Sylvia vs. dos Santos

[The Sandmen]

Tim Sylvia is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
Junior dos Santos glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
Tim Sylvia is going to have a hard fight according to the bets.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.

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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.


Junior dos Santos throws a combo
Sylvia punches back but nobody connects.


Tim Sylvia chases dos Santos and launches a few perfect strikes
Here we go! dos Santos steps backwards when those punches connect with his face


Sylvia decides to launch some tentative punches
Tim Sylvia takes the best of a brief punching exchange.


A wicked punch by Junior dos Santos
rocks Sylvia!


You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Junior dos Santos can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Junior dos Santos is opening up on Sylvia and raining down combinations!
Sylvia's corner looks worried!


Junior dos Santos just won't stop and continues to rain punches
Sylvia may be in trouble!


The two exchange wildly
dos Santos is connecting with a few punches


Junior dos Santos throws a looping right hand...
That lands on Sylvia's chin! That stops Sylvia in his tracks!


Junior dos Santos goes with a looping right hand while Tim Sylvia jumps back and jabs
Sylvia seems staggered and Junior dos Santos runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.


Junior dos Santos tries to show his boxing skills with a one-two combo
and those punches are landing on Sylvia's face


Quick hook by Junior dos Santos
Good shot! Sylvia has reasons to be worried.
Sylvia's Chin is beginning to swell


Junior dos Santos fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on Sylvia's chin


Junior dos Santos goes with a looping right hand while Tim Sylvia jumps back and jabs
Sylvia seems staggered and Junior dos Santos runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.


dos Santos tries to grapple
He puts Sylvia in a double underhook!


The fighters are clinching.
dos Santos pushes Tim Sylvia againts the fence and begin a relentless combination of punches. The crowd is on it's feet!
Sylvia cannot escape Junior dos Santos's clinch! Junior dos Santos is just brutalizing Sylvia with punches time and time again!


The fighters are clinching.
dos Santos 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.


Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Junior dos Santos 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!
John McCarthy has seen enough! The fight is over! Sylvia was not intelligently defending himself!
Crushing shot to Sylvia's body! He's holding his side

Winner is Junior dos Santos by TKO (Punches) at 2:54 Round 1

Statistics: Tim Sylvia
Punches 5/16 (31%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s

Statistics: Junior dos Santos
Punches 23/32 (72%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 10/12 (83%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s

Pretty much all JDS. He is back from injury with a bangity-wang.