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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jose Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sonny McLager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sonny McLager will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sonny McLager!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McLager shoots in and drives through. Silva sprawls well.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt McLager.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silva gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva stops McLager from getting back to his feet.
Silva passes to full mount!
Silva looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Silva jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but McLager manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Silva tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Silva has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Silva decides to take the fight back to the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McLager with a lazy takedown attempt
and Silva counters with a takedown into side control.
McLager looks gassed!
Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, McLager has escaped the position, nice work there.
McLager tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva tries for a kimura but McLager is defending well.
Silva tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, McLager has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to stand but McLager is controlling his arm.
McLager is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on McLager's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Silva blocks the strikes from McLager.
Silva is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. McLager knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
McLager wants to get back to his feet.
Silva thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Silva working away.
Silva is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. McLager knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
You can see the frustration on McLager's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
McLager tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silva wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Silva advances nicely into full mount.
Silva fails to take his opponent's back.
Silva swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and McLager is now in Silva's guard. A big mistake from Silva there, giving up the dominant position!
Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. McLager doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. McLager manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
McLager is working Silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McLager in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Silva dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
McLager throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Silva throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Silva closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Silva has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
McLager with a poor takedown
and Silva moves into the clinch.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but McLager has double underhooks.
Silva avoiding damage as McLager throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from McLager.
McLager stalling in the clinch but Silva improves position.
McLager tries to pull guard but Silva won't allow it.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva drives through with a takedown into guard.
McLager tries to strike from the bottom.
McLager thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
McLager is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Silva is controlling him.
Silva drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Silva as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! McLager screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Silva! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Jose Silva!
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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