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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bich Nga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pertti Silsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Silsa's choice of entrance music: Candy by Robbie Williams. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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210 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
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203 lbs
20 - 12 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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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
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bich Nga!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pertti Silsa!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silsa misses with a left hand
and Nga counters with a low kick, right behind Silsa 's knee.
Silsa decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Nga's coaches at Miletich Xtreme Fighting Systems have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Nga is trying to get back to full guard.
Silsa wants to pass the guard but Nga is defending well.
Silsa is looking for a kimura but Nga is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Silsa to get the leverage.
Silsa wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nga keeps working.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Silsa in particular looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
It looks like Silsa might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Silsa wants to pass the guard but Nga is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nga is defending against the submission attempts here by Silsa.
Nga holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Silsa stalling away here and it's allowed Nga to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Silsa showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Nga wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nga throws a jab but it's blocked by Silsa.
Silsa blocks a low kick nicely.
Nga connects with a jab.
Nga takes the fight into the clinch.
Nga lands an elbow inside.
Silsa slowing the pace effectively.
Silsa wants to take the fight to the mat but Nga manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Nga fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nga doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nga misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silsa throws a punch but it's blocked by Nga.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nga throws an elbow that misses.
Silsa prevents a body shot from Nga.
Nga misses with the head strike.
Silsa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nga scores with a shoulder strike.
Nga doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nga misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silsa will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nga up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silsa.
Silsa avoiding damage.
Silsa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Silsa.
Silsa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nga misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silsa lands with a left to the head.
Silsa slowing the pace effectively.
Nga misses with a punch to the body.
Nga tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silsa lands with a short shot to the head.
Nga misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nga can't find room to land a body shot as Silsa controls the action.
Silsa lands a right hand.
Silsa blocks the elbow strike.
Nga blocking some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nga just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silsa's brow.
Silsa avoids a wild elbow strike from Nga.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silsa is trying to stall.
Silsa has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Nga seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Silsa can turn it around.
A head punch on the inside from Nga fails to land.
Silsa blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bich Nga will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nga jabs Silsa to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Silsa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Silsa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nga.
Nga takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Silsa throws a poor cross that misses
and Nga counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silsa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nga tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silsa ducks under a wild hook from Nga.
Silsa scores with a decent looking hook.
Silsa avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Silsa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nga.
Silsa pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Nga back to the cage. Silsa follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silsa throws a hook to the side of Nga's head but Nga sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Silsa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A combination from Silsa does no damage.
Silsa dips to his left and cracks Nga with an uppercut!
Silsa connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nga. Nga circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nga is rocked!
Nga checks a leg kick.
Nga throws a sloppy body shot
and Silsa counters with a straight that turns Nga's legs to rubber! Silsa pushes forward with more strikes and Nga goes down, battered and bloody! That's a wrap folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pertti Silsa!
Pertti Silsa is the new light heavyweight champion!
Pertti Silsa decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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
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