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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Adam Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Banner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adam Silver has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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170 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adam Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruce Banner!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Silver does no damage.
Banner lands a nice shot to the body.
Silver closes the distance but Banner moves to the side
and Silver takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silver misses with a wild combination.
Banner avoids a punch combination nicely.
Banner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Banner letting Silver take a breather here.
Banner has Silver pressed against the ropes, preventing Silver from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Banner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Banner looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A shot in the inside from Banner.
Silver manages to break the clinch.
Silver moves in looking to clinch but Banner pushes him off.
Banner doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Banner closes the distance and pushes Silver back into the ropes.
Banner misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silver throws a knee to the head but misses.
Banner misses with some punches.
Banner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Banner can't find room to land a body shot as Silver controls the action.
Banner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Banner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silver's elbow.
Banner presses Silver against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Banner lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Banner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Banner lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Banner.
Silver blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Banner.
Silver scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Silver working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silver pulls guard successfully.
Silver working a defensive guard here.
Silver wants to stand up but Banner is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banner wants to control from the top but Silver keeps moving.
Silver is scooting his butt against the ropes and has managed to get back to his feet. Banner presses him back against the ropes, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Banner scores with a shoulder strike.
Silver wants to break free but Banner has control.
Silver lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Banner misses with a punch on the inside.
Silver lands a shoulder strike.
Silver lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Banner.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banner scores with a hook to the body.
Banner has a couple of punches blocked by Silver.
Silver blocking some punches.
Banner doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silver misses with some punches.
Banner blocking some punches.
Banner lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Silver is trying to pull guard but Banner has him pressed against the ropes.
Banner goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Silver working hard to break the clinch.
Banner tries a body shot but Silver blocks it.
Banner misses with the head strike.
Silver misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Banner misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silver looking to throw knees to the head but Banner is blocking nicely.
Banner avoiding damage as Silver throws knees to the body.
Silver working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silver is looking to break free of the clinch but Banner has double underhooks.
Banner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silver's elbow.
Banner misses with some punches.
Silver blocks an uppercut.
Banner struggles to land a body shot inside as Silver controls his hands.
Banner breaks the clinch.
Silver slips under a jab.
Silver scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Bruce Banner has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up but Banner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silver misses with a wild combination.
Silver fails to land with a series of punches.
Banner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silver on the side of the head.
Silver wants to clinch
and Banner counters with a nice uppercut.
Silver tries to move into range but Banner moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A left and a right from Banner both land. Nice combination.
Silver moves in looking to clinch but Banner pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bruce Banner will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bruce Banner's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Silver ducks under a wild hook from Banner.
Silver throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Banner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Banner misses with a looping right.
Bruce Banner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silver tries to clinch there but Banner circles away.
Adam Silver is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Banner clobbers Silver with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Silver instigates a clinch.
Banner working aggressively here.
Banner breaks from the clinch.
Silver darts in trying to clinch
and Banner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A punch combination from Silver misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Banner swings widly with a right hand
and Silver counters with a crisp one two that drops Banner! Silver thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Banner to his feet! Banner is in big trouble!
Banner is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Banner is still on wobbly legs! Can Silver finish him?
Silver unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Banner! He's leaning against the ropes trying to keep his feet but Silver is unloading with more strikes now! Banner drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adam Silver!
Adam Silver decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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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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