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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zak Pomona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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157 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Zak Pomona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andy silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
silva misses with a series of wild punches.
Decent striking displayed by silva there.
No joy there for silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
silva works over Pomona's head and body with a nice combination.
silva takes the fight into the clinch.
silva is struggling to control the position.
silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pomona tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. silva smiles and moves away.
silva scores with a one two! Pomona had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Andy silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Pomona paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A left and a right from silva both land. Nice combination.
silva closes the distance and clinches.
silva tries to break the clinch but Pomona is controlling the position.
silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pomona prevents silva from breaking the clinch.
silva wants to break free but Pomona has control.
Pomona tries to pull guard but silva won't allow it.
silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
silva wants to break free but Pomona has control.
Pomona goes for a takedown in the clinch but silva prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zak Pomona. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pomona fails to pull guard.
silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pomona prevents silva from breaking the clinch.
silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pomona has him pressed against the ropes.
silva is trying to break free.
silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pomona stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
silva scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pomona misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pomona dodges the punch combination from silva.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from silva as Pomona shoots in.
Andy silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Pomona moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
silva moves into range and clinches up with Pomona.
silva is fighting off a takedown attempt but Pomona is just too persistent for him and manages to trip silva to the mat. silva regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Pomona postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
silva keeping full guard, as Pomona tries to pass.
Pomona is breathing heavily.
silva wants to stand up but Pomona is controlling him.
silva is looking to stand back up but Pomona counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by silva.
silva is looking to improve his position.
silva pushes Pomona off and gets back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva moves in looking to clinch but Pomona pushes him off.
silva throws a right hand that Pomona ducks under and follows up with a left that Pomona also avoids with ease.
silva gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pomonas head.
silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Pomona has double underhooks.
silva tries for a takedown but Pomona manages to get underhooks.
Pomona keeps control of silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pomona tries to pull guard but silva holds him up against the ropes and eventually Pomona drops back down to his feet.
silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Pomona has double underhooks.
silva tries to break the clinch but Pomona is controlling the position.
silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Pomona won't allow it.
silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Pomona won't allow it.
Pomona tries for a takedown but silva manages to get underhooks.
Pomona keeps control of silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pomona is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's four 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.
Pomona tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Pomona fails to pull the fight into his guard.
silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pomona is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
silva swinging wilding here.
Pomona walks into a stiff left hand from silva.
silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
silva jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pomona stuns silva with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pomona is on the wrong end of a nice combination from silva.
silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andy silva dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Pomona swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
silva misses with the combination.
A combination from silva does no damage.
silva stuffs the takedown.
silva lands a head shot.
Pomona walks into a straight right hand from silva.
silva cracks Pomona with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
silva wants to clinch
and Pomona counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Pomona working the head and body with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
silva pushes Pomona off looking to stand but Pomona dives back in and keeps control.
Nice strikes from Pomona there.
Pomona trying to control the action but silva is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
silva pushes Pomona off looking to stand but Pomona dives back in and keeps control.
Pomona not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Pomona prevents silva from standing back up.
Pomona is pressing down on silva's thigh, looking to free his foot. silva is holding on for now.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
silva lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
silva stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
silva moves in looking to clinch but Pomona pushes him off.
silva throws a series of punches but Pomona avoids them all with ease.
Horrible takedown by Pomona or perhaps it was just good defense by silva which made him look bad.
Pomona throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Pomona circles away.
silva lands with a nice combination. Pomona backs away looking to recover.
silva misses with a double jab.
silva rushes Pomona and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Pomona keeps control of silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
silva tries to break the clinch but Pomona is controlling the position.
silva can't break the clinch.
Pomona keeps control of silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
silva can't break the clinch.
silva wants to break free but Pomona has control.
silva is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva wants to break free but Pomona has control.
Pomona prevents silva from breaking the clinch.
Pomona tries to pull guard but silva won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zak Pomona. That's going to take a lot out of him.
silva tries to break the clinch but Pomona is controlling the position.
Pomona decides to pull guard.
Pomona manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Pomona with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
silva somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Pomona looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
silva works the jab nicely.
Pomona tries to clinch but silva is having none of it.
silva fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pomona, pushing him back against the ropes.
silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pomona shoots in but no luck this time.
Pomona drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
silva darts in trying to clinch
and Pomona counters with a three punch combo that has silva backing up. silva nods at Pomona to acknowledge the strikes.
silva looks to land a combination. Pomona sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Zak Pomona will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pomona fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Zak Pomona is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pomona looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? silva is fending him off so far but Pomona persists. Nope, silva circles away and we're back to standing.
silva tries to clinch up but Pomona circles away and keeps his distance.
silva lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
silva throws a nice looking combination but Pomona bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
silva rushes Pomona and presses him up against the ropes.
silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pomona tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zak Pomona. That's going to take a lot out of him.
silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
silva lands with a nice body punch.
A punch lands to the side of Pomona 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pomona.
silva is looking to clinch but Pomona is avoiding it.
silva might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
silva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
silva lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Pomona keeps the fight on the outside.
silva looks to land a combination. Pomona sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
silva lands with a straight right. Pomona didn't see that one coming.
silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
silva instigates a clinch.
Pomona wants a takedown.
silva breaks from the clinch.
silva clinches up with Pomona and pushes him back against the ropes.
silva has had enough of the clinch but Pomona keeps him there for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva is pressed up against the ropes. Pomona has hold of a leg and is looking to drag silva down to the mat. silva avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Pomona shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has silva pinned against the cage. silva gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
silva lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Pomona is on the wrong end of a nice combination from silva.
Pomona avoids a punch combination nicely.
silva works over Pomona's head and body with a nice combination.
Pomona avoids a punch combination nicely.
silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Pomona circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pomona.
silva instigates a clinch.
Pomona prevents silva from breaking the clinch.
silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
silva lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
silva throws a series of punches but Pomona avoids them all with ease.
silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.
silva pushes Pomona up against the ropes in a clinch.
silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Pomona has double underhooks.
silva wants a takedown but no success here.
Pomona is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pomona misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
silva has Pomona up against the ropes in a clinch.
Pomona is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
silva is trying to break free.
silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Horrible takedown by Pomona or perhaps it was just good defense by silva which made him look bad.
Pomona avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
silva connects with a crisp jab.
silva moves in looking to clinch but Pomona pushes him off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andy silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andy silva!
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FIGHT
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