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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tony Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wanderlei Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington comes to the cage accompanied by Such a Tragedy. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wanderlei Silva!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Washington counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Washington throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
Wanderlei Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Washington rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silva leaning against his opponent.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Washington tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva has his takedown stuffed
and Washington counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Washington wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Washington looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Washington is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Washington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to clinch but Washington moves away
and Washington counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Silva thinking.
Silva tries to clinch
and Washington holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Washington lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Washington throws an elbow but misses.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Washington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva has managed to clinch.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Washington comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Washington is trying to break free.
Washington escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva wants to clinch
and Washington holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Washington tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Washington keeps him there for the moment.
Washington lands a right hand.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Washington.
A left hand lands to the body for Washington.
Washington gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Washington trying to land knees to the body.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Washington won't allow it.
Washington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Washington lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Washington lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
A bit of stalling here from Silva.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Washington escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Washington gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Washington escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Washington has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva drives through and clinches with Washington against the cage.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Washington lands a nice elbow.
Washington lands a nice elbow.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Washington backwards.
Washington scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Washington lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Washington comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Washington turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Washington manages to end up in side control.
Washington stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Washington drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Washington is blocking nicely.
Washington lands a damaging elbow.
Washington lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Washington prevents the takedown attempt.
Washington lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Washington creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Washington lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington gets underhooks to prevent Silva's takedown attempt.
Tony Washington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wanderlei Silva.
Washington lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Washington decides to pull guard.
Washington can't keep his opponent in guard - Silva advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Washington closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Washington working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Washington lands a damaging elbow.
Washington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Washington wants to clinch.
Silva looks to clinch
and Washington counters by moving into the clinch.
Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Washington pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Washington lands a nice elbow.
Silva looking to slow down the pace here.
Washington missing with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva can't get the takedown.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Washington lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Washington.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Washington lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Washington.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva tries to clinch
and Washington holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Washington goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Washington avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Silva avoiding damage as Washington throws knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Washington.
Washington creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Washington comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Washington manages to break the clinch.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Washington counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Washington dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Silva darts in trying to clinch
and Washington counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Washington works Silva's body with a nice hook.
Silva looks to clinch
and Washington connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Washington lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Washington tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Washington cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva wants to clinch
and Washington counters with a straight right hand.
Silva tries to clinch but Washington moves away
enabling Washington to counter with a crisp jab.
Silva has closed the distance and engaged Washington in a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Silva no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Washington trying to stand up but can't free himself from Silva's guard.
Silva manages to escape and get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Washington blocks it with crossed arms.
Washington lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Washington lands a damaging elbow.
Silva jumps guard but Washington stands there with Silva around his waist. Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Washington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Washington drives through and clinches with Silva against the cage.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Washington lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Washington lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Washington pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Washington tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Washington has double underhooks.
Washington lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Washington lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Washington tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Silva tries to clinch up
and Washington counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Washington.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington missing with knees to the body.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Washington fails to pull guard.
Washington misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Washington is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Washington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Washington wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Washington trying to land knees to the body.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Washington lands a nice elbow.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva tries to clinch
and Washington counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Washington.
Washington prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Washington gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Washington pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silva blocks an elbow strike from Washington.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Washington.
Washington is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Silva gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Washington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Washington lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Washington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Washington throws an elbow but misses.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Washington misses with an elbow strike.
Washington lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Washington avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Washington is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Washington moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Washington tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Tony Washington is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Silva has Washington up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Washington throws an elbow but misses.
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 a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Washington comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silva with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from Washington.
Washington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Washington scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Washington.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
Silva controlling the action here for a moment.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Washington managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Washington creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Washington lands an elbow just above Silva 's eye.
Washington avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Washington misses with an elbow strike.
Washington escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Washington dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Silva clinches but Washington breaks the clinch
and Washington makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Washington counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva wants to clinch but Washington slips to the side
and Washington counters with a nice uppercut.
Washington connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Silva wants to clinch but Washington slips to the side
and Washington counters with a stiff right hand.
Washington scores with a jab.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Washington counters with a straight right hand.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Washington counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Washington rushes Silva and presses him up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva closes the distance but Washington moves to the side
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Washington gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tony Washington has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Washington lands a damaging elbow.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Washington.
Silva wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Washington has him pressed against the cage.
Washington wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Washington counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Silva closes the distance looking to clinch
and Washington counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Washington to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva tries to clinch but Washington moves away
and Washington holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Washington can't break the clinch.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Washington lands a nice elbow.
Silva blocks the elbow strike.
Silva lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Washington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Washington throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Silva looks to clinch
and Washington counters with a three punch combo that has Silva backing up. Silva nods at Washington to acknowledge the strikes.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Washington counters by moving into the clinch.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
Washington jumps guard but Silva stands there with Washington around his waist. Washington gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Silva wants to break free but Washington has control.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Washington is blocking nicely.
Washington creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Silva's defenses.
Washington lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Washington tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Washington lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Washington.
Washington keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Washington is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Washington lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Washington drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Silva gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Silva pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva tries to clinch but Washington moves away
and Washington counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Washington.
Silva tries to score a body lock takedown but Washington shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Silva drops down looking for an ankle pick but Washington pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tony Washington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wanderlei Silva.
Washington tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Washington moves into the clinch.
Silva avoiding damage as Washington throws knees to the body.
Silva changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Washington fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Washington circles away from the clinch attempt
and Washington counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Washington.
Washington misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Washington.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
Silva decides to pull guard.
Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Silva pushes Washington off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Washington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Washington tries to clinch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva closes the distance but Washington moves to the side
and Washington counters with a nice body shot.
Silva tries to clinch but Washington moves away
letting Washington counter with a right hand.
Washington circles away from the clinch attempt
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Washington showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Washington, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Tony Washington!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Tony Washington!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Tony Washington!
Tony Washington wins by unanimous decision!
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