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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen LL CoolJ - Headsprung as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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267 lbs
15 - 10 - 0 |
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280 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jim Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Silva!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown tries to work over Silva's front leg with a kick but Silva checks it.
Silva swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Brown connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brown takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Brown lands a head kick. Silva smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Daniel Silva has been cut.
Brown attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Brown throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Silva's head.
Silva drives through with a takedown into guard.
Silva preventing the sweep.
Brown lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Brown manages to get himself to full guard.
Silva is looking to work some ground and pound but Brown has wrist control.
Brown keeping full guard, as Silva tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Silva trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.
Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Brown.
Silva trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.
Silva seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Let's hope that Silva has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Brown tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Brown utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A low kick from Brown is predictable there
and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
I was talking to Brown's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Brown pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Brown is pressed up against the cage. Silva has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Brown down to the mat. Brown avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Silva takes a kick to the side of the head.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Brown walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Silva steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Brown.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brown lands a head kick!
A thudding body kick lands there by Brown!
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Brown shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Silva flicks out a counter leg kick but Brown steps away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and moves out of range.
Brown closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Brown, against the cage.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
Silva turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Brown's shoulder. That is not cool.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva wants to take a breather but Brown manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Silva.
Brown has control of Silva's left arm, preventing Silva from doing any damage.
Brown is trying to keep Silva in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Daniel Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Daniel Silva's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A clash of legs there as Silva blocks the low kick.
Silva looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brown throws a nice outside leg kick.
Silva moves out of range of the leg kick from Brown.
Brown gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from Brown.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Silva looking to stall.
Silva lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown lands with a right to the head.
Brown is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Brown blocks an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva just leaning against Brown, taking a breather.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brown throws an elbow but misses.
Brown throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva goes for a takedown attempt but Brown pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Silva throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Silva misses with a kick to the body.
Brown fires out a quick counter leg kick but Silva just manages to avoid it.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown lands a leg kick that knocks Silva off balance momentarily.
Silva moves out of range of the body kick from Brown.
Silva missing with a left hand there. Brown was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice takedown defense from Brown. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Silva takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brown can pounce on him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva throws a series of punches but Brown avoids them all with ease.
Brown tries to counter by clinching up but Silva breaks away and moves out of range.
Brown walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Silva checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Silva misses with a two punch combination.
Jim Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
An inside leg kick from Brown misses.
Silva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brown.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
Brown fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Silva counters with a big head kick but Brown shrugs it off.
Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Brown counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Brown throws a lazy head kick
and Silva counters with a head kick.
Silva has managed to clinch.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Brown is stalling here.
Brown gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Silva.
Jim Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Silva.
Brown prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Brown.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brown just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Brown just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brown throws an elbow but misses.
Brown throws an elbow but it misses.
Brown utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brown blocks a head kick by Silva.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brown tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Silva was well out of range. Poor timing from Brown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Daniel Silva will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Daniel Silva's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Brown lands with a kick to the temple. Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Brown misses the shot to the body.
Brown misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brown is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Silva moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Brown moves into the clinch.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Brown putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Brown stalling against the cage.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown prevents a body shot from Silva.
Brown misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
Jim Brown has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Brown misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Brown misses with an elbow over the top.
Stalling in the clinch from Silva.
Silva is trying to break free.
Brown crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Brown holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Brown.
Brown throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Brown lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brown obliges.
Brown misses with an elbow strike.
Brown misses with an elbow over the top.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Brown misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Silva wants to take the fight to the mat but Brown manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Brown pulls him back up using the underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brown throws an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Silva is working Brown over against the cage.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Brown slows down the pace here.
Brown lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with an elbow strike.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva checks a low kick from Brown.
Brown tries to work over Silva's front leg with a kick but Silva checks it.
Brown scores with a head kick. Silva tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Silva tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Jim Brown is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brown scores with a leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Brown.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Brown misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Brown clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Silva's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A big left from Silva misses.
Brown is looking to counter with head kicks.
Brown throws a low kick but Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva connects with a high kick.
Brown scores with a sloppy right hand. Silva should have avoided that one.
Brown lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Silva misses with a looping left.
Silva stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Brown.
Brown uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Silva has time to react.
Silva looks for the body kick but Brown saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Silva's head.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
An inside leg kick lands from Brown.
Brown is looking to wear down Silva with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Brown fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silva throws a fast counter high kick but Brown manages to duck under it in time.
Silva takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silva's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Silva is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brown. That's going to slow Silva down.
Brown throws a leg kick that misses.
Silva throws a head kick that misses
and Brown counters with a body kick that stops Silva in his tracks momentarily.
Brown pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A little jabbing left from Silva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Brown blocks a head kick by Silva.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brown moves into the clinch successfully.
Silva breaks the clinch.
Silva throws a low kick but Brown moves out of range easily.
Brown lands a nice looking body kick.
Brown avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown connects with a leg kick. Silva looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jim Brown is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Brown.
Silva only half commits to the counter leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown throws a nice outside leg kick.
Brown clinches up against the cage.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva taking a breather.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Silva lands a right hand.
A short uppercut from Brown.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brown throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a low kick but Brown avoids it.
Brown is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Brown throws a leg kick but Silva sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brown. Brown obviously looking to wear him down.
Brown throws a chopping leg kick but Silva manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Silva throws a lazy head kick
and Brown counters with a head kick. That will keep Silva thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Brown connects with an inside leg kick.
Silva throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silva looks for the body kick but Brown saw that one coming.
A swing and a miss from Silva.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good work by Brown as he checks the leg kick.
Silva tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a head kick.
Brown misses with a head kick.
Silva tries a quick counter leg kick but Brown is wise to it.
Brown tried to score with a low kick but Silva checks it.
Brown clinches.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva stalling the fight.
Silva stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brown landing knees to the body.
You can see that Silva has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Brown tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silva avoids it.
Silva drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silva displaying some good clinch control by pressing Brown up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Brown had his way with Daniel Silva in that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Silva's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Brown thows a body kick. Silva tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Good leg kick by Brown there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brown seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Decent striking displayed by Brown there.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silva throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Silva tries to bum rush Brown with a series of wild strikes but Brown uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown scores with a decent looking hook.
A head kick misses from Brown.
Silva raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Brown moves out of range of the body kick from Silva.
Silva blocks a leg kick.
Silva looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brown lands the left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brown throws a low kick but Silva avoids it.
Silva pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brown throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brown lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Silva has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Brown.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Silva.
Brown throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brown sets himself, and Silva steps forward looking for the clinch! Brown avoids it this time.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Brown is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a head kick that misses
and Silva counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Brown's shoulder, as Brown tries to avoid the shot.
Brown throws a nice head kick!
Brown checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A leg kick checked by Brown.
Silva looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Silva blocks the body kick.
Brown throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva shapes to counter with a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick by Brown misses
and Brown takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silva avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brown goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Silva misses with a right hand
and Brown counters with a big head kick but Silva shrugs it off.
That has opened up Daniel Silva's cut even more.
Silva tries to score a power double leg takedown but Brown sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Silva somewhat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Brown, pushing him back against the cage.
Silva working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brown stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silva is working for takedown but Brown is calmly controlling the position for now.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva lands a really nice looking cross but Brown seems unphased.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with an attempted mid kick.
Brown lands with a nice body kick.
Brown tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A clash of legs there as Silva blocks the low kick.
Silva takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Silva darts in looking for a takedown but Brown gets double underhooks and turns Silva into the cage.
Brown tried to counter with a leg kick but Silva avoided it.
Jim Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Silva.
Both fighters circling a little - Brown finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brown scores with a spinning back kick!
Brown is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Silva walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Brown lands with a nice body kick.
Brown thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Silva if he has to take too many more of those.
Silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brown can pounce on him.
Brown moves to clinch but Silva breaks away
and Silva counters with a left to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jim Brown showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Brown 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 48:47
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 48:47
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 50:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Brown!
After winning the bout, Jim Brown thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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