Tim Silvia vs Andrei Arlovski ruled a NC!

By Luke Thomas | Source: MMAFighting.com

In the second round, Arlovski fired a right hand that dislodged Sylvia’s mouthpiece. They eventually clinch in the center of the cage, but were ultimately separated by the referee. Moments later, Arlovski dropped Sylvia with two hard right hooks as well as a left. He then followed up with two soccer kicks, the second of which landed with authority.

At first it seemed the fight was over as referee Shimada waved the action off. However, the referee was signaling a temporary halt to the bout. By ONE FC rules, a referee has to signal an ‘open attack’ before soccer kicks are allowed. Because Shimada didn’t indicate to Arlovski the ‘open attack’ was permitted, the bout was halted and Sylvia was given time to recover. Arlovski was given a yellow card warning by Shimada as a result.

During the fight’s intermission, Sylvia told referee Shimada and ringside officials he couldn’t properly see and wasn’t able to fight. As a result, the bout was stopped and due to Arlovski’s illegal kick, declared a no contest.

Both fighters agreed to a fifth fight in ONE FC when interviewed by ONE FC commentator Jason Chambers after the fight.

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