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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Efrain Cantu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Disilva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnny Disilva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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18
214 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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197 cm
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200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Efrain Cantu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Disilva!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Disilva darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Cantu wants to get back to full guard.
Cantu trying to hold on to Disilva's head to control him but Disilva postures up.
Disilva is stalling here. Cantu is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Disilva seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Cantu has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Disilva is trying to control Cantu's posture but Cantu avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Disilva tries to buck Cantu off but Cantu is having none of it.
Cantu working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Cantu scores with a couple of short elbows.
The strikes coming from Cantu are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Cantu has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cantu throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sloppy strikes there by Cantu.
Disilva struggling a bit here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Disilva is trying to improve his position.
Cantu lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Disilva down.
Cantu creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Disilva sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Disilva is looking to reverse the position.
Cantu postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Cantu lands some shots froms side control.
Disilva is looking to regain half guard here but Cantu keeps moving and retains side control.
Disilva really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cantu. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cantu working the head and body with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Disilva is pushing Cantu's head away, looking to escape. Cantu manages to hold on to the position though.
Disilva managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Cantu.
Cantu misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Cantu tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Cantu lands some shots froms side control.
Disilva looks winded!
Disilva wants to control but Cantu postures up.
Cantu postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Cantu cracks Disilva with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Disilva takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cantu misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Disilva managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Cantu.
Disilva is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Cantu landing a few strikes.
Disilva tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cantu wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Cantu lands a nice forearm strike.
Cantu scores with punches from side control.
Disilva on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Cantu decides to stand back up.
Cantu tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Disilva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cantu is looking to clinch but Disilva is avoiding it.
Cantu shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Disilva but Disilva pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Disilva only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Disilva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cantu tries to clinch but Disilva is having none of it.
Cantu moves in looking to clinch but Disilva pushes him off.
Cantu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cantu wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Efrain Cantu dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cantu fails in his attempt to clinch.
Disilva pushes Cantu up against the cage in a clinch.
Disilva goes for a takedown in the clinch but Cantu prevents it.
Cantu jumps into guard, dragging Disilva to the mat.
Disilva looking to sit in guard and control but Cantu gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cantu trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cantu throws a big elbow that misses.
Cantu gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Disilva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cantu avoids it really well and circles away.
Disilva is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cantu tries to clinch there but Disilva circles away.
Disilva misses with a head kick.
Johnny Disilva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cantu moves to clinch but Disilva breaks away
enabling Disilva to counter with a crisp jab.
Cantu fails with the takedown.
Cantu gets tackled into the cage by Disilva. Disilva maintains the clinch.
Cantu missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Disilva tries to pull guard but Cantu forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Efrain Cantu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Disilva.
Cantu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Disilva's efforts to push away.
Disilva keeps control of Cantu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cantu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Disilva can do to turn this around?
Cantu avoids a wild elbow strike from Disilva.
Cantu swings wildly with an uppercut but Disilva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cantu throws a punch but it's blocked by Disilva.
Cantu trying to stall but Disilva improves his position.
Disilva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Disilva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cantu misses with an elbow strike.
Disilva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Disilva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cantu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Disilva.
Cantu tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Disilva manages to circle out of the way.
Cantu tries to clinch up but Disilva circles away and keeps his distance.
Disilva has his takedown stuffed
and Cantu counters by moving into the clinch.
Disilva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Disilva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cantu is keeping busy.
Cantu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Disilva managing to block the knees to the body from Cantu.
Cantu misses with a punch to the body.
Cantu ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Cantu no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cantu looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Disilva is defending well. Cantu quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Disilva has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Cantu celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Efrain Cantu!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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