Silva vs. Mir

[The Sandmen]

Anderson Silva glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
Ferocious staredown by Mir while Dan Miragliotta recites the rules.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Anderson Silva is the better fighter in my opinion. It would be an upset if he loses today.
Anderson Silva comes with a 2 fight winning streak.
The referee of the bout is Dan Miragliotta.

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Round 1
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Anderson Silva and Frank Mir touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!


Mir cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Anderson can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Anderson avoids a dangerous strike from Mir
and counters with a solid straight!
Mir has a small cut in his Right eye


The clock says 0:25 in the 1 round
A left hook from Anderson
grazes the chin of Mir.
Mir's Chin is beginning to swell
Mir has a small cut in his Chin


Anderson shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
A wicked punch by Anderson Silva
rocks Mir!


The clock says 0:40 in the 1 round
Anderson launches a hook to the body
Bang! Mir stops that one with his ribs!


The clock says 0:50 in the 1 round
Frank Mir tries to bring the fight to the ground
Anderson won't budge, forcing Mir to pull guard.


Anderson Silva is in closed guard over Mir
Anderson tries to escape from closed guard...
Anderson struggles to liberate his leg and jumps to half guard!


Anderson Silva is in half guard over Mir
Mir throws his legs up in a triangle attempt!
Anderson struggles to free himself
Anderson tries to break the lock slamming Frank Mir against the mat!
After a couple of slams, Mir loses the lock! What an impressive power demonstration!
Dan Miragliotta halts the fight to stand up Frank Mir. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.


Frank Mir tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Anderson Silva jumps backwards and frees his leg.
Mir clumsily fails here and it's time for Anderson Silva to fight back!
Anderson Silva tries a high kick!
Mir was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Mir fell like he got shot! This is over!
Mir's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Mir has a small cut in his Left cheek

Winner is Anderson Silva by KO (High kick) at 1:31 Round 1

Statistics: Anderson Silva
Punches 4/4 (100%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 21 s

Statistics: Frank Mir
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/2 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 21 s