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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benny Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marvin Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Harris's choice of entrance music: Heretic Anthem. Benny Silver has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Benny Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marvin Harris!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've been told by Silver's head coaches at Gorilla Warfare MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Marvin Harris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Harris misses with a combination
and Silver counters by moving into the clinch.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harris's brow.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver has Harris pushed against the cage.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Harris lands a left hand.
Silver lands an elbow inside.
Silver controlling the action here for a moment.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Harris looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silver lands an elbow just above Harris 's eye.
Silver letting Harris take a breather here.
Silver just leaning against Harris, taking a breather.
Harris has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Silver seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Harris can turn it around.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Silver's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silver has Harris pressed against the cage.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Harris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Marvin Harris has been cut.
Silver lands an elbow inside.
Silver has Harris pushed against the cage.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silver leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Benny Silver.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Silver misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Harris scores with a jab to the head.
Silver throws a body shot but no joy.
Silver defending well as Harris loads up on a big left hand.
Silver cracks Harris with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silver pushes Harris up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harris tries to circle away but Silver has him pinned against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Silver.
Harris is trying to break free.
Silver's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benny Silver dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marvin Harris's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Harris stuns Silver with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harris avoids the body shot from Silver.
A jab from Silver misses.
Harris ducks under a wild hook from Silver.
A low kick from Harris is predictable there
and Silver counters by clinching up.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silver throws an elbow but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Harris in his tracks for a moment.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Silver is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harris can do to turn this around?
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver controlling the action here for a moment.
Harris avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
Benny Silver has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harris's brow.
The referee is keeping an eye on Silver - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Harris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.
Harris is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Harris wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silver has him pressed against the cage.
Silver looking to slow down the pace here.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.
Harris tries to throw a body punch but Silver avoids it by throwing Harris back against the cage.
Harris effectively controlling the action here.
Harris dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silver effectively controlling the action here.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
A bit of stalling here from Silver.
Harris working hard to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Silver tries to stall but Harris uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Harris wants to get back to striking at distance but Silver won't allow it.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Harris's defenses.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.
Silver content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
Silver lands an elbow inside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Harris's brow.
Silver looking to stall.
Harris dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Benny Silver dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marvin Harris's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Harris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Silver.
Marvin Harris is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Harris fails to land with a series of punches.
Harris cracks Silver with a right hand to the side of the head.
Silver moves out of range of the strikes.
Harris circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harris will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A big right from Silver misses.
Harris throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silver.
Silver looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harris swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Harris ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silver moves away.
Harris 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.
Harris looks to score with a jab to the body but Silver is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver rushes Harris and presses him up against the cage.
Harris is trying to force a seperation but Silver has the dominant position.
Harris avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
Silver will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Harris up against the cage.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Harris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Harris blocks the elbow strike.
Harris dodges an elbow strike from Silver.
Silver is pushing Harris up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Harris avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Harris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Harris is trying to break free.
Silver stalls.
Harris has Silver pressed against the cage.
Silver is stalling here.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Harris leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silver has Harris pressed against the cage, preventing Harris from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silver slowing the pace effectively.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silver keeps control of Harris as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Silver holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
Harris is looking to break free of the clinch but Silver has double underhooks.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Silver throws an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Harris blocks an elbow strike.
Silver misses with an elbow strike.
Silver slowing the pace effectively.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Silver for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Silver throws an elbow but it misses.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silver has Harris pressed against the cage.
Marvin Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harris blocks an elbow strike from Silver.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Harris is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silver is keeping busy.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Benny Silver showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silver, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benny Silver!
A less than humble Benny Silver misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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