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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Erik Janda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Del Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Del Santos has chosen Duality by Slipknot as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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165 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Erik Janda!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Felipe Del Santos!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Janda takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Del Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Janda keeps the fight on the outside.
A good leg kick by Janda.
Del Santos is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Janda lands a nice leg kick that just misses Del Santos's sensitive parts.
Janda circles away from the clinch attempt.
Del Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Janda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An inside leg kick lands from Janda.
Janda fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Del Santos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Del Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Janda looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Del Santos looks gassed!
Janda lands a head kick!
It looks like Felipe Del Santos has been cut.
Del Santos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Del Santos takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Janda tries to close the distance and clinch but Del Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Janda scores with a spinning back kick!
Del Santos stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Janda.
Janda scores with a shot to the body.
Janda throws a nice inside leg kick.
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!
Del Santos blocks a head kick by Janda.
Janda scores with a sloppy right hand. Del Santos should have avoided that one.
Felipe Del Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Del Santos avoids the head kick by Janda.
Janda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Del Santos moves away.
Del Santos looks to clinch
and Janda counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Janda.
Del Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Janda missing with knees to the body.
Janda lands a knee to the head.
Del Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Janda is blocking nicely.
Del Santos misses with a knee strike.
Janda tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Del Santos trying to control the position but instead, Janda has worked for underhooks and has pushed Del Santos into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Janda lands a damaging elbow.
Janda tries to pull guard but Del Santos won't allow it.
Janda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Janda landing knees to the head.
Janda using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Del Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Janda tries to land a knee to the head but Del Santos blocks with his arms.
Janda tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Del Santos smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erik Janda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick misses from Janda.
Del Santos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Janda lands a high kick!
Janda throws a nice inside leg kick.
Janda throws a head kick that misses.
Del Santos wants to clinch but Janda slips to the side
and Janda counters with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janda scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Del Santos takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Janda fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Janda moves into the clinch.
Del Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Janda lands an elbow inside.
Janda pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Del Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Janda tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Janda avoiding damage as Del Santos throws knees to the body.
Janda tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Janda is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Janda working Del Santos over with knees to the body.
Janda tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Janda lands a damaging elbow.
Janda lands a good knee to the midsection. Del Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Janda jumps guard and drags Del Santos to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Janda trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Santos throws a strike but Janda rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Janda drops back looking for a leg! Del Santos is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Del Santos manages to kick Janda off! Janda jumps back into Del Santos's guard.
Del Santos kicks Janda off and gets to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Janda tries a head kick but it misses.
Del Santos looks to clinch
and Janda counters with a big head kick but Del Santos shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erik Janda dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Felipe Del Santos's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Janda throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Janda throws a head kick that misses.
Del Santos moves out of range as Janda throws a body kick.
Janda lands a nice leg kick that just misses Del Santos's sensitive parts.
Del Santos wants to clinch but Janda slips to the side
and Janda makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Del Santos really felt that one!
Del Santos closes the distance but Janda moves to the side
and Janda counters with a nice kick to the body.
Del Santos wants to clinch
and Janda counters with a slapping leg kick.
Del Santos is breathing heavily.
Del Santos darts in trying to clinch
and Janda counters with a head kick.
Janda lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Del Santos closes the distance but Janda moves to the side
and Janda counters with a solid body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Janda. That's going to slow Del Santos down.
Janda lands with a kick to the temple. Del Santos shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Del Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Janda.
Janda tries to clinch
and Del Santos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Janda misses with an elbow over the top.
Janda tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Del Santos just stands there and leans against the cage.
Janda lands a knee to the head.
Janda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Del Santos.
Janda lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Janda jumps into guard, dragging Del Santos to the mat.
Janda tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Del Santos wanted to stand there but Janda had control of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Santos being controlled here momentarily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Janda is on top in guard.
Janda won't allow Del Santos to get back to his feet.
Janda is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Janda postures up in Del Santos's guard and throws a big left but Del Santos blocks it.
Janda throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Del Santos wants to stand but Janda is controlling the position.
Janda trying to control the position from guard on top but Del Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Janda stops Del Santos from standing up.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Del Santos tries to clinch but Janda moves away
and Janda counters with an inside leg kick.
Janda scores with a kick to the body.
Janda is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Del Santos can do to turn this around?
Janda has managed to clinch.
Janda throws an elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Janda tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Del Santos just stands there and leans against the cage.
Janda fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erik Janda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
With the fighters up against the cage, Del Santos throws an elbow but misses.
Janda on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Janda.
Del Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Janda is blocking nicely.
Janda lands a good knee to the midsection. Del Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Janda jumps guard but Del Santos stands there with Janda around his waist. Janda gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Del Santos has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Janda.
Janda jumps guard but Del Santos stands there with Janda around his waist. Janda gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Janda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Janda lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Del Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Janda successfully pulls guard.
Del Santos has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Janda is proving hard to escape from.
Janda lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Del Santos!
Janda working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erik Janda dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Felipe Del Santos's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Del Santos looks to clinch
and Janda counters with an inside leg kick.
Del Santos darts in trying to clinch
and Janda counters with a nice body kick.
Del Santos darts in trying to clinch
and Janda counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Janda throws a head kick that misses
and Del Santos counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Del Santos.
Del Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Janda blocks it with crossed arms.
Janda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Del Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Janda lands a knee to the head.
Janda fails to pull guard.
Janda lands a knee to the body.
Janda landing knees to the head.
Del Santos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Janda using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Del Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Del Santos avoiding damage as Janda throws knees to the body.
Janda lands a nice elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Janda tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nice elbow from Del Santos.
Janda throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Del Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Janda.
Janda looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Janda fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erik Janda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Del Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Janda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Janda.
Janda lands an elbow that stopped Del Santos in his tracks for a moment.
Janda fails to pull guard.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Janda as Del Santos tries to tie him up.
Janda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Del Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Janda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Janda pulls guard successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Janda is on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Santos keeping moving, preventing Janda from controlling successfully.
Janda tries to free his leg and advance position but Del Santos is retaining full guard.
Janda is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Del Santos is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Del Santos has escaped and now he's on top!
Del Santos wanted to stand there but Janda had control of the position.
Janda not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Janda is working an open guard so Del Santos takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janda listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Janda lands a nice hook to Del Santos's body. Del Santos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Janda throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Del Santos's head.
Del Santos tries to clinch but Janda moves away
and Janda counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Del Santos is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Del Santos darts in trying to clinch
and Janda counters with an inside leg kick.
Del Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Del Santos tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Janda counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Janda.
Janda lands a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Janda blocks it with crossed arms.
Del Santos looking to stall.
Del Santos blocks the elbow strike.
Erik Janda has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Janda tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Janda with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Del Santos throws an elbow but it misses.
Janda with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Janda creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Del Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Del Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Janda connects with a nasty looking knee right to Del Santos's face.
Janda tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Del Santos smiles and moves away.
Del Santos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Janda can pounce on him.
A nice inside leg kick there by Janda. That's going to slow Del Santos down.
Del Santos pushes Janda up against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erik Janda clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Felipe Del Santos'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.
A head kick misses from Janda.
Del Santos wants to clinch but Janda slips to the side
and Janda finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Del Santos tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Janda counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Janda lands with a kick to the temple. Del Santos shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Del Santos tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Janda counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Del Santos is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Del Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Janda.
Janda is looking to wear down Del Santos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Del Santos darts in trying to clinch
and Janda finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Janda looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Del Santos tries to clinch up
and Janda counters with a thumping low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Janda tries to clinch but Del Santos moves out of range.
Janda lands with a kick to the ribs.
Janda lands a high kick!
Janda scores with a nice strike.
Janda ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A solid leg kick lands there for Janda.
Janda rushes Del Santos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Janda misses with an elbow strike.
Janda pulls guard.
Janda looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Del Santos trying to control but Janda is working from the bottom.
Del Santos wants to get up but he can't break Janda's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Santos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Del Santos wanted to stand there but Janda had control of the position.
Janda manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Del Santos manages to get himself to full guard.
Janda trying to control but Del Santos is working from the bottom.
Janda stops Del Santos from standing up.
Janda stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Del Santos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Del Santos keeping moving, preventing Janda from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janda drops back looking for a leg! Del Santos is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Del Santos manages to kick Janda off! Janda jumps back into Del Santos's guard.
Del Santos keeping moving, preventing Janda from controlling successfully.
Del Santos wants to get back to his feet but Janda is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Del Santos utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Janda smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Del Santos tries to clinch up
and Janda counters with a nice body shot.
Del Santos tries to clinch up
and Janda counters with a head kick.
Del Santos wants to clinch but Janda slips to the side
and Janda counters with a thumping low kick.
Good exchange - Janda coming out on top.
Del Santos tries to clinch
and Janda counters with a nice kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Janda wants to clinch up but Del Santos keeps it at a distance.
Janda feints and then cracks Del Santos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Del Santos down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erik Janda had his way with Felipe Del Santos in that round.
The cut man is working on Felipe Del Santos's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Janda scores with a decent looking hook.
Janda ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Del Santos moves away.
Erik Janda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Del Santos keeps the fight on the outside.
Janda misses with a head kick.
Janda scores with a jab to the jaw.
Janda connects with a solid leg kick.
Del Santos tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Janda counters with a good low kick that Del Santos was not able to check.
Janda misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Del Santos.
Del Santos clinches but Janda breaks the clinch
and Janda makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Del Santos really felt that one!
Janda lands a two punch combo.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Del Santos takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Danga de danga de dang - Janda scores with a four punch combination!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Santos clinches up with Janda and pushes him back against the cage.
Janda tries to pull guard but Del Santos holds him up against the cage and eventually Janda drops back down to his feet.
Janda tries a knee to the head but Del Santos blocks it.
Janda fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Del Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Janda lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Janda avoiding damage as Del Santos throws knees to the body.
Del Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Janda tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Del Santos just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erik Janda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Janda lands a nice knee to the body.
Janda tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Del Santos avoids it.
Del Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Janda throws a knee to the head but misses.
Janda jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Del Santos walks away with a smile on his face. Janda gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Del Santos looks to clinch
and Janda counters with a good, hard body kick but Del Santos shrugs it off.
Janda doesn't manage to clinch there - Del Santos circles away.
Janda tries to clinch up but Del Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Del Santos tries to clinch
and Janda counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Del Santos thinking.
Erik Janda is winning the standup battle so far.
Del Santos wants to clinch
and Janda makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Del Santos really felt that one!
Janda looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Del Santos tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Janda counters with a nice low kick that buckles Del Santos's knee momentarily.
Janda delivers a nice body kick.
Janda scoring well with a low kick there.
Janda misses with a head kick.
Janda lands a nice looking kick to the body. Del Santos takes a step back to recover.
Del Santos clinches but Janda breaks the clinch
and Janda counters by moving into the clinch.
Del Santos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Janda unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Janda pushes off an throws an elbow but Del Santos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Janda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Del Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Janda tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Del Santos just stands there and leans against the cage.
Janda trying to land knees to the body.
Del Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Janda jumps guard.
Janda is trying to keep Del Santos in close.
Janda looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Erik Janda is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Del Santos wants to get up but he can't break Janda's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Janda bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Del Santos's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Janda advances to half guard.
Janda passes to full mount!
Janda tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Felipe Del Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Janda trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Del Santos swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Erik Janda showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Janda has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 50:43
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 50:43
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 50:43
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Erik Janda!
Erik Janda retains his lightweight title!
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