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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Michael Balerado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balerado comes to the ring accompanied by Black Eyed Peas - Bebot. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Michael Balerado!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andy silva!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
silva misses with a wild combination.
Balerado finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Balerado.
Balerado fails with the takedown.
Balerado misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from silva.
silva throws a nice looking combination but Balerado bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Balerado lands with a nice body punch.
silva scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
silva moves forwards but Balerado connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Balerado misses with a telegraphed body shot
and silva counters with a left and a right that stings Balerado.
Balerado misses with a straight right.
silva throws a combination. Balerado tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
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!
Balerado throws a body punch but silva moves out of range.
silva ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
silva looks to land a combination but Balerado avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
silva swinging wilding here.
silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Balerado clinches with his opponent.
Balerado is trying to stall.
silva wants to break the clinch but can't.
silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Balerado has double underhooks.
silva wants to break free but Balerado has control.
silva wants to break free but Balerado has control.
silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
silva wants to break free but Balerado has control.
Balerado breaks the clinch.
silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
silva lands a two punch combo.
Andy silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva tries to bum rush Balerado with a series of wild strikes but Balerado uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A swing and a miss from Balerado.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by silva!
silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Balerado circles away.
silva slips under a jab from Balerado.
Balerado cracks silva with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
silva misses with a looping left.
silva tries to clinch there but Balerado circles away.
silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Andy silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balerado will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
silva displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Balerado throws out the jab.
silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
silva lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by silva.
silva wants to slow Balerado down by chopping away at his legs.
Balerado throws a big shot that misses.
silva misses with a few strikes there.
Balerado uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before silva has time to react.
silva misses with a double jab.
silva misses with the combination.
Balerado lands with an uppercut that bounces silva off the ropes and back into rage.
silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Good shot there by Balerado.
silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
silva throws a jab when Balerado was well out of range.
silva fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
silva looks gassed!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
silva throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Balerado gets in close and instigates a clinch.
silva lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Balerado backwards.
Balerado is trying to maintain a safe position but silva gets an underhook and turns Balerado into the ropes.
Balerado breaks the clinch.
silva throws a series of punches but Balerado avoids them all with ease.
Balerado keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
silva is working the combinations to good effect here.
silva misses with a two punch combination.
Balerado takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Balerado looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Balerado dodges the punch combination from silva.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Balerado scores with a crisp jab that stopped silva in his tracks.
No joy there for silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andy silva dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Balerado misses with a body shot.
Balerado feints and as silva raises his hands in defense, Balerado changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Balerado stops silva from standing up.
Balerado working some strikes from top position.
silva wants to stand up but Balerado is controlling him.
Balerado content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Balerado working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Balerado is looking to work some ground and pound but silva has wrist control.
Balerado pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. silva is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
silva is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balerado connects with a couple of short punches.
Balerado looking to pass the guard.
Balerado postures up in silva's guard and throws a big left but silva blocks it.
Balerado trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
silva swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Andy silva seems to be getting the better of the standup.
silva staying out of range there.
silva swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Balerado counters with a nice double leg into side control. silva won't be happy with that.
Balerado working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
silva regains half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balerado missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Balerado is working for a submission of some sort.
Balerado throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Balerado is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
silva looks like he's trying to stand up.
Balerado is looking for a kimura but silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Balerado to get the leverage.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
silva works over Balerado's head and body with a nice combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balerado lands a jab to the head.
Balerado takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
silva moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
silva lands a two punch combo.
Balerado gets the takedown into side control.
Balerado goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, silva has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Balerado but great work by silva.
silva wants to control but Balerado is keeping him busy.
Balerado is looking to reverse the position.
silva blocks the strikes from Balerado.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balerado tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but silva presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
silva controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
silva wants to control the pace but Balerado is squirming around nicely.
silva looking to control and managing it successfully.
silva wants to control the pace but Balerado is squirming around nicely.
silva controlling from the full mount.
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 Michael Balerado will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Balerado throws a hook to the side of silva's head but silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Balerado throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Balerado takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Balerado throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
silva throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
silva chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Balerado can pounce on him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balerado avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
silva ducks under a wild hook from Balerado.
Balerado scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
silva lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
silva throws a sloppy body shot
and Balerado counters with a straight right hand.
Balerado doesn't manage to clinch there - silva circles away.
silva moves out of range as Balerado strikes.
Balerado throws a predictable looking body shot
and silva counters with a three punch combo that has Balerado backing up. Balerado nods at silva to acknowledge the strikes.
Balerado scores with a hook.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Balerado.
silva tries to bench press Balerado off him but Balerado keeps the position.
silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Balerado tries to move to full mount but silva actually manages to regain half guard.
silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Balerado scores with a couple of nice shots.
silva kicks Balerado off and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
silva is looking to score with low kicks.
silva lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
silva throws a leg kick
and Balerado cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Balerado misses with a looping left.
silva scores with a one two! Balerado had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Balerado throws a right hand that silva ducks under and follows up with a left that silva also avoids with ease.
silva throws a left and a right that both miss
and Balerado counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Balerado.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Balerado has gone for a leg lock! silva slips out almost immediately though and dives into Balerado's guard.
Balerado throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! silva escapes and throws Balerado's legs to the side, diving into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Michael Balerado overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Balerado is looking to reverse the position.
Balerado manages to work his way to half guard, despite silva's best efforts.
silva tries to stand and escape but Balerado is controlling the position.
silva working over Balerado with some ground and pound. Balerado looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Balerado tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Balerado slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
silva stands and steps away. Balerado gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Good shot there by silva.
silva throws a series of strikes that have Balerado backpedaling.
Balerado shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in silva's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Balerado accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Balerado throws and elbow that misses. silva uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Balerado's guard. Nice move by silva!
Balerado keeping moving, preventing silva from controlling successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
silva slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Balerado.
Balerado 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.
Balerado is trying to get back to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Michael Balerado.
I think Balerado 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Balerado!
Michael Balerado is the new lightweight champion!
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