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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maxwell Silver (ranked 4241 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malik El Shabazz (ranked 4717 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Maxwell Silver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Malik El Shabazz!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Shabazz misses with a kick to the body.
Silver feinted with a counter takedown.
The fighters circling - El Shabazz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
El Shabazz lands a head kick!
Silver clinches up with El Shabazz and pushes him back against the cage.
El Shabazz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
El Shabazz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silver blocks it with crossed arms.
El Shabazz lands a knee to the body.
El Shabazz breaks from the clinch.
El Shabazz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silver.
El Shabazz misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into El Shabazz's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silver stopping the sweep attempt from El Shabazz.
Silver throwing strikes from guard but El Shabazz blocks nicely.
Silver throwing strikes from guard but El Shabazz blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Shabazz pulls Silver in close to prevent any damage.
Silver postures up.
Silver sitting in guard, not really doing much.
El Shabazz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
El Shabazz trying to control the position.
El Shabazz keeping full guard, as Silver tries to pass.
Silver connects with a couple of short punches.
El Shabazz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silver. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
El Shabazz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silver stands up from El Shabazz's guard - Silver perhaps looking for a knockout.
Malik El Shabazz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
El Shabazz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silver looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
El Shabazz lands a front kick.
El Shabazz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Silver moves into the clinch successfully.
El Shabazz landing knees to the body.
El Shabazz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Silver lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
El Shabazz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silver's efforts to push away.
Silver blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silver is working for takedown but El Shabazz is calmly controlling the position for now.
El Shabazz lands a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz tries to break free but Silver pushes him back against the cage.
Silver on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees to the body from El Shabazz.
El Shabazz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Silver is trying to force a seperation but El Shabazz has the dominant position.
El Shabazz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silver.
El Shabazz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
El Shabazz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
El Shabazz wants to get back to striking at distance but Silver won't allow it.
El Shabazz lands a knee to the head.
El Shabazz looking to throw knees to the head but Silver is blocking nicely.
El Shabazz tries a knee to the head but Silver blocks it.
El Shabazz tries a knee to the head but Silver blocks it.
El Shabazz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
El Shabazz throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silver is trying to trip El Shabazz. He has hold of a leg but El Shabazz is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Silver persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
El Shabazz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Silver stands and throws El Shabazz's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
El Shabazz tries to control but Silver manages to take his back.
Silver missing with strikes.
El Shabazz tries to roll but Silver sticks to his back.
Good control from Silver.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
El Shabazz rolls, trying to escape but Silver keeps control of the position.
I would not like to be El Shabazz right now.
Silver missing with strikes from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malik El Shabazz dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
El Shabazz throws a head kick that Silver semi-blocks.
Maxwell Silver is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silver closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Silver lands in his opponent's guard.
Silver slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
El Shabazz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Silver won't allow El Shabazz to sweep him here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Shabazz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Silver postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
El Shabazz is trying to control the position but Silver postures up.
Maxwell Silver overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Shabazz is controlling Silver's posture.
Silver postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Silver thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
El Shabazz is trying to control the position but Silver postures up.
Silver passes into half guard.
El Shabazz is looking to control Silver's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can El Shabazz avoid being mounted?
Silver working the head and body with strikes.
Silver is controlling the pace.
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.
Silver thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed El Shabazz's head.
El Shabazz wants to get back to full guard.
El Shabazz trying to control from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Silver checks a low kick from El Shabazz.
Silver takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Silver gets a double leg takedown into El Shabazz's guard.
Silver won't allow El Shabazz to sweep him here.
Silver decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on El Shabazz, up you get!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz misses with a low kick.
Silver will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A big left from El Shabazz misses.
El Shabazz lands a head kick. Silver smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
El Shabazz misses with a wild body shot.
Silver looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
El Shabazz wants to improve his position but Silver is controlling well.
Silver takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Silver has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz wants to get back to full guard.
El Shabazz has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Silver is working away from the top position though.
Silver missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silver prevents El Shabazz from improving his position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Silver in particular looking to stall.
Silver 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.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
El Shabazz is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maxwell Silver dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Silver moves into the clinch.
El Shabazz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
El Shabazz wants to break free but Silver has control.
Silver tries to break the clinch but El Shabazz is controlling the position.
El Shabazz tries a knee to the head but Silver blocks it.
El Shabazz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
El Shabazz lands a knee to the head.
Silver drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silver drops to a knee looking for a takedown but El Shabazz gets the underhooks and prevents it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silver managing to block the knees to the body from El Shabazz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Shabazz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silver is defending well for now.
El Shabazz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
El Shabazz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silver blocks it with crossed arms.
El Shabazz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
El Shabazz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
El Shabazz stops a takedown attempt from Silver.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maxwell Silver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
El Shabazz throws a knee to the head but misses.
El Shabazz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
El Shabazz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silver on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Silver will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice body kick there by El Shabazz.
El Shabazz misses with a leg kick.
Silver is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from El Shabazz.
El Shabazz feints and then cracks Silver's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Silver down.
Silver fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver shoots for a double leg takedown but El Shabazz sprawls well. He's pushed Silver's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
El Shabazz throws a shot from downtown. Silver moves away and avoids it.
El Shabazz looks to throw the jab but Silver is out of range.
El Shabazz misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Silver counters with a single leg into guard. El Shabazz didn't expect that.
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!
El Shabazz wants to sweep here but Silver controlling him for the moment.
El Shabazz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Silver with a flurry of punches that miss.
El Shabazz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Silver.
Silver trying to control but El Shabazz is working from the bottom.
Silver postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Silver postures up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
El Shabazz misses with a looping left.
Silver seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from El Shabazz. Silver does a little dance to reset his feet.
El Shabazz throws a looping overhand right but Silver ducks down to avoid it.
Malik El Shabazz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Silver rushes El Shabazz and presses him up against the cage.
Silver is looking for a takedown up against the cage. El Shabazz gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Malik El Shabazz seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
El Shabazz breaks the clinch.
El Shabazz moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Malik El Shabazz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
El Shabazz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silver steps to the side to avoid the strikes from El Shabazz.
An inside leg kick lands from El Shabazz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Shabazz scores with a nice body kick.
El Shabazz throws the left hand but Silver avoids the punch easily.
El Shabazz misses with an uppercut
and Silver counters with a nice body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from El Shabazz. Silver does a little dance to reset his feet.
El Shabazz throws a jab when Silver was well out of range.
Silver closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming El Shabazz to the mat! El Shabazz manages to get full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silver throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Silver throwing strikes but missing.
El Shabazz is trying to control the position but Silver postures up.
Silver slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The ground and pound from Silver seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Malik El Shabazz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think El Shabazz has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Malik El Shabazz!
Malik El Shabazz 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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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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