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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between James Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Jose Silva enters the cage!
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145 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, James Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jose Silva!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nelson finds it's way round the side to connect with Silva's head.
A jab lands there for Nelson.
Nelson moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Nelson tries to clinch but Silva is having none of it.
Nelson misses with a head kick.
Good work by Silva as he checks the leg kick.
Good work by Nelson as he checks the leg kick.
Nelson misses with a head kick.
Nelson clinches with his opponent.
Silva lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like James Nelson has been cut.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Jose Silva has been cut.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nelson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nelson is trying to break free.
Silva drags the fight down to the ground.
Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Nelson can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Silva looking for a guillotine here but Nelson defends easily.
Silva is looking for a triangle but Nelson pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson distracts Silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Silva has his foot on Nelson's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Nelson works his way back into a safe position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nelson gets to his feet - Silva follows without any prompting.
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Nelson.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nelson. That did some damage!
Nelson throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Nelson tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva looks gassed!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nelson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nelson darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nelson presses Silva against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nelson lands with a right to the head.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nelson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nelson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nelson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nelson looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Nelson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nelson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Nelson looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Nelson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nelson clinches up against the cage.
Nelson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nelson wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nelson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva scores with a knee to the head.
Nelson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nelson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nelson rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson prevents Silva from breaking the clinch.
A knee to the head by Nelson.
Nelson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nelson is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nelson breaks the clinch.
Nelson scores with a head kick.
Nelson rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Nelson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nelson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nelson wants to break free but Silva has control.
Still in the clinch, Nelson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nelson lands an elbow inside that Silva shrugs off.
Nelson breaks from the clinch.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
Nelson scores with a head kick.
Nelson tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoids the head kick by Nelson.
Nelson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nelson scores with the left hand. Silva knows he should have avoided that one.
Nelson swinging wilding here.
Nelson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Silva!
Nelson has a takedown stuffed.
A head kick misses from Nelson.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nelson swivels and escapes.
Silva takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that James Nelson will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Silva clinches but Nelson breaks the clinch
and Nelson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Silva's guard now.
Silva wants to stand but Nelson is controlling the position.
Nelson tries to stand but Silva is controlling from the bottom.
Silva is looking to sinch up a triangle. Nelson throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Silva's body to avoid the submission. Silva has instead reached around Nelson's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Silva arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jose Silva!
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RATING
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