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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Arnaldo Silva (ranked 20170 p4p, 92 weight class) and Brownie Anderson (ranked 1963 p4p, 29 weight class). Arnaldo Silva could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Brownie Anderson's chin.
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187 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
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204 lbs
26 - 18 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arnaldo Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brownie Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva slips under a jab.
Anderson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Silva throws out a loose jab but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Anderson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Silva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
Silva lands an elbow inside that Anderson shrugs off.
It looks like Brownie Anderson has been cut.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Anderson lands an uppercut.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Anderson avoids it.
Anderson blocks a body shot from Silva.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Anderson blocks with his arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva throws a head punch that misses.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section. Anderson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A short left from Silva.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Andersons head.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Silva.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Silva.
Silva takes an elbow to the temple.
Anderson avoids the elbow strike from Silva, against the ropes.
Anderson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Anderson dodges an elbow strike from Silva.
Silva lands an elbow just above Anderson 's eye.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Silva.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arnaldo Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brownie Anderson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A good leg kick by Anderson.
Anderson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Anderson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Silva motions for Anderson to come forward. Silva throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Anderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Anderson throws a big counter head kick but Silva avoids it with no problem.
No joy there for Anderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Anderson, right into the meat.
Donk. Anderson catches Silva right on the button with a cross.
Silva looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Anderson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Silva scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Silva fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Anderson.
Silva tries to clinch up but Anderson circles away and keeps his distance.
Anderson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Anderson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
It looks like Arnaldo Silva has been cut.
Silva misses with a looping right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Silva duly obliges.
Anderson throws a body shot but no joy.
Silva seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Anderson throws a poor cross that misses
and Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Silva.
Nice body punch from Silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva tries a body shot but Anderson blocks it.
Silva crunches a lovely knee into Anderson's ribcage.
Arnaldo Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Silva is working Anderson over against the ropes.
Anderson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Silva pushes off an throws an elbow but Anderson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anderson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Silva lands with a light punch inside.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Anderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Silva misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Anderson avoids it by throwing Silva back against the ropes.
Anderson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Anderson.
Anderson is struggling to control the position.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Anderson manages to break the clinch.
Anderson tries to clinch up.
Anderson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Silva manages to avoid it.
Silva throwing a counter right hand but Anderson manages to avoid it.
Silva connects with a leg kick. Anderson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anderson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Silva has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arnaldo Silva dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Anderson wants to clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Arnaldo Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Anderson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Anderson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Anderson.
An attempted straight right counter from Silva misses the target.
Silva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Anderson.
Good standup being displayed there by Anderson as he connects with a hook.
Silva moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva connects with an inside leg kick.
Anderson loads up on a big right hand but Silva slips the punch.
Anderson swinging wildly here.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Anderson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Anderson looks to throw the jab but Silva is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva lands with a right hand.
Anderson tries to clinch
enabling Silva to counter with a crisp jab.
Anderson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Silva.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Anderson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Anderson can do to turn this around?
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva tries a body shot but Anderson blocks it.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Andersons head.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anderson is pushing Silva up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Silva can't find room to land a body shot as Anderson controls the action.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Anderson blocks an uppercut.
Anderson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Anderson blocks a body shot from Silva.
A right handed body shot lands from Anderson.
Brownie Anderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Anderson.
Anderson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silva.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arnaldo Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arnaldo Silva!
Arnaldo Silva 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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