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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alec Silifant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alec Silifant has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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169 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ White Belt
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alec Silifant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Anderson Souza !
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Konstantin Menshow and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza drives through and clinches with Silifant against the cage.
Souza wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Silifant has him pressed against the cage.
Souza tries to circle away but Silifant has him pinned against the cage.
Souza prevents a takedown attempt there.
Silifant misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silifant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silifant being controlled against the cage.
Souza lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silifant backwards.
Silifant pushes Souza back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Souza is trying to force a seperation but Silifant has the dominant position.
Silifant throws a punch but it's blocked by Souza .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silifant misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silifant lands a shoulder strike.
Silifant keeps control of Souza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silifant tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silifant misses with some punches.
Souza blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silifant misses with some punches.
Souza stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silifant has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Souza is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Souza blocks an uppercut.
Silifant is trying to drag Souza to the mat but Souza just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alec Silifant. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Souza scores with a shot to the side of Silifant's head.
Silifant swings wildly with an uppercut but Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Souza is trying to push Silifant away but Silifant has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A short uppercut from Silifant.
Silifant working aggressively here.
Souza working hard to break the clinch.
Souza is trying to break the clinch but Silifant has him pressed against the cage.
Souza controlling the action here for a moment.
Silifant swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silifant looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Souza manages to break the clinch.
Souza throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silifant sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A big right from Souza misses.
A punch combination from Souza misses.
Silifant closes this distance looking for a takedown but Souza circles away.
Anderson Souza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silifant throws a quick inside leg kick.
Souza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Souza feints a jab promting Silifant to slip. Souza then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Silifant slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silifant throws a front kick aimed at Souza 's knee but Souza avoids it well.
Silifant avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Silifant tried to counter with a leg kick but Souza avoided it.
Souza tries to close the distance and clinch but Silifant swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza misses with a two punch combination.
Souza moves into the clinch successfully.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Souza .
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silifant.
Souza is trying to break free.
Silifant working aggressively here.
Silifant is trying to drag Souza to the mat but Souza just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
We've been informed that Souza has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Silifant lands a right hand that snaps the head of Souza backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Souza .
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silifant.
Still in the clinch, Silifant scores with a nice short uppercut.
Souza gets underhooks to prevent Silifant's takedown attempt.
Souza avoiding damage as Silifant throws knees to the body.
Silifant misses with a short punch on the inside.
Souza tries a body shot but Silifant blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Silifant fails to land.
Silifant lands with a right to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Souza blocks an uppercut.
Souza on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silifant keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Souza 's efforts to push away.
Silifant missing with knees to the body.
Silifant swings wildly with an uppercut but Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Souza wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Still in the clinch, Silifant scores with a nice short uppercut.
Souza wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silifant tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Souza avoids it.
Silifant tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silifant landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Souza tries to circle away but Silifant has him pinned against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Silifant fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alec Silifant dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Silifant dives in for a single leg takedown but Souza sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Silifant throws a hook but Souza avoids it easily.
Despite the aggression on Souza 's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Souza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Silifant explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Silifant with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Silifant walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Silifant dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Souza . That did some damage!
Silifant feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Souza 's calf.
Silifant lunges at Souza with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Souza 's hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza throws a series of punches but Silifant avoids them all with ease.
Silifant looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Souza throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silifant counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Silifant shoots in for a double leg but Souza sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Souza looks to land a combination but Silifant avoids it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silifant avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silifant lands with a thumping leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Souza checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Souza takes a kick to the side of the head.
Souza takes the fight into the clinch.
Silifant swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silifant missing with knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Souza is trying to force a seperation but Silifant has the dominant position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Souza creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Silifant fails to land.
Silifant lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Souza stalling in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza is struggling to control the position.
Souza lands a right hand.
Souza wants to get back to striking at distance but Silifant won't allow it.
Silifant has Souza pressed against the cage, preventing Souza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Souza blocks an uppercut.
Silifant misses with some punches.
Souza tries to throw a body punch but Silifant avoids it by throwing Souza back against the cage.
Silifant working aggressively here.
Souza is trying to force a seperation but Silifant has the dominant position.
Silifant tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Souza avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Souza wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Silifant is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Souza can do to turn this around?
Souza is trying to force a seperation but Silifant has the dominant position.
Souza pressing his opponent against the cage.
Souza tries to circle away but Silifant has him pinned against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza slows down the pace here.
Souza lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Silifant misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silifant keeps control of Souza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Silifant is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Souza gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alec Silifant. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silifant landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Souza is breathing heavily.
Silifant swings wildly with an uppercut but Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silifant gets through Souza 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Silifant misses with some punches.
Silifant swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Souza managing to block the knees to the body from Silifant.
Silifant tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza just leaning against Silifant, taking a breather.
Souza is trying to push Silifant away but Silifant has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Alec Silifant has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silifant tries for a takedown but Souza manages to get underhooks.
Souza managing to block the knees to the body from Silifant.
Souza is stalling here.
Souza managing to block the knees to the body from Silifant.
Knees to the body from Silifant.
Souza on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silifant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Souza blocking some punches.
Silifant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Souza .
A head punch on the inside from Silifant fails to land.
Souza is looking to break free of the clinch but Silifant has double underhooks.
Silifant landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silifant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Souza .
Silifant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alec Silifant dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Silifant misses with the combination.
Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Souza misses with a left hand
and Silifant counters with a good low kick that Souza was not able to check.
Silifant feints and then cracks Souza 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Souza down.
Souza clinches up with Silifant and pushes him back against the cage.
Silifant lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silifant working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silifant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Souza wants to break the clinch but can't.
Souza blocking some punches.
Silifant scores with a nice hook to the head.
Souza takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Silifant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Souza .
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silifant.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Silifant.
Souza is rocked!
Souza throws a punch but it's blocked by Silifant.
Souza is still on wobbly legs! Can Silifant finish him?
Silifant misses with some punches.
Souza blocking some punches.
Souza can't break the clinch.
Souza seems to have recovered his senses.
Silifant misses with the head strike.
Silifant misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silifant misses with the head strike.
Souza wants to break free but Silifant has control.
A short right from Silifant on the inside.
Silifant keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Souza 's efforts to push away.
Souza managing to block the knees to the body from Silifant.
Silifant lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Souza lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Silifant backwards.
Silifant throws a punch but it's blocked by Souza .
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Silifant tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Souza avoids it.
Souza wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silifant lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Souza is trying to force a seperation but Silifant has the dominant position.
Silifant prevents Souza from breaking the clinch.
Silifant tries to land knees in the clinch but Souza avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Silifant fails to land.
Silifant misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silifant swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silifant.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Souza .
Souza wants to break the clinch but can't.
Souza managing to block the knees to the body from Silifant.
Souza working hard to break the clinch.
Silifant swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Souza wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silifant being controlled against the cage.
Silifant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Souza .
Silifant keeps control of Souza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Souza wants to break free but Silifant has control.
Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Souza is trying to push Silifant away but Silifant has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Silifant.
Silifant lands with a short shot to the head.
Silifant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Souza .
Silifant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silifant misses with a short punch on the inside.
Souza blocks an uppercut.
Souza tries to circle away but Silifant has him pinned against the cage.
Souza prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza tries to throw a body punch but Silifant avoids it by throwing Souza back against the cage.
Souza stalling the fight.
Souza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Souza blocks an uppercut.
Silifant has a couple of punches blocked by Souza .
Souza has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Souza taking a breather.
Silifant swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silifant has Souza pressed against the cage, preventing Souza from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Souza is working Silifant over against the cage.
Silifant missing with knees to the body.
Souza managing to block the knees to the body from Silifant.
Anderson Souza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silifant lands with a short shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Souza scores with a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alec Silifant showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Silifant 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 Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alec Silifant!
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