Sylvia vs. dos Santos

[The Sandmen]

Tim Sylvia doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
Ferocious staredown by dos Santos while Herb Dean recites the rules.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Junior dos Santos is the favourite by the betting sites on internet.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.

=========================================
Round 1
=========================================

The bell announces the first round!


dos Santos grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Sylvia struggles... Junior dos Santos is unable to take him down
dos Santos misses a step and Tim Sylvia sees an opportunity to counter him!
Tim Sylvia throws a looping left hand...
That lands on dos Santos's chin! That stops dos Santos in his tracks!


Brutal combination from Junior dos Santos!
Sylvia is in a bad way, his legs look wobbily!


Junior dos Santos swings...
...no good.


The clock says 0:50 in the 1 round
Tim Sylvia has found an opening in the defense of dos Santos, launching a big hook
Junior dos Santos steps backwards and avoids that hook!
dos Santos tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Sylvia throws a lazy kick
dos Santos dodges and fires an uppercut that almost puts him in to orbit!


dos Santos follows Tim Sylvia
only to get counter punched in a big way! dos Santos needs to stop playing Tim Sylvia's game or he'll get knocked out!


Sylvia goes to the body...
He punishes dos Santos's ribs with a couple of hooks.


Middle kick from dos Santos.
Sylvia receives a solid kick right below his ribs.


dos Santos begins to launch a barrage of punches over Sylvia
this is getting worse and worse for Sylvia
Sylvia has a small cut in his Mouth


Sylvia and dos Santos circle around the center of the cage.


Junior dos Santos is opening up on Sylvia and raining down combinations!
Sylvia's corner looks worried!


Sylvia is swinging for the fences!
dos Santos backpedals and creates space. Tim Sylvia is asking him if he is going to fight!


Pulverizing punch to Sylvia's head!
Ouch, that had to hurt!
Sylvia has a small cut in his Left eye


dos Santos decides to launch some tentative punches
Junior dos Santos takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Sylvia has a small cut in his Left eye


Sylvia doesn't stop bleeding.
Sylvia studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.


Junior dos Santos tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Sylvia is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground


Junior dos Santos is in open guard over Sylvia
Sylvia tries to close his guard around dos Santos
He is not able to do it


Junior dos Santos is in open guard over Sylvia
dos Santos tries to improve position.
He frees a leg.


The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Junior dos Santos is in half guard over Sylvia
dos Santos tries to free his leg...
He moves to side mount!


Junior dos Santos is in side mount over Tim Sylvia
Junior dos Santos looks to mount Tim Sylvia...
Junior dos Santos slides his knee across and gets to mount.


Junior dos Santos is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Sylvia measures the resilience of dos Santos's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
dos Santos blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Sylvia clumsily fails here and it's time for Junior dos Santos to fight back!
dos Santos fires a barrage of punches at Sylvia's head!
This is bad! dos Santos is just pounding on Tim Sylvia's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Tim Sylvia seems hurt! He stumbles backwards and he's an easy target for Junior dos Santos!


Junior dos Santos is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Tim Sylvia's face is covered in blood. He may be having problems seeing as he wipes the blood out of his eyes.
Junior dos Santos throws down elbows...
He's tearing up Sylvia's face with those brutal elbows! Sylvia needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
This is over! That impact from Junior dos Santos has left Sylvia laying flat on the mat!

Winner is Junior dos Santos by KO (GnP) at 4:08 Round 1

Statistics: Tim Sylvia
Punches 4/7 (57%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/2 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 70 s

Statistics: Junior dos Santos
Punches 15/19 (79%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/2 (50%)
GnP strikes 9/10 (90%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 70 s


dos Santos didn't bring his top game at first, but after getting cracked once or twice by Timbo Slice, he woke up and performed the lobotomy he was expected to perform.

[xx - The Broad Street Bullies]

I'd love to see another dos Santos - Silva fight in this tournament.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Tim needed to stay on his feet.... nearly did. Didn't expect him to win this one though.

[The Sandmen]

Jun 2, 2014 17:15:02 GMT -5 xx - The Broad Street Bullies said:

I'd love to see another dos Santos - Silva fight in this tournament.

Hasn't poor ANderson been KO'ed enough by JDS? Sheesh. Anderson would love to NOT have that fight ever again. JDS is his Achilles heel.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Nope. It's always great to see Anderson get KO'd lol That never gets old.

[The Sandmen]

Anderson's consciousnesses and pending brain damage disagree with you.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Not my problem. lol

[The Sandmen]

Does anyone ever think it's someone's "problem" when they disagree with them...? What an odd thing to say.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Not at all... Anderson's consciousnesses and pending brain damage make difference to me one way or the other, hence, not my problem. lol Simple.

[The Sandmen]

Ah, so their existence and occurrences are, generally, your non-problem? Not that those things disagree with you. That's fine then. Carry on.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

This is where many of our disagreements stem from... your lack of understanding of what I say. Use your damn degree FFS lol