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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John McClane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McClane comes to the ring accompanied by Refuse/Resist. Silva has chosen Sandstorm as his entrance music. 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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185 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John McClane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thor Silva!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
McClane scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Silva takes one to the side of the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for McClane.
Silva bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McClane lands a right hook to the body.
Silva takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but McClane is controlling him.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McClane lands an uppercut.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McClane lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
McClane breaks the clinch.
McClane misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McClane takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McClane keeps the fight on the outside.
McClane looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva instigates a clinch.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
McClane misses with a hook to the ribs.
McClane misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva can't break the clinch.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McClane lands a nice shot to the body.
McClane stalling in the clinch.
McClane tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Good body shot from McClane.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from McClane.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McClane lands a nice uppercut.
McClane throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McClane gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from McClane as the two fighters clinch.
McClane can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but McClane uses good head movement to avoid it.
McClane misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McClane misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McClane misses with a punch to the body.
McClane stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
McClane misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McClane lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
McClane dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
McClane seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Silva misses with a punch to the body.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McClane lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
It looks like Thor Silva has been cut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from McClane.
McClane cracks Silva with a nice body shot.
McClane displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the ropes.
A short right from McClane.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for McClane.
McClane tries to work over Silva's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McClane slows down the pace here.
Silva lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of McClane backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
McClane has Silva pushed against the ropes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by John McClane.
McClane avoids the head kick by Silva.
A punch combination from Silva misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John McClane dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thor Silva's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
McClane throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
McClane ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
McClane misses with a looping left.
McClane comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McClane thows a left - swing and a miss!
McClane tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Silva is able to avoid easily.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but McClane swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McClane swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
McClane feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Silvas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
McClane lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from McClane. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva throws a jab when McClane was well out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Silva blocks the leg kick.
McClane looks to land a body kick but Silva moved away.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McClane pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McClane throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - McClane finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
McClane missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva takes a swing at McClane's ribcage but misses.
McClane throws the kick towards the body but Silva avoids it.
McClane throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
McClane throws a chopping leg kick but Silva manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - McClane circles away.
McClane missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but McClane swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like John McClane has been cut.
Silva lands a nice hook to McClane's body. McClane takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - McClane circles away.
John McClane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McClane changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from McClane.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Silva swings for the body but McClane moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but McClane swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
John McClane is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McClane pushes Silva up against the ropes in a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
McClane is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
McClane lands with a light punch inside.
A bit of stalling here from McClane.
McClane pushes Silva back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Silva tries to break free but McClane pushes him back against the ropes.
Silva wants to break free but McClane has control.
McClane presses Silva against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
McClane gets through Silva's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
John McClane has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McClane stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McClane lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva can't break the clinch.
McClane escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McClane lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McClane moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
McClane scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McClane dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Silva has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Silva there as he acknowledges the shot.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from McClane.
Silva steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from McClane. That one must have hurt.
McClane scores with a leg kick.
Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McClane.
Silva tries to clinch but McClane moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McClane's jab looks to have found its range, popping Silva under the eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McClane lands a head shot.
McClane lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
A leg kick checked by McClane.
Silva slips a straight right by McClane.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Silva crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from McClane - the referee stops the clock and Silva gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says McClane. Silva manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from McClane lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Silva has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Silva and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
McClane bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
McClane closes the distance and clinches.
McClane taking a breather.
McClane's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McClane does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A decent looking body kick lands there for McClane.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John McClane dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
McClane takes a jab right on the kisser.
McClane swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Thor Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McClane throws out a leg kick but Silva moves out of range and McClane only half commits.
McClane looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
McClane scores with a push kick.
McClane misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with an inside leg kick.
Silva is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice body kick there by McClane.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
McClane lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McClane moves into the clinch.
McClane cracks Silva with a nice body shot.
Good body shot from McClane.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McClane.
McClane lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
McClane is stalling here.
McClane wants to stall.
McClane displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the ropes.
McClane working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McClane misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McClane slows down the pace here.
McClane misses with a punch to the body.
Silva breaks from the clinch.
Silva throws out a powerful jab.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McClane moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.
McClane closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McClane misses with a hook to the ribs.
McClane lands with a short shot to the head.
Silva being controlled against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from McClane fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McClane tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing McClane back against the ropes.
McClane lands a body shot.
Silva prevents a body shot from McClane.
McClane cracks Silva with a nice body shot.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McClane stalling the fight.
A nice left hand lands by McClane.
McClane has Silva pressed against the ropes.
McClane scores with a shoulder strike.
John McClane is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva can't break the clinch.
McClane pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Silva has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from McClane.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McClane softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
McClane tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silva as McClane tries to tie him up.
Thor Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva is trying to stall.
A right hook to the body lands for McClane.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McClane stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
McClane is trying to stall.
And that's the end of the fight!
John McClane showed his dominance in that final round.
Well McClane 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John McClane!
John McClane seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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