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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zabit Magomedov (ranked 207 p4p, 360 weight class) and Junqueiro Santo Amaro (ranked 27 p4p, 47 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Zabit Magomedov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Junqueiro Santo Amaro!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Glass and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magomedov throws a hook to the side of Santo Amaro's head but Santo Amaro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Santo Amaro takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Magomedov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Magomedov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Magomedov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santo Amaro.
An attempted straight right counter from Magomedov misses the target.
The fighters circling - Santo Amaro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An attempted straight right counter from Magomedov misses the target.
Santo Amaro looks to land a left hand but Magomedov moved out of range nicely.
Magomedov half committed to a counter leg kick.
A shot to the body from Santo Amaro misses
and Magomedov counters with a nice uppercut.
Santo Amaro looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Magomedov swings for the body but Santo Amaro moves out of range.
Magomedov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santo Amaro dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Magomedov. That did some damage!
Santo Amaro slips under a jab from Magomedov.
Santo Amaro moves out of range of the body kick.
Santo Amaro appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Santo Amaro throws a solid leg kick but Magomedov takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Santo Amaro.
Magomedov thinks about countering with a head kick.
Magomedov tries to land a front kick but Santo Amaro steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomedov slips a jab from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro blocks a head kick by Magomedov.
Santo Amaro walks into a stiff left hand from Magomedov.
Santo Amaro scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Santo Amaro lands a nice hook to Magomedov's body. Magomedov takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Magomedov throws a body shot but no joy.
Santo Amaro scoring well with a low kick there.
Magomedov has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Point Blanc in the buildup to the fight.
Santo Amaro throws a leg kick but Magomedov sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Magomedov moves forwards but Santo Amaro connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Santo Amaro throws an off balance right hand
and Magomedov counters with a stiff right hand.
Magomedov waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro throws a quick inside leg kick.
Santo Amaro blocks a low kick nicely.
Santo Amaro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Magomedov misses with a shot to the body
and Santo Amaro counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magomedov blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro ducks under a wild hook from Magomedov.
Magomedov misses with a looping left.
Magomedov throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Magomedov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Magomedov misses with a wild body shot.
Santo Amaro misses with a low kick.
Magomedov lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Magomedov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Magomedov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A little jabbing left from Santo Amaro on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Magomedov connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Magomedov defending well as Santo Amaro loads up on a big left hand.
Magomedov swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Santo Amaro misses with an uppercut. Magomedov saw that one coming.
Magomedov quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Magomedov goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A low kick from Magomedov misses
and Santo Amaro counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A low kick lands for Santo Amaro.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro is looking to slow Magomedov down with leg kicks.
Santo Amaro misses with a body shot.
Magomedov misses with a double jab.
Magomedov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Magomedov misses with a two punch combination.
Magomedov blocks a jab.
Nice body punch from Magomedov.
Santo Amaro steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Magomedov. That one must have hurt.
Magomedov misses with a wild body shot.
Santo Amaro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Magomedov.
Santo Amaro misses with an uppercut.
Magomedov throws a body shot but no joy.
Santo Amaro looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Santo Amaro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Magomedov throws out the jab.
Santo Amaro appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro moves out of range of the body kick from Magomedov.
A nice leg kick from Santo Amaro, right into the meat of the thigh.
Magomedov misses with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Magomedov. That's going to slow Santo Amaro down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santo Amaro throws a low kick, looking for Magomedov's leg but Magomedov calmly moves out of range.
Magomedov throws a counter high kick but Santo Amaro was just alert enough to avoid it.
A low kick from Magomedov is predictable there
and Santo Amaro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Santo Amaro moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Magomedov tries a head kick but it misses.
Magomedov throws a head kick but Santo Amaro moves out of range.
Magomedov throws a body kick that misses.
A jab lands there for Magomedov.
Magomedov slips a straight right by Santo Amaro.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santo Amaro scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Santo Amaro scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Zabit Magomedov will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Magomedov slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Santo Amaro throws out a loose jab but Magomedov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Santo Amaro swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Magomedov.
Magomedov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santo Amaro tries a quick counter leg kick but Magomedov is wise to it.
Magomedov throws an off balance right hand
and Santo Amaro counters with a stiff right hand.
Santo Amaro cracks Magomedov with a right hand to the side of the head.
Santo Amaro drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Magomedov feints and then cracks Santo Amaro's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Santo Amaro down.
Santo Amaro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Santo Amaro blocks a head kick by Magomedov.
Santo Amaro throws a shot from downtown. Magomedov moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Magomedov was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro lands with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Magomedov throws the left hand but Santo Amaro avoids the punch easily.
Magomedov sizes up Santo Amaro with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Santo Amaro lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Magomedov has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Magomedov and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomedov misses with an uppercut.
Santo Amaro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Magomedov throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Magomedov is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Santo Amaro throws a hook but Magomedov blocks it.
Magomedov tries to move into range but Santo Amaro moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Magomedov throws a head kick that misses
and Santo Amaro counters with a straight right hand.
Magomedov throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A big right from Santo Amaro misses.
Santo Amaro slips a straight right by Magomedov.
Santo Amaro throws a hook but Magomedov avoids it easily.
Magomedov misses with a head kick.
Santo Amaro fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Magomedov throws a body shot but no joy.
A low kick lands for Magomedov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro misses with a hook. Magomedov ducked under it nicely.
Santo Amaro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Magomedov misses with an attempted mid kick.
Santo Amaro looks like he wants to counter punch here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santo Amaro throws a lazy right hand but Magomedov sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big left from Santo Amaro misses.
A lazy body kick from Santo Amaro
and Magomedov counters with a nice leg kick.
Magomedov moves away from the strike by Santo Amaro.
Magomedov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Santo Amaro in his tracks.
Magomedov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Magomedov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santo Amaro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Magomedov was well out of range. Poor timing from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro thumps Magomedov with a low kick.
Santo Amaro takes a kick to the side of the head.
A jab from Santo Amaro misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Magomedov lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Santo Amaro has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Santo Amaro and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Santo Amaro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Magomedov.
Magomedov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Magomedov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Magomedov throws a leg kick
and Santo Amaro counters with a straight right hand.
Santo Amaro missing with a left hand there. Magomedov was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Santo Amaro moves away from the strike by Magomedov.
Santo Amaro throws a quick inside leg kick.
Magomedov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santo Amaro was well out of range. Poor timing from Magomedov.
An inside leg kick from Magomedov misses.
Santo Amaro takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Santo Amaro feints and then cracks Magomedov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Magomedov down.
Santo Amaro has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Santo Amaro there as he acknowledges the shot.
Santo Amaro throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Magomedov counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Santo Amaro thinking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro throws a lazy uppercut
and Magomedov counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A bone on bone clash there as Magomedov blocks the leg kick.
Santo Amaro blocks a low kick nicely.
Nice body kick there by Santo Amaro.
Magomedov on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Magomedov misses the shot to the body.
Magomedov walks forward, straight into a front kick from Santo Amaro.
Magomedov scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Magomedov throws a sloppy head kick and Santo Amaro moves out of range easily.
Santo Amaro appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Magomedov swings for the body but Santo Amaro moves out of range.
Santo Amaro looks to land a left hand but Magomedov moved out of range nicely.
Magomedov was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Santo Amaro connects with a crisp jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Magomedov.
Santo Amaro moves out of range of the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Zabit Magomedov will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Magomedov moves out of range as Santo Amaro throws a body kick.
Santo Amaro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Magomedov.
A good leg kick by Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro scores with a shot to the body.
Santo Amaro throws a hook to the side of Magomedov's head but Magomedov sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Magomedov closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Santo Amaro looks to score with a jab to the body but Magomedov is just out of range.
Santo Amaro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santo Amaro scores with a one two! Magomedov had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Zabit Magomedov has been cut.
Santo Amaro checks the leg kick nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Magomedov keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A head kick misses from Magomedov.
Magomedov ducks under a wild hook from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magomedov throws a head kick but Santo Amaro moves out of range.
Santo Amaro lands a leg kick that knocks Magomedov off balance momentarily.
Santo Amaro scoring well with a low kick there.
Magomedov jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Magomedov misses the jab.
Magomedov avoids the body shot from Santo Amaro.
Magomedov looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Magomedov lands with an uppercut that bounces Santo Amaro off the cage and back into range.
Santo Amaro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santo Amaro appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Santo Amaro looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Santo Amaro throws a looping overhand right but Magomedov ducks down to avoid it.
Nice uppercut lands for Santo Amaro. That snapped Magomedov's head back.
Santo Amaro tried to score with a low kick but Magomedov checks it.
Santo Amaro lands a jab to Magomedov's midsection.
Zabit Magomedov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov throws a lazy uppercut
and Magomedov takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Magomedov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santo Amaro throws out the jab.
Magomedov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Santo Amaro scores with a push kick.
Santo Amaro fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Magomedov checks a leg kick nicely.
Junqueiro Santo Amaro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Magomedov throws a nice looking combination but Santo Amaro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Santo Amaro moves out of range of the body kick from Magomedov.
Santo Amaro on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Magomedov. Magomedov obviously looking to wear him down.
Zabit Magomedov is winning the standup battle so far.
Magomedov throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Magomedov lands a leg kick that knocks Santo Amaro off balance momentarily.
Santo Amaro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Magomedov.
Santo Amaro misses with an uppercut.
A little feinted left hand from Magomedov on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov throws a shot from downtown. Santo Amaro moves away and avoids it.
Magomedov has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Magomedov there as he acknowledges the shot.
Santo Amaro takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Magomedov throws a lazy head kick
and Santo Amaro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Santo Amaro looks to throw the jab but Magomedov is out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Magomedov.
Magomedov cracks Santo Amaro with a good jab.
Santo Amaro lands a glancing blow to the side of Magomedov's head.
Magomedov's jab looks to have found its range, popping Santo Amaro under the eye.
Magomedov throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Magomedov digs a good body shot into Santo Amaro's ribs.
Magomedov throws a head kick that misses.
Santo Amaro looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Magomedov has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Magomedov there as he acknowledges the shot.
Magomedov connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Magomedov slips a straight right by Santo Amaro.
Magomedov misses with a body punch
letting Santo Amaro counter with a right hand.
Magomedov throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Magomedov blocks a leg kick.
A jab from Santo Amaro misses.
A nice leg kick from Santo Amaro, right into the meat of the thigh.
Santo Amaro throws a body shot but no joy.
Santo Amaro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Santo Amaro tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Santo Amaro takes a swing at Magomedov's ribcage but misses.
Magomedov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santo Amaro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Magomedov.
And that's the end of the fight!
Junqueiro Santo Amaro comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Magomedov has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zabit Magomedov!
After winning the bout, Zabit Magomedov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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