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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wanadi De Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Dos Anos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wanadi De Santana could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rafael Dos Anos's chin.
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198 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
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194 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wanadi De Santana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rafael Dos Anos!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Santana gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Dos Anos wants to pass the guard but De Santana is keeping the position.
Dos Anos trying to control the position from guard on top but De Santana is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
De Santana wants to sweep here but Dos Anos controlling him for the moment.
De Santana is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Dos Anos is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Dos Anos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. De Santana is keeping the position for now.
Dos Anos postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! De Santana is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Dos Anos, into his guard.
Dos Anos has a closed guard, preventing De Santana from standing up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santana postures up.
Dos Anos is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
De Santana trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dos Anos wants to sweep here but De Santana controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
De Santana wants to control from the top but Dos Anos keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Santana stays in close to Dos Anos's body and controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
De Santana tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dos Anos on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
An inside leg kick from De Santana misses.
De Santana lands a big head kick that sends Dos Anos tumbling to the mat! De Santana takes a step backwards and waves Dos Anos back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Dos Anos is rocked!
It looks like Rafael Dos Anos has been cut.
Dos Anos avoids the head kick by De Santana.
Dos Anos looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Dos Anos is looking for a kimura here.
Dos Anos prevents De Santana from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Anos is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and De Santana defends it well.
De Santana works his way to full guard. Good work.
Dos Anos trying to control but De Santana is working from the bottom.
Dos Anos throwing strikes from guard but De Santana blocks nicely.
De Santana trying to keep a closed guard but Dos Anos is proving a slippery customer.
Dos Anos won't allow De Santana to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
De Santana misses with a head kick.
De Santana walks into a jab.
De Santana wants to land a leg kick but Dos Anos is out of range.
De Santana misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dos Anos.
Dos Anos ducks under a wild hook from De Santana.
Nice takedown defense from De Santana. No joy for Dos Anos on that attempt.
Dos Anos just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dos Anos is defended easily by De Santana.
De Santana moves into the clinch.
Dos Anos is trying to break the clinch but De Santana is controlling him.
A short body shot lands from De Santana as the two fighters clinch.
Dos Anos looks gassed!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Santana is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
De Santana prevents the takedown attempt.
Wanadi De Santana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rafael Dos Anos.
De Santana controlling the action here for a moment.
De Santana comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wanadi De Santana dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rafael Dos Anos's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
De Santana lands a big head kick that sends Dos Anos to the canvas! De Santana follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wanadi De Santana!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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