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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimme Buttler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Good knees
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Basic striking
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimme Buttler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Buttler.
Silva avoids the head kick by Buttler.
Buttler has closed the distance and engaged Silva in a clinch.
Buttler tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Buttler putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Silva in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A right hand to the body from Buttler.
Buttler throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice takedown defense from Silva. No joy for Buttler on that attempt.
Silva tries to clinch up.
Buttler closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Buttler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Buttler crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Silva looks winded!
Buttler unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Buttler landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buttler lands a knee to the body.
Buttler connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Buttler.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Buttler.
Buttler unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Buttler connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silva's face.
Buttler lands a takedown into guard.
Buttler looking to pass the guard.
Silva throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Buttler throwing strikes but missing.
Buttler stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Buttler is working hard here to advance position.
Buttler has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Buttler from controlling successfully.
Silva will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buttler tries to free his leg and advance position but Silva is retaining full guard.
Buttler trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Silva drives through and clinches with Buttler against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
Buttler tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Silva smiles and moves away.
Silva moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Buttler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva working aggressively here.
Buttler scores with a knee to the head.
Buttler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Buttler.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Buttler.
Buttler lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Buttler.
Buttler connects with a knee to the head.
Buttler unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Buttler.
A knee to the head by Buttler.
Buttler throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Buttler.
Buttler scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buttler landing knees to the body.
Buttler lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Buttler.
Buttler lands a knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buttler.
Buttler landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Buttler scores a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buttler prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Buttler landing knees to the head.
Buttler scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Buttler with a knee to the head.
Buttler trying to land knees to the body.
Buttler tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Buttler has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Buttler prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Buttler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Buttler landing knees to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Buttler has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buttler tries to pull guard but Silva forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jimme Buttler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Buttler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Buttler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Silva is looking to chop away at Buttler's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimme Buttler dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Buttler tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva is looking to clinch but Buttler is avoiding it.
Silva avoids the head kick by Buttler.
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Buttler is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Buttler connects with a knee to the head.
Buttler lands a body shot in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Buttler.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buttler.
Buttler tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Buttler with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buttler.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buttler throws a knee to the head but misses.
Buttler using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Buttler backwards.
Buttler tries a knee to the head but Silva blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jimme Buttler has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silva wants to break free but Buttler has control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Buttler.
A short left from Silva.
Buttler tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva tries to break free but Buttler pushes him back against the cage.
Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Buttler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Buttler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Buttler throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Buttler checks a leg kick.
Buttler throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Silva throws a low kick but it's checked well by Buttler.
Silva cracks the inside of Buttler's front leg.
Jimme Buttler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Buttler misses with a head kick.
Silva tried to score with a low kick but Buttler checks it.
Silva avoids the head kick by Buttler.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Buttler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Buttler.
Silva moves into range and clinches up with Buttler.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Buttler blocking some punches.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Buttler obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Buttler keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silva's efforts to push away.
Buttler unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silva gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Buttler has double underhooks.
Buttler lands a knee to the head.
Buttler keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Buttler has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Buttler trying to land knees to the body.
Buttler landing knees to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Buttler landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Silva lands an uppercut.
Buttler blocks an uppercut.
Buttler blocking some punches.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Buttler.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Buttler crunches a lovely knee into Silva's ribcage.
Buttler connects with a knee to the head.
Buttler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Buttler with a knee to the head.
Buttler lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buttler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Buttler misses with a knee to the head.
Silva lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Buttler lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buttler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva working aggressively here.
Silva misses with the head strike.
Buttler with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Buttler has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Buttler has the dominant position.
Silva is trying to break free.
Buttler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Buttler shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Silva defends it nicely.
Silva tries to counter with a clinch but Buttler shakes him off and moves away.
Silva misses with a low kick as Buttler jumps back.
Silva misses with a low kick.
Jimme Buttler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buttler moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva tries to counter with a clinch but Buttler shakes him off and moves away.
Buttler changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Silva tries to avoid it but Buttler manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Silva to the ground. Silva escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimme Buttler dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Buttler shoots in for a takedown but Silva shows good takedown defense.
Buttler closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Silva avoiding damage as Buttler throws knees to the body.
Buttler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Buttler uses good head movement to avoid it.
Buttler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva tries to break free but Buttler pushes him back against the cage.
Silva throws a punch but it's blocked by Buttler.
Silva is trying to break free.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
Buttler tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva has Buttler up against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Buttler throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva avoids the head kick by Buttler.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Buttler.
Silva tries a low kick but Buttler avoids it.
Buttler tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Silva manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silva tries to clinch there but Buttler circles away.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Buttler moves out of range of the leg kick from Silva.
Buttler clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Buttler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Buttler has the dominant position.
Silva's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva throws out a leg kick but Buttler moves out of range and Silva only half commits.
Buttler throws a head kick that misses.
Buttler checks a leg kick nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buttler misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jimme Buttler is winning the standup battle so far.
Silva clinches.
Buttler trying to land knees to the body.
Buttler is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Silva takes a knee right on the jaw!
Buttler tries to stall but Silva uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silva tries to break free but Buttler pushes him back against the cage.
Buttler keeps control of Silva as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Buttler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Buttler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva gets through Buttler's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva wants to break free but Buttler has control.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Buttler.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buttler.
Buttler misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Silva gets through Buttler's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva prevents a takedown attempt there.
A frustrated look appears on Silva's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Buttler is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Silva tries to break the clinch but Buttler is controlling the position.
Buttler is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silva is defending well for now.
Jimme Buttler is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Buttler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silva tries to break free but Buttler pushes him back against the cage.
Silva is trying to push Buttler away but Buttler has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Buttler has Silva pressed against the cage, preventing Silva from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Buttler breaks from the clinch.
Buttler takes the fight into the clinch.
Buttler unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Silva misses with some punches.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buttler breaks from the clinch.
Buttler throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Buttler throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Buttler checks a leg kick nicely.
Buttler swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Buttler fails with an attempt to clinch.
Buttler misses with a jab, cross combination.
Silva tries to clinch but Buttler moves out of range.
Buttler thinks about countering with a head kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Buttler lands a nice knee to the body.
Anderson Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Buttler pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Buttler has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jimme Buttler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Buttler 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 William Peck scores the fight for Jimme Buttler!
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight for Jimme Buttler!
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight for Jimme Buttler!
Jimme Buttler wins by unanimous decision!
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