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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rory Kincade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kincade comes to the cage accompanied by Good Rats. Silva is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Amazing by Kanye West ft. Young Jeezy. Pablo Silva acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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144 lbs
29 - 21 - 0 |
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122 lbs
15 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rory Kincade!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Silva!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva lands a really nice looking cross but Kincade seems unphased.
Kincade misses with a looping right.
Kincade throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kincade tries to clinch but Silva moves away
and Silva counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Kincade!
Silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kincade tries to buck Silva off but Silva is having none of it.
Silva thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Silva in side control lands a decent elbow.
Kincade is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Silva trying to control the action but Kincade is working from the bottom.
Silva lands a few punches from side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kincade is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Silva off and has taken his back!
Silva manages to scramble and ends up in full guard, under a barage of strikes . Great composure from Silva.
Kincade throws a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva controlling the position.
Kincade missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kincade postures up.
Kincade has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kincade content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kincade throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Silva has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Kincade is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Silva is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Silva has escaped and now he's on top!
Silva's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Silva postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kincade is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Silva defends well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kincade looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Silva has picked Kincade up and slammed him! Kincade can't keep hold of the triangle and Silva manages to pass to side control!
Kincade is looking to regain half guard here but Silva keeps moving and retains side control.
Silva working the ground and pound.
Kincade tries to buck Silva off but Silva is having none of it.
Silva working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Kincade tries to improve position but can't.
Kincade being controlled for a moment.
Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Kincade has escaped the position, nice work there.
Kincade is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kincade manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Silva lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Kincade is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silva pulls his head out easily.
Kincade looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Kincade has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Silva escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Silva!
Silva has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Kincade!
Silva scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Silva with shots to the head and body - Kincade looks very uncomfortable down there.
Silva with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Silva prevents Kincade from getting the reversal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Silva.
Kincade bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Kincade trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Silva seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Kincade has gone for a leg lock! Silva slips out almost immediately though and dives into Kincade's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva trying to control but Kincade is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Silva accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Kincade is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kincade looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Silva passes into half guard.
Kincade looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Silva dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kincade misses with the combination.
Kincade scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Silva lands a nice hook to Kincade's body. Kincade takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kincade fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva lands the left hand.
Kincade closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Silva has clasped his hands together around Kincade's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva lands a decent elbow from side control.
Silva looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Silva wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kincade keeps working.
Kincade tries to improve position but can't.
Silva trying to control the action but Kincade is working from the bottom.
Silva 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kincade is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Kincade is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva lands an elbow.
Kincade tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Kincade is not content to let Silva control the position.
Silva tries for a kimura but Kincade is defending well.
Silva is putting a hurting on Kincade here, landing some big shots from side control.
Kincade is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a strong strike to the head of Kincade. That's dazed him! Silva looking to finish here. Kincade is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Silva lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Silva!
After the fight, Pablo Silva was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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