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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Morris (ranked 3722 p4p, 379 weight class) and Anderson Silva Jr (ranked 3679 p4p, 374 weight class). Morris's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, AWOLNATION - Sail. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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230 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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190 cm
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270 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samuel Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anderson Silva Jr!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva Jr throws an off balance right hand
and Morris counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice shot lands for Silva Jr.
It looks like Samuel Morris has been cut.
Silva Jr connects with a right hand. Morris shakes it off.
Silva Jr falls off balance throwing a combination
and Morris counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Morris.
Silva Jr is looking to stand back up but Morris counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Silva Jr.
Morris is trying to work for a kimura but Silva Jr is defending well.
Morris trying to pass the guard but Silva Jr defending well.
Morris seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva Jr does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Morris is really struggling to control Silva Jr but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva Jr is trying to stand up here but Morris is controlling him well.
Morris thows a huge punch but Silva Jr dodges it nicely.
Morris looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Silva Jr is trying to maintain the position but Morris is very close to passing his half guard.
Morris lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Morris works his way into side control.
Silva Jr is not content to let Morris control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Morris lands a decent elbow from side control.
Morris tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva Jr is trying to improve his position.
Morris trying to control the action but Silva Jr is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva Jr is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Morris has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Morris knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva Jr on the ground.
Morris tries for a kimura but Silva Jr is defending well.
Morris is looking to take a break and control but Silva Jr is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morris in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Morris is looking to take a break and control but Silva Jr is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva Jr tries to strike but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva Jr tries to bench press Morris off him but Morris keeps the position.
Morris is trying to get an arm triangle but Silva Jr is defending well.
Silva Jr managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Morris.
Morris tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Morris is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Silva Jr will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Morris advances to full mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morris fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Morris raining down hammerfists from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samuel Morris dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Samuel Morris's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Silva Jr misses with a left hand
and Morris counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Morris controlling the action here.
Silva Jr looks like he's trying to stand up.
Morris lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morris is controlling the pace.
Morris prevents Silva Jr from improving his position.
Samuel Morris overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva Jr trying to control but Morris postures up.
Morris wants to pass to mount but Silva Jr is defending the position.
Morris is working hard here to advance position.
Silva Jr wants to improve his position but Morris is controlling well.
Morris winds up and cracks Silva Jr with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Morris seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva Jr does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Morris prevents Silva Jr from improving his position.
Silva Jr is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Morris scores with a couple of nice shots.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Morris here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
The fighters are battling for position here. Silva Jr manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Morris trying to control but Silva Jr is working from the bottom.
Morris lands a couple of digs.
Silva Jr keeping moving, preventing Morris from controlling successfully.
Morris has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Morris controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Morris is looking to pass into half guard but Silva Jr pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Silva Jr is in guard.
Silva Jr throwing strikes from guard but Morris blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva Jr working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Morris's head.
Morris looking for a sweep. Not yet Morris, not yet.
Morris has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Silva Jr can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Silva Jr landing with the ground and pound.
Silva Jr throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Morris works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Morris seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Morris on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Morris tries to get out of the position.
Morris has momentary wrist control but Silva Jr slips an elbow through the middle.
Morris trying to keep a closed guard but Silva Jr is proving a slippery customer.
Silva Jr tries to free his leg and advance position but Morris is retaining full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva Jr throws a big elbow that misses.
Morris wants to sweep here but Silva Jr controlling him for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris has control of Silva Jr's left arm, preventing Silva Jr from doing any damage.
Silva Jr controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Silva Jr throws a big elbow that misses.
Silva Jr won't allow Morris to sweep him here.
Morris is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Morris lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva Jr has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Morris can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Morris lands a couple of elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Samuel Morris will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Samuel Morris's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Silva Jr cracks Morris with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Silva Jr misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morris. Silva Jr does a little dance to reset his feet.
Morris is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva Jr can do to turn this around?
Silva Jr misses with a lunging right hand
and Morris counters with a takedown into side control.
Silva Jr prevents Morris from moving into mount.
Silva Jr is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Morris off and has taken his back!
Morris wants to escape the position.
Even with his hooks in, Silva Jr manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Silva Jr looking for the choke from the back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morris turns into Silva Jr and is now in his guard.
Silva Jr lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Morris wants to control from the top but Silva Jr keeps moving.
Morris wants to pass the guard but Silva Jr is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva Jr lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Morris keeping moving, preventing Silva Jr from controlling successfully.
Morris might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Morris utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silva Jr throwing strikes but missing.
Silva Jr looking to pass the guard.
Morris keeping moving, preventing Silva Jr from controlling successfully.
Morris looking to hit a scissor sweep but Silva Jr is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva Jr trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Silva Jr would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Morris has his hands on Silva Jr's head, controlling the position.
Morris keeping moving, preventing Silva Jr from controlling successfully.
Silva Jr scoring with punches to the head and body.
Morris looking to control.
Morris can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Silva Jr controls the pace.
Morris wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva Jr throws a lazy body kick
and Morris counters with a takedown into side control.
Morris swings around for an armbar but Silva Jr sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Morris's guard.
Morris looking to control.
Silva Jr works over Morris with some ground and pound from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Silva Jr's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Morris trying to keep a closed guard but Silva Jr is proving a slippery customer.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Morris holds on and takes a little breather.
Morris lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Morris being controlled here momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morris stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva Jr swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Samuel Morris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morris is stalling in the full guard.
Silva Jr lands a decent shot there.
Anderson Silva Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Morris postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Silva Jr is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Morris, into his guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Silva Jr wants to get up but he can't break Morris's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Silva Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Morris has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Samuel Morris!
After winning the bout, Samuel Morris thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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RATING
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