UFC Silva vs Irvin live blow-by-blow
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C.B. Dollaway vs Jesse Taylor
Round 1
- Jesse leads with a left straight - going for straight take down, CB fights it off uses his momentum to swing him to the side
- Jesse has CB pressed up against the cage and CB reserves and gets it to the ground, goes for guillotine
- CB knees Jesse Taylor on the ground, get a warning from referee Yves Lavigne
- CB scrambles and ends up in full mount then gets back control, doesnt look good for JT Money
- Jesse avoids rear naked choke and turns into him, very nice
- JT gets into CB’s guard and starts his ground and pound game, raining some decent punches
- CB scrambles reverses, takes his back and cinches a “Peruvian Necktie” forces JT Money to tap
Frankie Edgar vs Hermes Franca
Round 1
- Frankie immediately takes down Franca, Hermes tries to kick from the bottom and Frankie immediately gets into the guard
- Frankie stands up, kicks Hermes while down and drops for more ground and pound, launching elbows
- Hermes quickly cinches an armbar, Frankie stays composes and gets out of it, close to tapping
- Hermes getting in the pocket, gets hit by a knee which is caught and Frankie trips for the takedown
- Frankie throwing nice elbows from the top, causes some bruising on Francas forehead
10-9 Round for Frankie Edgar
Round 2
- Frankie using his boxing well, getting into the pocket, implementing body kicks and follows with a takedown when Hermes left his leg out
- Frankie has great ground and pound, controlling Hermes’ ankles standing up and gets by his defense to land body punches
- Throwing down some heavy punches from the top, stands up and avoids upkick and makes Hermes pay with more ground and pound, always moving to get side control
- Frankie takes Herme’s back during a scramble, throwing punches to the side of Hermes’ head, and escapes by rolling and gets into guard
- Frankie gets back to standing up, starts dirty boxing and mixing in some high kicks and takes down Franca easily
10-9 Frankie Edgar
Round 3
- Frankie walks into a couple HUGE knees but recovers nicely, takes the fight to the ground throwing short elbows
- Herme’s tries to stand up, Frankie lands high kicks, never stops working, gets into and gets a double leg to trip Hermes’ to the ground
- Hermes’ trying to look for triangles and omoplata but failing, Frankie gets into side control and starts landing knees to the body like GSP vs Serra II
- Frankie almost gets caught in an armbar but quickly gets out of it and makes Hermes’ pay
- The fight gets back on the feet, Hermes’ lands some hooks and a knee but Frankie takes it toe the ground to survive - Frankie’s nose looks to be broken
10-9 Frankie Edgar
Frankie Edgar wins by another UD, 30-27 on the cards
Brandon Vera vs Reese Andy
- Vera starts doing some fast heavy high kicks that are barely blocked by Reese, then gets taken down
- Vera stands up and gets Reese in a Muay Thai clinch and launches some knees
- Brandon is the superior striker by far
- Reese pushes Brandon up against the cage and eats a knees and judo throws Reese into side control, very nice
- Reese tries to shoot in, Vera immediately spawls
10-9 Vera
Round 2
- Vera takes Reese back against the cage, has one hook in, Reese is trying to turn into him and get half guard
- Reese scrambles back on his feet, tags Reese with weak leg kicks
- Brandon gets into counter-striking mode, no action as a result, crowd boos
10-9 Vera
Round 3
- The two immediate get into the clinch against the cage, Reese looks exhausted barely taping him with knees
- Both get tied up against the cage, very little action
- Vera keeps circling, counter striking, throwing knees whenever he can, gets him in a muay thai clinch and delivers some damaging knees
- Slow round, Vera wins in the clinch
10-9 Vera
Anderson Silva vs James Irvin
Round 1
- both start of with leg kicks, silva explodes with a straight left
- Irvin kicks, Anderson caught it and punched him straight in the nose and gets immediately into the fetal position
- Anderson lands bombs from the top, and the fight is stopped
- Anderson wins by destruction





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