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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Mikhail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Santiago might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Don't You Wish You Were Me-Fozzy. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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198 lbs
14 - 1 - 1 |
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182 cm
20
196 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Antonio Santiago!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vladimir Mikhail!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Mikhail looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice sprawl there from Mikhail as Santiago shoots in.
Mikhail fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mikhail tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santiago swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice defenses there by Mikhail.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mikhail looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santiago looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mikhail!
Santiago throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Mikhail because Santiago loaded up on that one.
Santiago lands a heavy elbow.
Santiago has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mikhail's face.
Mikhail is rocked!
It looks like Vladimir Mikhail has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mikhail takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Santiago's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonio Santiago!
Antonio Santiago retains his middleweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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