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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joao O Dragao de Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seamus Heaney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Joao O Dragao de Santos has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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178 cm
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212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao O Dragao de Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Seamus Heaney!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Dragao de Santos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Heaney.
Heaney showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from O Dragao de Santos.
Heaney throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
O Dragao de Santos works Heaney's body with a nice hook.
O Dragao de Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Heaney throws out a loose jab but O Dragao de Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Dragao de Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Heaney throws out a loose jab but O Dragao de Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
O Dragao de Santos works over Heaney's head and body with a nice combination.
No joy there for O Dragao de Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Heaney avoids a punch combination nicely.
O Dragao de Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Heaney looks to land a left hand but O Dragao de Santos moved out of range nicely.
O Dragao de Santos slips a jab from Heaney.
A big right from Heaney misses.
The fighters circling - Heaney throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
No joy there for O Dragao de Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A slow jab from Heaney misses its intended target.
Heaney scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heaney prevents O Dragao de Santos from improving his position.
Heaney throwing shots but O Dragao de Santos is blocking nicely.
Heaney scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Heaney working O Dragao de Santos over with strikes.
O Dragao de Santos blocking the ground and pound attempt from Heaney.
Heaney takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Heaney seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Heaney missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
O Dragao de Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
O Dragao de Santos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Heaney.
O Dragao de Santos is looking to escape.
Heaney lands with a punch from half guard.
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!
Heaney missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Heaney thows a huge punch but O Dragao de Santos dodges it nicely.
Heaney not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heaney thows a huge punch but O Dragao de Santos dodges it nicely.
O Dragao de Santos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Heaney lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Heaney lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
O Dragao de Santos tries to kick Heaney off but Heaney keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Heaney scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Heaney not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Heaney scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Heaney working over O Dragao de Santos with some ground and pound. O Dragao de Santos looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Heaney scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Heaney connects with a nice short shot to O Dragao de Santos's temple.
Heaney slips a nice elbow through O Dragao de Santos's hands, connecting with O Dragao de Santos's forehead.
O Dragao de Santos is breathing heavily.
Heaney lands strikes from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heaney throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nice strikes from Heaney there.
Heaney prevents O Dragao de Santos from standing back up.
O Dragao de Santos is trying to control but can't.
O Dragao de Santos is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Heaney scores with a couple of nice shots.
Heaney seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
O Dragao de Santos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Heaney lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
O Dragao de Santos on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Heaney drops an elbow to the side of O Dragao de Santos's head.
Heaney throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Heaney stops O Dragao de Santos from getting back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Heaney.
Heaney working over O Dragao de Santos with some ground and pound. O Dragao de Santos looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Heaney lands with a punch from half guard.
Heaney wants to free his trapped foot but O Dragao de Santos is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Heaney is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and O Dragao de Santos reverses the position - he's now on top in Heaney's guard.
Heaney is controlling O Dragao de Santos's posture.
Heaney has his feet on O Dragao de Santos's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Dragao de Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seamus Heaney dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Heaney waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract O Dragao de Santos.
O Dragao de Santos slips a straight right by Heaney.
Heaney throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slow jab from O Dragao de Santos misses its intended target.
Heaney misses with an uppercut.
O Dragao de Santos throws a series of punches but Heaney avoids them all with ease.
O Dragao de Santos misses with the combination.
O Dragao de Santos moves out of range as Heaney strikes.
O Dragao de Santos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Heaney.
O Dragao de Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Heaney.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heaney scores with a couple of short elbows.
O Dragao de Santos is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Heaney working the head and body with strikes.
O Dragao de Santos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
O Dragao de Santos struggling a bit here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Heaney lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
O Dragao de Santos is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Heaney in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
O Dragao de Santos is rocked!
Heaney scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh O Dragao de Santos is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Heaney can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seamus Heaney!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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