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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Arnaldo Silva (ranked 20109 p4p, 131 weight class) and Rob Ford (ranked 3136 p4p, 64 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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187 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
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215 lbs
21 - 12 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arnaldo Silva!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rob Ford!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy left from Ford finds it's target.
It looks like Arnaldo Silva has been cut.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ford.
Ford throws a nice inside leg kick.
Silva looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Silva looks to throw a body kick
and Ford counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ford slips a jab and a cross from Silva.
Silva slips under a jab from Ford.
Ford keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ford fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Silva, pushing him back against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ford throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silva lands a nice uppercut.
Ford throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ford misses with a punch to the body.
Ford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ford misses with a knee strike.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Ford.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ford pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Ford struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ford lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ford blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ford misses with an elbow over the top.
Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Ford.
Ford lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
Ford creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silva is working Ford over against the ropes.
Silva misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Ford - that landed with a thud.
Ford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ford misses with some punches.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Ford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Silva blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Ford.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Ford.
Silva lands a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
Silva scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silva struggles to land a body shot inside as Ford controls his hands.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Ford looks winded!
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva lands with a short shot to the head.
Ford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva blocks an elbow strike.
Silva lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ford or not.
Silva lands a shoulder strike.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Silva.
A right hand to the body from Silva.
Silva lands a hook that snaps the head of Ford backwards.
Silva dodges an elbow strike from Ford.
A short right from Silva on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Ford just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Ford working aggressively here.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Ford is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Arnaldo Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Arnaldo Silva's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Silva scoring well with a low kick there.
Ford moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Arnaldo Silva's cut is getting worse.
Ford avoids the head kick by Silva.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Silva.
Ford tries to close the distance and clinch but Silva swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva throws a head kick but Ford moves out of range.
Ford cracks a nice hook into Silva's ribs.
Ford checks a low kick from Silva.
Silva blocks a jab.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva tries to clinch there but Ford circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Ford does no damage.
Silva connects with an inside leg kick.
Ford chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Silva can pounce on him.
Ford tries to clinch
and Ford takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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 throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ford misses with the combination.
Ford has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Silva.
Silva has closed the distance and engaged Ford in a clinch.
Ford on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ford tries to throw a body punch but Silva avoids it by throwing Ford back against the ropes.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Ford on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva lands a nice elbow.
A short left from Ford.
Arnaldo Silva has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ford swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silva goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ford throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Silvas head.
Silva with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ford tries to land knees in the clinch but Silva avoids the damage to the body.
Silva lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Ford blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Ford throws an elbow but misses.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Ford uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Ford just misses with a elbow thrown towards Silva's brow.
Ford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silva gets through Ford's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ford.
Ford struggles to land a body shot inside as Silva controls his hands.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Ford misses with an elbow strike.
Ford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ford can do to turn this around?
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ford pushes off an throws an elbow but Silva leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Silva working aggressively here.
Ford managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Ford throws an elbow but it misses.
Silva creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ford's defenses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Silva creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arnaldo Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arnaldo Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Silva swats away the attempt to clinch by Ford.
Silva throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Silva takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ford takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ford lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ford misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Silva counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ford's knee momentarily.
Silva takes a jab right on the kisser.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva throws a series of punches but Ford avoids them all with ease.
Silva throws a head kick but Ford moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silva. That's going to slow Ford down.
Ford lands with a thumping leg kick.
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 throws a solid leg kick but Ford takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Silva.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ford stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Silva.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ford.
Silva throws a lazy body kick
and Ford counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Silva moves out of range as Ford strikes.
It looked like Silva was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ford.
Ford walks into a left hand.
Silva takes a swing at Ford's ribcage but misses.
Ford ducks right into an uppercut from Silva.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ford swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ford steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Silva.
Silva throws a wild body kick that Ford sees coming a mile off.
Silva throws out a powerful jab.
Ford is rocked!
Silva connects with a crisp jab.
Ford is still on wobbly legs! Can Silva finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Ford moves out of range easily.
The fighters circling - Ford throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Silva.
Silva throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ford.
Ford walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Ford is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Arnaldo Silva!
Arnaldo Silva is the new super heavyweight champion!
After the fight, Arnaldo Silva was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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