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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between curlo jacob (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva has chosen Killing in the Name as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. curlo jacob could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Vitor Silva's chin.
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185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, curlo jacob!
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, Vitor Silva!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
jacob throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Silva.
jacob tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
jacob swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Silva moves into range and clinches up with jacob.
jacob wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
jacob wants a takedown.
jacob is breathing heavily.
jacob drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Silva takes a kick to the side of the head.
jacob is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Silva.
It looks like curlo jacob has been cut.
Silva feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silva landing some decent shots from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
jacob wants to get back to his feet but Silva is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva trying to control but jacob is working from the bottom.
Silva working some strikes from top position.
Silva is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Silva throwing strikes from guard but jacob blocks nicely.
Silva controlling from the top position.
Silva advances position into side control!
Silva has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Silva works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Silva scoring with punches from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva stands up.
Silva fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. jacob sprawls well initially but Silva persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Silva looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Silva looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Silva sitting and controlling from the half guard.
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.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Silva moves into full mount! jacob won't be happy about that!
jacob knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
jacob is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Silva scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vitor Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on curlo jacob's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Both fighters circling a little - Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Silva.
jacob trying to remain calm as Silva controls from the top position.
Silva advances to full mount.
Silva scores with a couple of good head shots there.
jacob is in a horrible position here. Silva smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Silva looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Silva with the ground and pound from mount.
jacob's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Silva working jacob over with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva landing shots from mount.
Silva controlling the pace for now.
Silva is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. jacob can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Silva with the ground and pound from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva with a couple of short strikes.
Silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Silva is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but jacob is surviving well by controlling Silva's body position as best he can.
Silva takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Silva is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Silva!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Vitor Silva!
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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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