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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sky Hook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafinha Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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196 lbs
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212 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sky Hook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rafinha Silva!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva missing with a left hand there. Hook was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hook misses with a hook
and Silva holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A short left from Hook.
Hook displaying some good clinch control by pressing Silva up against the cage.
Silva has Hook pressed against the cage, preventing Hook from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva slows down the pace here.
Hook is looking to break free of the clinch but Silva has double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hook throws a right hand that misses
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva's coach down at Woodhouse's was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Silva's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Hook misses with a shot to the body
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Hook throws a poor cross that misses
and Silva cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hook pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva avoids the body shot from Hook.
Hook throws a combination that misses
letting Silva counter with a right hand.
Hook misses with a lunging right hand
and Silva counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hook misses with an uppercut
and Silva counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hook is rocked!
Silva misses with a wild combination.
Oh Hook is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big left from Hook misses.
Hook seems to have got his legs back now.
Hook is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Silva's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Hook swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Silva moves into range and clinches up with Hook.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hook breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hook throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hook takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Hook.
Hook pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
As Hook backs off Silva throws a huge counter combo but Hook manages to avoid it all.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Hook uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hook throwing a counter right hand but Silva manages to avoid it.
Hook misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Silva misses with a looping right.
Hook swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Hook works the jab nicely.
Silva digs a good hook to Hook's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hook looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hook cracks Silva with a good jab.
Sky Hook seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva just leaning against Hook, taking a breather.
Hook is trying to break free.
Silva softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Silva - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Silva holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Silva.
Silva misses with some punches.
Hook tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Hook is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hook lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Rafinha Silva has been cut.
Hook moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Hook misses with a wild combination.
Hook takes one to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As Silva looks to move away, Hook throws a big counter combo bu Silva just gets out of the way.
Silva is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hook had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Hook lands with a good body shot.
Silva lands a lovely overhand right.
Hook throws a lazy uppercut
and Hook takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafinha Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rafinha Silva's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hook.
Silva slips under a jab from Hook.
A nice side step and Silva releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A telegraphed right hand from Silva misses the target.
Hook tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hook misses the body punch
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hook misses with a body shot.
Hook misses with a wild body shot.
Hook looks to land a right hand but Silva moved out of range.
Hook steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Silva.
Silva scores with a decent looking hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hook misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters with a stiff right hand.
Silva has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Hook lands a lovely overhand right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hook. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Silva moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hook looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Hook tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hook fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Good shot there by Hook.
Rafinha Silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silva uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The crowd cheers as Hook lands an impressive looking overhand right. Silva doesn't seem phased though.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hook thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jab, jab by Hook - just one landing.
Hook ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Hook lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Silva at a distance.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hook lands a head shot.
Hook misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Nice cross by Hook.
Hook missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hook misses with an uppercut.
A nice side step and Silva releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Hook breaks the clinch.
Hook missing with a left hand there. Silva was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hook.
A nice side step and Silva releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Silva misses with a double jab
enabling Hook to counter with a crisp jab.
Hook pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hook loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Hook throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Silva shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hook eats them both and turns towards Silva to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Hook throws a shot to the body.
Hook takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Silva swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hook throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hook.
Hook listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hook tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Hook.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Hook moved out of range.
Hook throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hook just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva flicks out a counter leg kick but Hook steps away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hook misses with a right hand
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hook misses with a left hand
and Silva counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hook looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
It seemed like Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Silva lands an overhand right.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hook moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hook scores with a punch to the head.
Hook defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hook moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hook throwing a counter right hand but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva tries to clinch but Hook is having none of it.
Hook swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Hook uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.
Hook moves out of range as Silva strikes.
Hook throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Hook is just out of range.
Hook appears to be looking for a big counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sky Hook dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rafinha Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Hook slips under a jab.
Hook throwing a counter right hand but Silva manages to avoid it.
Hook swings for the body but Silva moves out of range.
Silva lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Hook lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva scores with a shot to the body.
A jab from Hook misses.
Silva throws a body punch but Hook moves out of range.
Hook fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hook tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hook pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva is looking for the big counter here.
Hook swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hook ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Silva ducks right into an uppercut from Hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hook.
Silva throws a counter combo.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hook.
Hook scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
Hook throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
A little jabbing left from Silva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hook rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hook throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hook swings away with a body shot that misses
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hook fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rafinha Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva is looking to score with low kicks.
Hook misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Hook misses.
Hook on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hook.
Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hook tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hook backwards.
Silva prevents Hook from breaking the clinch.
Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Hook circles away.
Hook pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hook connects with a single shot there.
Silva slips a jab from Hook.
Silva ducks under a wild hook from Hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a hook but Hook blocks it.
Hook throwing a counter right hand but Silva manages to avoid it.
Hook misses with an uppercut
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hook. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
Silva lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Silva works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Silva avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silva looks to land a right hand but Hook moved out of range.
Hook works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Hook scores with a sloppy right hand. Silva should have avoided that one.
A cross from Silva lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hook keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Silva.
Hook connects with a body shot that sends Silva's belly button to the back.
Hook throws a shot from downtown. Silva moves away and avoids it.
Hook scores with a jab to the body.
Hook stuns Silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Silva.
Sloppy strikes from Silva. Those never looked like landing.
Hook lands a nice looking body shot.
Hook misses with a double jab.
Silva misses with a body shot.
Silva lands a jab to Hook's midsection.
Silva connects with a looping right hand.
Hook darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sky Hook showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hook has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sky Hook!
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