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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leigh Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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201 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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190 cm
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210 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leigh Adams!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ricardo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Damien Edna and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adams scores with a jab to the jaw.
Adams shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Silva eats them both and turns towards Adams to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Adams throws a right and a left that both miss.
Adams misses with a two punch combination.
Adams moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSilva.
Adams scores with a nice right hand.
Leigh Adams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Adams tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Adams clobbers Silva with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Adams darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.
Adams breaks from the clinch.
A slow jab from Adams misses its intended target.
Adams pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Adams.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adams has taken the fight to the clinch.
Adams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adams scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Adams wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
It seemed like Silva was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Adams throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Adams.
Adams lands a two punch combo.
The fighters circle momentarily. Adams darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Adams misses with a leg kick.
Adams looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
A left lands for Adams.
Adams looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adams thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.
Silva regains full guard. Nicely done.
Adams makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Silva has his foot on Adams's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Adams works his way back into a safe position though.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Silva is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Adams rolls with it to try and escape but Silva cranks on the arm and Adams is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ricardo Silva!
Ricardo Silva is the new light heavyweight champion!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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