the clinch.
Nurmi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Nurmi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nurmi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Nurmi looks to land a combination but Silva avoids it well.
Silva takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nurmi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva misses with a hook to the body
and Nurmi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurmi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nurmi staying out of range there.
Nurmi blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva takes a swing at Nurmi's ribcage but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A jab from Silva misses.
Nurmi thows a body kick. Silva tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Nurmi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Silva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nurmi walks into a jab.
A low kick from Silva misses
and Nurmi moves into the clinch.
Silva looking to stall.
Silva has Nurmi pressed against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nurmi wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Nurmi uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mauricio Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sakari Nurmi's cut.
That's time! Nurmi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Silva with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Left hook, right uppercut from Nurmi.
Silva looks to land a combination but Nurmi avoids it well.
Nurmi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nurmi throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Nurmi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Nurmi pushes Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Nurmi pulls guard successfully.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Nurmi looking for a sweep. Not yet Nurmi, not yet.
Silva controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Nurmi trying to keep a closed guard but Silva is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mauricio Silva has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Nurmi 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.
Silva lands a head kick!
Nurmi scores with a kick to the body.
Nurmi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva misses with a left hand
and Nurmi counters with a nice uppercut.
Nurmi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Silva throws a right hand that misses
and Nurmi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Nurmi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nurmi tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Jab, jab by Nurmi - just one landing.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
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.
Nurmi moves away from the strike by Silva.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nurmi misses with a body shot.
Mauricio Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nurmi was well out of range. Poor timing from Silva.
Nurmi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nurmi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva looks to land a combination but Nurmi avoids it well.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Nurmi moves out of range easily.
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nurmi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nurmi lands with a right hand.
A head kick misses from Silva.
A big left from Silva misses.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Nurmi getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nurmi slips a jab from Silva.
Nurmi throws a combination. Silva tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurmi sizes up Silva with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nurmi tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nurmi tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nurmi looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nurmi closes the distance and clinches.
Silva is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Nurmi drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sakari Nurmi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva lands a high kick!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nurmi dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Silva. That did some damage!
Silva scores with a head kick. Nurmi tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Nurmi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sakari Nurmi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sakari Nurmi's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sloppy strikes from Nurmi. Those never looked like landing.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva looks to land a left hand but Nurmi moved out of range nicely.
Silva takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
A combination from Silva does no damage.
Silva lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nurmi tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nurmi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Silva tests Nurmi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva scores with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Silva's calf.
Nurmi walks into a straight right hand from Silva.
A head kick misses from Silva.
Silva tests Nurmi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Nurmi.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Nurmi counter with a right hand.
Silva misses with a few strikes there.
Silva lands a slapping body shot.
Nurmi lands a nice looking kick to the body. Silva takes a step back to recover.
Nurmi tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nurmi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Silva.
Nurmi connects with a jab.
Silva moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva throws a shot to the body.
Silva takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nurmi tries to clinch up
and Silva counters with a series of strikes. Nurmi will be more careful next time no doubt.
Nurmi has Silva up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a head kick but Nurmi moves out of range.
Nurmi wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nurmi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Silva.
Nurmi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nurmi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva misses with a lunging right hand
and Nurmi holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nurmi can't get the takedown.
Silva wants to break free but Nurmi has control.
Nurmi throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nurmi has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Silva after a bit of a struggle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nurmi has him pressed against the cage.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Nurmi.
Silva avoiding damage as Nurmi throws knees to the body.
Silva blocks a body shot from Nurmi.
Nurmi has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sakari Nurmi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva throws a low kick, looking for Nurmi's leg but Nurmi calmly moves out of range.
Nurmi moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
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.
Nurmi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mauricio Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mauricio Silva!
A very excited looking Mauricio 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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