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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Silva (ranked 7288 p4p, 0 weight class) and Afro Samurai (ranked 10200 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Roots Bloody Roots - Sepultura. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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36
251 lbs
19 - 36 - 0 |
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257 lbs
52 - 16 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 36 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rodrigo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
52 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Afro Samurai!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Jorge Garcia and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva staying out of range there.
Silva looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Silva dodges the punch combination from Samurai.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Samurai.
Samurai misses with a few strikes there.
Samurai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rodrigo Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva shoots in and bounces Samurai off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Samurai dives on top into guard.
Silva looking to hit a scissor sweep but Samurai is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samurai wants to stand but Silva is controlling his posture from full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Silva is on top in guard.
Silva stands and throws Samurai's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Silva throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva scores with punches from side control.
Silva has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Silva is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Samurai is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Silva has hold of Samurai's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Samurai tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Silva cranks the arm and Samurai screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Samurai, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Rodrigo Silva!
Rodrigo Silva thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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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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