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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zaru Kayne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rogerio dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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206 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
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195 cm
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217 lbs
12 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zaru Kayne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Kayne.
Kayne tries a head kick but it misses.
Kayne scores with a nice strike.
dos Santos forces Kayne back against the cage and clinches.
dos Santos with a knee to the head.
It looks like Zaru Kayne has been cut.
Kayne using the Thai plumb to throw knees but dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kayne trying to land knees to the body.
Kayne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kayne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kayne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
dos Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Kayne.
Kayne manages to break the clinch.
Kayne throws a head kick that half lands.
dos Santos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
dos Santos misses with a body shot.
Kayne smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kayne rushes dos Santos and presses him up against the cage.
Kayne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kayne's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kayne keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
dos Santos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
dos Santos finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The crowd cheers as Kayne lands an impressive looking overhand right. dos Santos doesn't seem phased though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kayne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
dos Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kayne wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
dos Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kayne uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
dos Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
dos Santos looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Kayne swings for the body but dos Santos moves out of range.
dos Santos tries to move into range but Kayne moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kayne pushes dos Santos up against the cage in a clinch.
dos Santos crunches a lovely knee into Kayne's ribcage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Kayne dodges an elbow strike from dos Santos.
Kayne wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but dos Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Kayne wants to break free but dos Santos has control.
Kayne breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick from Kayne lands but dos Santos takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos throws a head kick that misses.
dos Santos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
dos Santos feints and then cracks Kayne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kayne down.
Kayne is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
dos Santos scores with the left hand. Kayne knows he should have avoided that one.
Kayne scoring well with a low kick there.
The fight stays on the outside here - dos Santos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kayne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from dos Santos.
Kayne just misses with a punch to the body.
Kayne misses with a low kick.
Zaru Kayne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kayne misses the jab.
Kayne comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
dos Santos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kayne tries to clinch up but dos Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Kayne misses with a body shot
and dos Santos counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Kayne scores with a hook.
dos Santos lands a head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos lands a head kick!
Kayne scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
dos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kayne tries to throw a body punch but dos Santos avoids it by throwing Kayne back against the cage.
dos Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kayne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
dos Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kayne.
Kayne avoiding damage as dos Santos throws knees to the body.
Kayne connects with a knee to the head.
dos Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Kayne.
Kayne scores a nice knee to the body.
Kayne is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kayne avoiding damage as dos Santos throws knees to the body.
dos Santos landing knees to the body.
dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The is referee keeping an eye on dos Santos - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kayne avoids the elbow strike from dos Santos, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kayne breaks from the clinch.
dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Kayne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
dos Santos throws a solid leg kick but Kayne takes the impact on his shin and smiles at dos Santos.
dos Santos misses with a looping right.
dos Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kayne misses with a head kick.
Kayne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kayne shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kayne misses the body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kayne feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to dos Santos's calf.
Kayne moves out of range of the body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
dos Santos has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kayne moves out of range of the strikes.
dos Santos misses with a head kick.
Kayne looks to land a left hand but dos Santos moved out of range nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rogerio dos Santos will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Zaru Kayne's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Kayne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good leg kick by dos Santos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kayne misses with an uppercut.
Kayne throws a hook to the side of dos Santos's head but dos Santos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice body punch from Kayne.
Kayne takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
dos Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
dos Santos tries to clinch but Kayne moves out of range.
Kayne connects with a body shot.
Rogerio dos Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kayne moves away from the strike by dos Santos.
Kayne jabs dos Santos right on the nose. dos Santos blinks but takes it well.
A head kick misses from dos Santos.
dos Santos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kayne thows a body shot but no joy.
Kayne lands with a hook. dos Santos tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kayne keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kayne looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kayne closes the distance but dos Santos moves to the side
and dos Santos counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Kayne pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kayne misses with a shot to the body
and dos Santos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kayne closes the distance but dos Santos moves to the side
and dos Santos counters with an outside leg kick.
Kayne on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by dos Santos. dos Santos obviously looking to wear him down.
dos Santos tries to clinch but Kayne is having none of it.
Kayne avoids the head kick by dos Santos.
dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Kayne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
dos Santos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kayne looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
dos Santos's corner calls for a 1-2. dos Santos obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
dos Santos slips under a jab.
dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Kayne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kayne lands a with a good body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from dos Santos.
dos Santos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kayne.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kayne checks a leg kick.
dos Santos works the jab nicely.
Zaru Kayne's cut is getting worse.
dos Santos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A head kick by Kayne misses
and dos Santos counters with a thumping low kick.
Kayne throws a combination but it was largely blocked by dos Santos.
Kayne throws a body punch but dos Santos moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kayne checks a leg kick.
Kayne throws a body punch but dos Santos moves out of range.
dos Santos with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
dos Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Kayne moves out of range easily.
dos Santos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kayne avoids the head kick by dos Santos.
Kayne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
dos Santos takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kayne catches dos Santos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Kayne will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kayne - that will leave a mark!
Kayne throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jab by Kayne.
dos Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kayne takes a swing at dos Santos's ribcage but misses.
Kayne doesn't manage to clinch there - dos Santos circles away.
dos Santos throws a head kick but Kayne moves out of range.
Kayne throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kayne throws a leg kick
and dos Santos counters with an inside leg kick.
dos Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
dos Santos throws a nice head kick!
A big right from dos Santos misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kayne fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
dos Santos connects with a high kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circling - Kayne throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kayne scores with a nice body kick.
Kayne just misses with a punch to the body.
dos Santos throws a head kick but Kayne moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kayne.
Kayne tries to clinch up
and dos Santos counters with a nice leg kick.
dos Santos has Kayne up against the cage in a clinch.
Kayne connects with a nasty looking knee right to dos Santos's face.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kayne escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
dos Santos cracks the inside of Kayne's front leg.
Kayne rushes dos Santos and presses him up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rogerio dos Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Zaru Kayne's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
dos Santos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
dos Santos throws a low kick but Kayne avoids it.
dos Santos misses with a low kick.
Kayne tries a head kick but it misses.
Kayne is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kayne misses the jab.
dos Santos blocks the body kick.
dos Santos lands with a kick to the temple. Kayne shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
dos Santos tries to clinch but Kayne is having none of it.
Kayne's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Kayne duly obliges.
Kayne just misses with a punch to the body.
Kayne tries to close the distance and clinch up but dos Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kayne thows a leg kick but dos Santos checks it
and dos Santos counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Zaru Kayne's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A solid leg kick lands there for dos Santos.
Kayne takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
dos Santos on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kayne throws a wild body kick that dos Santos sees coming a mile off.
Kayne takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kayne tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kayne lands a with a good body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Kayne misses the target.
Kayne lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Kayne on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by dos Santos. dos Santos obviously looking to wear him down.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kayne misses with a body shot
and dos Santos counters with a leg kick.
dos Santos throws a looping overhand right but Kayne ducks down to avoid it.
dos Santos tries to clinch up.
dos Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kayne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kayne tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kayne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A jab from Kayne misses.
Kayne lands a nice shot to the body.
Kayne throws a lazy body kick
and dos Santos counters with a head kick.
dos Santos attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos throws a shot from downtown. Kayne moves away and avoids it.
A leg kick checked by Kayne.
A nice inside leg kick there by dos Santos. That's going to slow Kayne down.
dos Santos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kayne throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kayne lands a head shot.
dos Santos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kayne closes the distance and clinches.
dos Santos is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kayne is keeping busy.
Kayne is looking to break free of the clinch but dos Santos has double underhooks.
Kayne throws a knee to the head but misses.
A right hand to the body from Kayne.
dos Santos blocks an elbow strike from Kayne.
dos Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
dos Santos has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
dos Santos trying to land knees to the body.
dos Santos lands a damaging elbow.
dos Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kayne.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos looking to stall.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kayne.
Kayne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kayne trying to land knees to the body.
dos Santos is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kayne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
dos Santos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
dos Santos looking to slow down the pace here.
Kayne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kayne is trying to break free.
dos Santos stalling.
dos Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kayne digs a right hand into dos Santos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on dos Santos's gas tank.
Kayne with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
dos Santos is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kayne is keeping busy.
Kayne landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
dos Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Kayne is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos blocking some punches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
dos Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
dos Santos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kayne lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
dos Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kayne trying to land knees to the body.
dos Santos prevents Kayne from breaking the clinch.
Kayne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kayne wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but dos Santos has him pressed against the cage.
Kayne tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
dos Santos is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kayne is keeping busy.
dos Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Kayne is blocking nicely.
dos Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kayne blocks it with crossed arms.
Kayne misses with a knee strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
dos Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kayne.
dos Santos has Kayne pushed against the cage.
dos Santos misses with an elbow strike.
Kayne stalling the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rogerio dos Santos really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zaru Kayne's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
dos Santos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kayne throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and dos Santos makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Kayne really felt that one!
dos Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kayne just misses with a punch to the body.
dos Santos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kayne throws a sloppy head kick
and dos Santos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
dos Santos plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kayne misses with a body shot.
Kayne misses with a straight left.
Kayne throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
dos Santos slips under a jab.
dos Santos moves out of range of the body kick.
dos Santos fakes the leg kick and cracks Kayne in the body.
dos Santos darts in and clinches Kayne up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Zaru Kayne has scored more points in the clinch so far.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Kayne tries to land a knee to the head but dos Santos blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
dos Santos blocks a body shot from Kayne.
dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
dos Santos slowing the pace effectively.
dos Santos is looking to control Kayne's arms but Kayne gets an underhook and turns him. Now dos Santos has his back to the cage.
Kayne tries to land knees in the clinch but dos Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Kayne misses with a short punch on the inside.
dos Santos blocking some punches.
dos Santos taking a breather.
Kayne tries to land knees in the clinch but dos Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Kayne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kayne managing to block the knees to the body from dos Santos.
Kayne throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
dos Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Kayne is blocking nicely.
Kayne missing with knees to the body.
dos Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kayne avoids a wild elbow strike from dos Santos.
Kayne stalls.
Kayne lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kayne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kayne with an attempt at a knee that misses.
dos Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Kayne tried to land a shot to the body but connects with dos Santos's elbow.
dos Santos taking a breather.
Kayne has a couple of punches blocked by dos Santos.
Kayne misses with a knee to the head.
Kayne is trying to stall.
dos Santos tries to stall but Kayne uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
dos Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Kayne avoids the damage to the body.
Kayne tries a knee to the head but dos Santos blocks it.
Kayne struggles to land a body shot inside as dos Santos controls his hands.
Kayne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from dos Santos.
Kayne managing to block the knees to the body from dos Santos.
Kayne can't break the clinch.
dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
dos Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
dos Santos stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kayne tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
dos Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Kayne misses with a knee strike.
Kayne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, dos Santos just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kayne's brow.
dos Santos using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kayne tries a knee to the head but dos Santos blocks it.
Kayne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kayne takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jeez, Zaru Kayne's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
dos Santos trying to control the position but instead, Kayne has worked for underhooks and has pushed dos Santos into the cage.
Kayne blocks the elbow strike.
dos Santos keeps control of Kayne as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nice elbow from Kayne.
dos Santos taking a breather.
dos Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kayne.
Kayne landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kayne is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
dos Santos trying to control the position but instead, Kayne has worked for underhooks and has pushed dos Santos into the cage.
Kayne avoiding damage as dos Santos throws knees to the body.
Kayne tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kayne misses with a knee to the head.
dos Santos missing with knees to the body.
dos Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Kayne struggles to land a body shot inside as dos Santos controls his hands.
Kayne lands an elbow inside that dos Santos shrugs off.
Kayne tries to land knees in the clinch but dos Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Kayne tries to land a knee to the head but dos Santos blocks with his arms.
Kayne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kayne moves out of range of the strikes.
dos Santos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
dos Santos avoids the body shot from Kayne.
dos Santos rushes Kayne and presses him up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rogerio dos Santos dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Zaru Kayne's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
dos Santos slips a straight right by Kayne.
Kayne checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kayne misses with a looping left.
A jab from Kayne does it's job there.
dos Santos throws a series of punches but Kayne avoids them all with ease.
dos Santos attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
dos Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Kayne throws a sloppy head kick and dos Santos moves out of range easily.
dos Santos throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Kayne's head.
Nice shot lands for Kayne.
dos Santos tries to clinch but Kayne is having none of it.
Kayne lands a body shot.
dos Santos takes one on the button.
Kayne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but dos Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Kayne.
dos Santos is looking to land body kicks.
dos Santos is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Kayne is looking to clinch but dos Santos is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos is looking to clinch but Kayne is avoiding it.
Kayne getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Kayne catches dos Santos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
dos Santos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kayne tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but dos Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Kayne.
Kayne throws a quick head kick that skims the top of dos Santos's head.
Kayne throws a shot from downtown. dos Santos moves away and avoids it.
dos Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kayne takes a swing at dos Santos's ribcage but misses.
dos Santos avoids the body shot from Kayne.
dos Santos throws a leg kick which misses Kayne's front leg but catches the back leg as Kayne tries to avoid it.
Kayne misses with a wild body shot.
Kayne tries to bum rush dos Santos with a series of wild strikes but dos Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
dos Santos dips to his left and cracks Kayne with an uppercut!
Kayne checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kayne.
Kayne misses with a kick to the body
and dos Santos counters with a good low kick that Kayne was not able to check.
Kayne loads up on a big right hand but dos Santos slips the punch.
dos Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
dos Santos scores with a kick to the midsection.
Kayne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kayne blocks a low kick nicely.
dos Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
dos Santos throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kayne makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
dos Santos takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kayne throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
dos Santos looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kayne fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. dos Santos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
dos Santos darts in and clinches Kayne up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Kayne.
dos Santos keeps control of Kayne as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kayne missing with knees to the body.
Kayne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kayne doesn't manage to clinch there - dos Santos circles away.
Kayne lands a slapping body shot.
Kayne lands with a thumping leg kick.
dos Santos gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kayne throws a sloppy head kick and dos Santos moves out of range easily.
dos Santos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
dos Santos fakes the leg kick and cracks Kayne in the body.
dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kayne swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kayne slips under a jab from dos Santos.
dos Santos scores with a body shot.
A head kick misses from dos Santos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kayne throws a sloppy head kick
and dos Santos finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Rogerio dos Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
dos Santos connects with a solid leg kick.
Kayne is on the wrong end of a nice combination from dos Santos.
dos Santos throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
dos Santos connects with a right hand. Kayne shakes it off.
dos Santos connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
dos Santos takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Zaru Kayne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kayne will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
dos Santos throws a sloppy head kick
and Kayne counters with a stiff right hand.
dos Santos pushes Kayne up against the cage in a clinch.
Kayne wants to break the clinch but can't.
dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
dos Santos avoiding damage as Kayne throws knees to the body.
Kayne tries to land knees in the clinch but dos Santos avoids the damage to the body.
dos Santos is looking to control Kayne's arms but Kayne gets an underhook and turns him. Now dos Santos has his back to the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for dos Santos.
dos Santos misses with a knee strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rogerio dos Santos.
I've got dos Santos winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Rogerio dos Santos!
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight for Rogerio dos Santos!
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Rogerio dos Santos!
Rogerio dos Santos wins by unanimous decision!
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