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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Mar 21, 2016 |
#R1##CL2#
Silva gets a clinch.
Silva can't get the takedown.
#BC#
Appleton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#CL2#
Silva has Appleton up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva looking for a takedown. #TD2#
Appleton is fighting off a takedown attempt but Silva is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Appleton to the mat. Appleton regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Silva forces his way into half guard.
Silva working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Appleton is trying to get back to full guard.
Silva missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Appleton is in trouble now - Silva has advanced to mount!
Appleton knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Silva on the ground.
Appleton tries to hold on but Silva postures up.#T1#
Appleton is working to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva punching from mount but Appleton doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Silva fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Appleton is looking to get to half guard.
Silva controlling from the full mount.
Silva avoids the attempt from Appleton to control.
Silva scores with a couple of good head shots there.
#T2#
Appleton wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Silva.
Appleton is looking to improve his position but Silva isn't that keen on the idea.
Silva controlling the pace for now.
Silva working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Appleton slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Appleton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. #SUB2#
Silva is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
#T3#
Silva throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Silva missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silva is controlling the pace.
Silva throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Silva performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Appleton wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.
#SUB2#
Silva maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Appleton could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Silva has cracked it and Appleton is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Silva!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rafael Silva!
A very excited looking Rafael Silva made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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