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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edison Arantes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Cult Of Personality as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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235 lbs
8 - 9 - 0 |
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205 cm
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223 lbs
6 - 28 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Edison Arantes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mario Silva!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arantes shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Silva napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Silva looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Silva can't do much from the bottom here.
Silva is trying to work for a sweep but Arantes has mounted him!
Silva looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
I would not like to be Silva right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
Arantes really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the position but Arantes manages to sink in the hooks.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Arantes has good solid back control here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Arantes seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Silva for as long as he can get away with.
Silva trying to control the action but Arantes just sinks the hooks in.
Arantes is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arantes gets his hands free as Silva looks to control.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Arantes doesn't have the hooks in and Silva manages to turn into his guard.
Arantes has his hands on Silva's head, controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Silva being controlled here momentarily.
Silva throws an elbow that misses. Arantes uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Silva's guard. Nice move by Arantes!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Arantes sitting in guard here, content to control.
Silva is trying to control the position but Arantes postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edison Arantes dominated that round.
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.
Arantes throws a low kick, looking for Silva's leg but Silva calmly moves out of range.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination
and Arantes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Mario Silva has been cut.
Arantes gets the takedown into side control.
Silva tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Silva looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Arantes avoiding Silva 's attempts to control his hands.
Arantes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Arantes slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva can't escape the position.
Arantes slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Silva is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Arantes controlling the positon.
Arantes controlling well, preventing Silva from escaping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arantes biding his time, controlling Silva.
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva keeps trying to improve his position.
Edison Arantes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Arantes biding his time, looking for the opening.
Arantes has the hooks in. Silva is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Arantes controlling the position well here. Silva rolled but Arantes kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to control the hands but Arantes won't let him.
Silva tries to break free.
Arantes has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Silva's body.
Arantes continues to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Silva tries to escape the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Arantes has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Silva's body.
I really don't envy Silva right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edison Arantes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mario Silva's cut.
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!
Arantes catches Silva with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Arantes misses with a low kick as Silva jumps back.
Arantes drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Arantes stays in close to Silva's body and controls the position.
Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Arantes not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
More hug and hope from Arantes.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arantes postures up.
Arantes not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Silva escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Arantes gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Arantes throws a leg kick but Silva moved away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silva! But no joy.
Arantes closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Silva is trying to escape back to his feet but Arantes uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Silva prevents Arantes from moving into mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to reverse the position.
Silva is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face as Arantes controls the position.
Silva looks to move to half guard but instead Arantes has passed into mount! Damn!
Arantes controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Edison Arantes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
I really don't envy Silva right now.
Mario Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva is trying to stand back up.
Silva wants to control his opponent's hands but Arantes gets his hands free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Arantes is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Silva wants to escape the position.
I would not like to be Silva right now.
Arantes keeps control of the position as Silva tries to break free.
Arantes is riding his opponent, not letting Silva buck him off.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Arantes is hanging on to Silva's back as he tries to escape.
And that's the end of the fight!
Edison Arantes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Arantes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edison Arantes!
Mario Silva spoke after the fight, saying 'I Will Get Back To Train Harder And Improve To Win My Next Fight'.
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