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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yasuhiro Akagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yasuhiro Akagi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akagi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Silva.
Akagi misses with a wild body shot.
Silva pivots, looking for a leg kick but Akagi is out of range and Silva settles back down.
Akagi scores with a shot to the body.
Akagi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Silva.
Silva swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Akagi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Silva slips a jab from Akagi.
Silva throws a leg kick but Akagi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Akagi throws out a loose jab but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
An inside leg kick lands from Akagi.
Silva swings for the body but Akagi moves out of range.
Akagi misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Akagi thinking.
Akagi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Silva is out of range and Akagi settles back down.
Akagi misses with a head kick.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Akagi misses the target.
Silva walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva scores with the left hand. Akagi knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva throws a body punch but Akagi moves out of range.
Akagi throws a nice looking combination but Silva bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Akagi lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Silva has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Silva blocks a jab.
Akagi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Akagi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva slips under a jab.
Silva is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Akagi with a body shot.
Akagi lands a right hook to the body.
Akagi throws a front kick aimed at Silva's knee but Silva avoids it well.
Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Silva looks to land a combination but Akagi avoids it well.
Silva tried to score with a low kick but Akagi checks it.
Akagi lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
A combination from Akagi does no damage.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva pushes Akagi up against the cage in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Akagi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Akagi avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Akagi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Akagi taking a breather.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a right hand.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Akagi breaks the clinch.
Akagi bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Silva's head.
Silva is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Akagi rather than just go for the knockout.
A lazy left from Akagi finds it's target.
Akagi takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Akagi is looking to land body kicks.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Akagi.
Akagi misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Akagi's calf.
A swing and a miss from Akagi.
Good leg kick by Akagi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Akagi throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Silva on the side of the head.
Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Akagi misses with a hook. Silva ducked under it nicely.
Silva throws a series of punches but Akagi avoids them all with ease.
Silva chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Silva throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Akagi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Silva throws a jab but it's blocked by Akagi.
Akagi throws a body punch but Silva moves out of range.
Silva appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Silva looks to land a combination but Akagi avoids it well.
Akagi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Akagi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Silva looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Akagi misses with a shot to the body
and Silva counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Akagi blocks a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akagi dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Akagi lands a lovely overhand right.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Akagi tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Silva manages to circle out of the way.
Akagi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Silva counters with a body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Akagi. That's going to slow Silva down.
Silva looks to land a combination but Akagi avoids it well.
Akagi lands a nice shot to the body.
Akagi scores with a jab.
Akagi misses with a straight left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silva slips a straight right by Akagi.
Akagi lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Akagi back to the cage. Silva follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A head kick misses from Silva.
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 Yasuhiro Akagi will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Akagi moves out of range of the strikes.
Akagi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Silva ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Akagi walks into a stiff left hand from Silva.
Akagi swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Akagi rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Akagi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Akagi avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Akagi has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silva lands a body punch.
Akagi can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Akagi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Akagi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Akagi lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Akagi is blocking nicely.
Akagi misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akagi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Akagi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Akagi takes one on the button.
Akagi looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Silva tries to clinch but Akagi moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Akagi misses the target.
Akagi throws the left hand but Silva avoids the punch easily.
Akagi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Silva is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Akagi.
Silva pushes Akagi away with a front kick.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Akagi's head but Akagi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva takes a swing at Akagi's ribcage but misses.
Akagi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Akagi moves into the clinch.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Akagi blocks with his arms.
Akagi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Good body shot from Akagi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akagi tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Akagi back against the cage.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Akagi avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Silva is breathing heavily.
A body shot lands from Akagi.
Akagi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Akagi.
Akagi lands a body punch.
Akagi pressing his opponent against the cage.
Akagi throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Akagi lands with a right to the head.
Akagi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Akagi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Akagi looks to score with a jab to the body but Silva is just out of range.
Akagi misses with a body shot.
Silva throws a series of punches but Akagi avoids them all with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akagi misses with an uppercut. Silva saw that one coming.
Akagi throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Akagi forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Good body shot from Akagi.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Yasuhiro Akagi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A right hook to the body lands for Akagi.
Akagi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Akagi lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silva prevents a body shot from Akagi.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Akagi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva takes one on the button.
Silva is rocked!
Akagi ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Silva's jaw. Silva's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Akagi does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yasuhiro Akagi!
Yasuhiro Akagi 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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