Post by The Sandmen on Oct 29, 2014 16:56:06 GMT -5
Shogun Rua looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Tim Sylvia is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Shogun Rua fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on Sylvia's chin
Shogun launches a furious low kick!
Sylvia blocks.
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Tim Sylvia can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Tim Sylvia goes with a looping right hand while Shogun Rua jumps back and jabs
Sylvia only hits air and the subsequent exchange is fruitless.
Shogun throws a lazy kick
Sylvia dodges and fires an uppercut that almost puts him in to orbit!
Tim Sylvia closes the distance with his opponent wanting some action.
Tim Sylvia fakes a punch and launches himself over Shogun Rua
Shogun counters with a few fake punches and then backpedals
Shogun Rua fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on Sylvia's chin
Sylvia has a small cut in his Chin
Tim Sylvia goes with a looping right hand while Shogun Rua jumps back and jabs
Sylvia seems staggered and Shogun Rua runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Sylvia's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Tim Sylvia moves forward and launches a low kick.
Shogun blocks that.
Shogun tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Some nice shots from Shogun Rua
that stun Sylvia.
Shogun moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Sylvia's thigh!
Solid kick to the leg from Shogun Rua
that visibly pains Sylvia.
Sylvia is swinging for the fences!
Shogun backpedals and creates space. Tim Sylvia is asking him if he is going to fight!
Tim Sylvia fakes a punch and launches himself over Shogun!
Nice move by Sylvia who clinches and pushes Shogun against the cage
The clock says 2:10 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Sylvia tries a knee to the midsection...
Ouch! That seems to have landed on Shogun Rua's groin! Was that unintentional?
Steve Mazzagatti didn't see the foul!
The clock says 2:20 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Shogun is launching some bone breaking punches to Sylvia's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Tim Sylvia's eyes.
The fighters are clinching.
Shogun Rua's prefered weapon is his fearsome clinch strikes. Sylvia's need to think if he has the right gameplan if he thought to exchange there.
Shogun Rua slightly pushes Sylvia into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
Steve Mazzagatti separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
The clock says 2:45 in the 1 round
Sylvia steps forward
Shogun Rua catches him with an uppercut to the face!
Tim Sylvia goes with a looping right hand while Shogun Rua jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Shogun seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
The clock says 3:05 in the 1 round
Sylvia tries to grapple
Shogun moves aside keeping the fight a strinking range
Tim Sylvia launches a body shot
Shogun evades.
Sylvia tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Tim Sylvia's mind is definitely in the fight, Shogun just got nailed! Tim Sylvia saw an opening and delivered a big right hand
Shogun moves aside and dodges.
Shogun Rua jabs at Sylvia
hitting his chest.
The clock says 3:35 in the 1 round
Shogun Rua and Sylvia engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Shogun Rua is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
The clock says 3:45 in the 1 round
Tim Sylvia tries to bring the fight to the ground
Shogun goes down.
Tim Sylvia is in open guard over Shogun
Shogun tries to close his guard around Sylvia
He succeeds!
Tim Sylvia is in closed guard over Shogun
Tim Sylvia wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Tim Sylvia can't find an opening in his opponent's guard!
Sylvia misses a step and Shogun Rua sees an opportunity to counter him!
Sylvia is in closed guard... Shogun tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Tim Sylvia!
Shogun Rua is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Shogun Rua hovers above Sylvia
Good punches to Sylvia's body.
The clock says 4:25 in the 1 round
Shogun Rua is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Shogun Rua tries to open Sylvia's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Shogun Rua. Sylvia is unable to cover himself now!
Shogun Rua is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Shogun fakes a few punches and after a brief struggle he catches Tim Sylvia's arm and tries an armbar!
Sylvia hold his own hand and breaks Shogun's lock. He rolls over himself and launches over Shogun Rua.
Tim Sylvia is in side mount over Shogun Rua
Sylvia is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Shogun Rua, who is barely covering up!
Tim Sylvia is in side mount over Shogun Rua
Shogun Rua attempts to trap Tim Sylvia in his guard.
Shogun Rua manages to switch to half guard.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
This round is clearly for Shogun Rua.
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Round 2
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Tim Sylvia tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Tim Sylvia who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Shogun doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Tim Sylvia embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Shogun who put distance between them
The clock says 0:25 in the 2 round
Shovel hook by Shogun Rua
tags Sylvia.
Tim Sylvia goes with a looping right hand while Shogun Rua jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Shogun seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
Shogun wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Shogun tries to breaks Tim Sylvia's resistence with a few punches while tries to push him against oner corner.
Shogun launches a couple of punches that leave marks in Sylvia's ribs.
Tim Sylvia tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Shogun is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
The clock says 1:10 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Shogun Rua postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Sylvia hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
The fighters are clinching.
Shogun goes for a scissor takedown. thats unusual
Tim Sylvia is down after that takedown and they are scrambling for position. Shogun Rua gets the advantage
Shogun Rua is in open guard over Sylvia
Shogun throws a few hammer fists to the face of Tim Sylvia
Solid shots!
Shogun Rua is in open guard over Sylvia
Shogun leans back...
He clobbers Tim Sylvia's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
Shogun Rua is in open guard over Sylvia
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Tim Sylvia can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Sylvia tries to stand up!
Shogun doesn't allow him!
The clock says 2:00 in the 2 round
Shogun Rua is in open guard over Sylvia
Shogun tries to move to full mount
Shogun succeeds
The clock says 2:10 in the 2 round
Shogun Rua is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Sylvia cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Shogun can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Shogun Rua tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
Punishing hold!
Punishing hold!
That armbar from Shogun Rua appears to be unbreakable
Sylvia Hyper-extended his arm
That armbar looks tight...
That armbar looks tight...
Steve Mazzagatti breaks Shogun Rua's lock! This is over! Sylvia didn't want to tap but the ref decided he wouldn't be able to escape from it!
Winner is Shogun Rua by Submission (armbar) at 2:22 Round 2
Statistics: Shogun Rua
Punches 22/31 (71%)
Kicks 2/3 (67%)
Clinch strikes 8/10 (80%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 12/14 (86%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 120 s
Statistics: Tim Sylvia
Punches 5/15 (33%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 4/6 (67%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 120 s
Tim Sylvia is TOUGH, but Rua brought an absolute elite performance to the Grand Prix tonight. He put on a massive offensive performance, making up for the big gap between his and Tims toughness. IMpressive show from RUa.
Tim Sylvia is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
It's hard to say who will be winning this fight. The specialized media doesn't have a favourite either.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The fight gets underway.
Shogun Rua fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on Sylvia's chin
Shogun launches a furious low kick!
Sylvia blocks.
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Tim Sylvia can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Tim Sylvia goes with a looping right hand while Shogun Rua jumps back and jabs
Sylvia only hits air and the subsequent exchange is fruitless.
Shogun throws a lazy kick
Sylvia dodges and fires an uppercut that almost puts him in to orbit!
Tim Sylvia closes the distance with his opponent wanting some action.
Tim Sylvia fakes a punch and launches himself over Shogun Rua
Shogun counters with a few fake punches and then backpedals
Shogun Rua fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on Sylvia's chin
Sylvia has a small cut in his Chin
Tim Sylvia goes with a looping right hand while Shogun Rua jumps back and jabs
Sylvia seems staggered and Shogun Rua runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Sylvia's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Tim Sylvia moves forward and launches a low kick.
Shogun blocks that.
Shogun tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Some nice shots from Shogun Rua
that stun Sylvia.
Shogun moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Sylvia's thigh!
Solid kick to the leg from Shogun Rua
that visibly pains Sylvia.
Sylvia is swinging for the fences!
Shogun backpedals and creates space. Tim Sylvia is asking him if he is going to fight!
Tim Sylvia fakes a punch and launches himself over Shogun!
Nice move by Sylvia who clinches and pushes Shogun against the cage
The clock says 2:10 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Sylvia tries a knee to the midsection...
Ouch! That seems to have landed on Shogun Rua's groin! Was that unintentional?
Steve Mazzagatti didn't see the foul!
The clock says 2:20 in the 1 round
The fighters are clinching.
Shogun is launching some bone breaking punches to Sylvia's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Tim Sylvia's eyes.
The fighters are clinching.
Shogun Rua's prefered weapon is his fearsome clinch strikes. Sylvia's need to think if he has the right gameplan if he thought to exchange there.
Shogun Rua slightly pushes Sylvia into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
Steve Mazzagatti separates the fighters and tells them to continue fighting.
The clock says 2:45 in the 1 round
Sylvia steps forward
Shogun Rua catches him with an uppercut to the face!
Tim Sylvia goes with a looping right hand while Shogun Rua jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Shogun seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
The clock says 3:05 in the 1 round
Sylvia tries to grapple
Shogun moves aside keeping the fight a strinking range
Tim Sylvia launches a body shot
Shogun evades.
Sylvia tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Tim Sylvia's mind is definitely in the fight, Shogun just got nailed! Tim Sylvia saw an opening and delivered a big right hand
Shogun moves aside and dodges.
Shogun Rua jabs at Sylvia
hitting his chest.
The clock says 3:35 in the 1 round
Shogun Rua and Sylvia engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Shogun Rua is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
The clock says 3:45 in the 1 round
Tim Sylvia tries to bring the fight to the ground
Shogun goes down.
Tim Sylvia is in open guard over Shogun
Shogun tries to close his guard around Sylvia
He succeeds!
Tim Sylvia is in closed guard over Shogun
Tim Sylvia wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Tim Sylvia can't find an opening in his opponent's guard!
Sylvia misses a step and Shogun Rua sees an opportunity to counter him!
Sylvia is in closed guard... Shogun tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Tim Sylvia!
Shogun Rua is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Shogun Rua hovers above Sylvia
Good punches to Sylvia's body.
The clock says 4:25 in the 1 round
Shogun Rua is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Shogun Rua tries to open Sylvia's guard...
Great bombs from the top by Shogun Rua. Sylvia is unable to cover himself now!
Shogun Rua is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Shogun fakes a few punches and after a brief struggle he catches Tim Sylvia's arm and tries an armbar!
Sylvia hold his own hand and breaks Shogun's lock. He rolls over himself and launches over Shogun Rua.
Tim Sylvia is in side mount over Shogun Rua
Sylvia is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Shogun Rua, who is barely covering up!
Tim Sylvia is in side mount over Shogun Rua
Shogun Rua attempts to trap Tim Sylvia in his guard.
Shogun Rua manages to switch to half guard.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
This round is clearly for Shogun Rua.
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Round 2
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Tim Sylvia tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Tim Sylvia who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Shogun doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Tim Sylvia embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Shogun who put distance between them
The clock says 0:25 in the 2 round
Shovel hook by Shogun Rua
tags Sylvia.
Tim Sylvia goes with a looping right hand while Shogun Rua jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Shogun seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
Shogun wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Shogun tries to breaks Tim Sylvia's resistence with a few punches while tries to push him against oner corner.
Shogun launches a couple of punches that leave marks in Sylvia's ribs.
Tim Sylvia tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Shogun is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
The clock says 1:10 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Shogun Rua postures up and launches another series of punches!
A lot of them are hitting Sylvia hard, who may be wondering how to scape from this!
The fighters are clinching.
Shogun goes for a scissor takedown. thats unusual
Tim Sylvia is down after that takedown and they are scrambling for position. Shogun Rua gets the advantage
Shogun Rua is in open guard over Sylvia
Shogun throws a few hammer fists to the face of Tim Sylvia
Solid shots!
Shogun Rua is in open guard over Sylvia
Shogun leans back...
He clobbers Tim Sylvia's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
Shogun Rua is in open guard over Sylvia
You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Tim Sylvia can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Sylvia tries to stand up!
Shogun doesn't allow him!
The clock says 2:00 in the 2 round
Shogun Rua is in open guard over Sylvia
Shogun tries to move to full mount
Shogun succeeds
The clock says 2:10 in the 2 round
Shogun Rua is in full mount over Tim Sylvia
Sylvia cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Shogun can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Shogun Rua tries to finish the fight with an armbar from the top
Punishing hold!
Punishing hold!
That armbar from Shogun Rua appears to be unbreakable
Sylvia Hyper-extended his arm
That armbar looks tight...
That armbar looks tight...
Steve Mazzagatti breaks Shogun Rua's lock! This is over! Sylvia didn't want to tap but the ref decided he wouldn't be able to escape from it!
Winner is Shogun Rua by Submission (armbar) at 2:22 Round 2
Statistics: Shogun Rua
Punches 22/31 (71%)
Kicks 2/3 (67%)
Clinch strikes 8/10 (80%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 12/14 (86%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 120 s
Statistics: Tim Sylvia
Punches 5/15 (33%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/1 (100%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 4/6 (67%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 120 s
Tim Sylvia is TOUGH, but Rua brought an absolute elite performance to the Grand Prix tonight. He put on a massive offensive performance, making up for the big gap between his and Tims toughness. IMpressive show from RUa.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!