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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacare Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rogerio dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rogerio dos Santos told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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215 lbs
14 - 5 - 1 |
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217 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Great low kicks
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
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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
14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jacare Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogerio dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from dos Santos.
A head kick misses from Souza.
Souza keeps the fight on the outside.
dos Santos looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
dos Santos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
dos Santos throws the kick towards the body but Souza avoids it.
Souza takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A chopping leg kick lands by Souza.
dos Santos throws a low kick but Souza avoids it.
Souza throws a shot from downtown. dos Santos moves away and avoids it.
dos Santos has closed the distance and engaged Souza in a clinch.
Souza looking to throw knees to the head but dos Santos is blocking nicely.
dos Santos wants to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Souza.
dos Santos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Souza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Souza lands a hook that snaps the head of dos Santos backwards.
Souza working hard to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. dos Santos obliges.
dos Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Souza is defending well for now.
dos Santos looking to stall.
dos Santos dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
dos Santos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Souza with an attempt at a knee that misses.
dos Santos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
dos Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Souza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Souza.
dos Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Souza is defending well for now.
dos Santos stalling the fight.
Souza tries to land knees in the clinch but dos Santos avoids the damage to the body.
A right hand to the body from Souza.
Souza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Souza avoiding damage as dos Santos throws knees to the body.
Souza tries to land knees in the clinch but dos Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Souza working dos Santos over with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Souza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Souza looking to throw knees to the head but dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Souza is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza looking to throw knees to the head but dos Santos is blocking nicely.
dos Santos lands an elbow inside.
dos Santos dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Souza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Souza tries to land a knee to the head but dos Santos blocks with his arms.
dos Santos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Souza misses with a punch on the inside.
dos Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Souza avoids the damage to the body.
Nice body punch from Souza - that landed with a thud.
dos Santos avoiding damage as Souza throws knees to the body.
dos Santos tries to circle away but Souza has him pinned against the cage.
Souza tries to land knees in the clinch but dos Santos avoids the damage to the body.
dos Santos is looking to control Souza's arms but Souza gets an underhook and turns him. Now dos Santos has his back to the cage.
Souza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Souza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from dos Santos.
Souza putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has dos Santos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Souza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Souza missing with knees to the body.
dos Santos misses with a knee strike.
Souza trying to land knees to the body.
dos Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos throws a head kick that misses
and Souza counters with an outside leg kick.
dos Santos lands a nice hook to Souza's body. Souza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Souza throws a body kick that misses.
dos Santos avoids the body shot from Souza.
dos Santos misses with a low kick as Souza jumps back.
Souza checks the leg kick.
Souza misses with a leg kick
and dos Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Souza throws a leg kick but dos Santos moved away.
Souza shoots in for a double leg but dos Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Rogerio dos Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Some bone on bone action there as dos Santos checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A head kick misses from dos Santos.
dos Santos moves in looking to clinch but Souza pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos throws a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Souza buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Souza throws a wild body kick that dos Santos sees coming a mile off.
Souza throws a lazy head kick
and dos Santos counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Souza lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Souza plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
dos Santos tries to work over Souza's front leg with a kick but Souza checks it.
Souza fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but dos Santos avoids it really well and circles away.
dos Santos gets caught flat footed, as Souza shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
dos Santos wants to stand but Souza is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jacare Souza 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.
Souza is looking to land body kicks.
dos Santos throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick by Souza misses
and dos Santos counters with a nice body kick.
dos Santos wants to land a leg kick but Souza is out of range.
dos Santos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Souza.
A low kick from Souza is predictable there
and dos Santos counters with a nice leg kick.
A slow jab from dos Santos misses its intended target.
Souza fails with the takedown
and dos Santos counters with a leg kick.
Souza takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
dos Santos throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Souza takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jacare Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Souza throws a body kick the misses
and dos Santos counters with a solid body kick.
Good leg kick by dos Santos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Souza gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Souza thows a leg kick but dos Santos checks it
and dos Santos counters with a nice low kick that buckles Souza's knee momentarily.
dos Santos throws a head kick that Souza semi-blocks.
dos Santos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Good leg kick by dos Santos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A clash of legs there as Souza blocks the low kick.
dos Santos fakes the leg kick and cracks Souza in the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza slips a jab and a cross from dos Santos.
dos Santos lands with an overhand left.
A shot to the body from dos Santos misses
and Souza counters with a nice low kick that buckles dos Santos's knee momentarily.
dos Santos fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Souza.
dos Santos throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Souza's head.
dos Santos darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
dos Santos lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
dos Santos throws a leg kick which misses Souza's front leg but catches the back leg as Souza tries to avoid it.
dos Santos is looking to slow Souza down with leg kicks.
dos Santos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
dos Santos misses with a double jab.
dos Santos misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Souza
and dos Santos counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Souza takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Souza avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
dos Santos blocks a head kick by Souza.
Souza stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from dos Santos.
Souza gets cracked with a nice right hand there by dos Santos.
dos Santos tries to clinch but Souza is having none of it.
dos Santos misses with a wild combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for dos Santos.
dos Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
dos Santos throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Souza counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Souza drops back, looking for a kneebar! dos Santos looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. dos Santos looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from dos Santos!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from dos Santos 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 Souza has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Souza and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Souza tries a head kick but it misses.
Souza scores a takedown into full mount!
Souza punching from mount but dos Santos doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Souza swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and dos Santos is now in Souza's guard. A big mistake from Souza there, giving up the dominant position!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rogerio dos Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Souza's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
dos Santos throws a head kick that misses.
dos Santos throws a low kick but it's checked well by Souza.
dos Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and dos Santos wants it to stay on the feet.
dos Santos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from dos Santos, right into the meat.
Souza scores with a jab to the body.
A head kick by Souza misses
and dos Santos counters with a leg kick.
dos Santos throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Crunch! dos Santos slams his shin into Souza's torso.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
dos Santos scores with a leg kick.
dos Santos throws a leg kick but Souza sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Souza will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos scores with a leg kick.
dos Santos throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Souza stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
dos Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Souza moves out of range easily.
Souza takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick lands from dos Santos.
dos Santos lands a nice hook to Souza's body. Souza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
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!
dos Santos scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
dos Santos ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Souza moves away.
A kick lands to the mid section there for dos Santos.
Souza on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Souza blocks a head kick by dos Santos.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos throws a head kick that Souza semi-blocks.
dos Santos has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
dos Santos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
dos Santos lands with a kick to the ribs.
dos Santos throws a nice inside leg kick.
dos Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Souza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Souza is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Souza is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
dos Santos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A head kick by Souza misses
and dos Santos counters with a nice low kick that buckles Souza's knee momentarily.
A leg kick checked by Souza.
Souza moves out of range of the body kick from dos Santos.
Souza blocks a head kick by dos Santos.
dos Santos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Souza. That did some damage!
dos Santos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rogerio dos Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
dos Santos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
dos Santos lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Souza ducks under a wild hook from dos Santos.
Souza falls off balance throwing a combination
and dos Santos counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A low kick from dos Santos is predictable there
enabling Souza to counter with a crisp jab.
dos Santos connects with a high kick.
Souza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by dos Santos. dos Santos obviously looking to wear him down.
dos Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza lands a knee to the head.
dos Santos is pressed up against the cage. Souza has hold of a leg and is looking to drag dos Santos down to the mat. dos Santos avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Souza goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Souza throws a sloppy head kick and dos Santos moves out of range easily.
dos Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and dos Santos wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacare Souza. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Souza fails with a takedown attempt.
dos Santos cracks the inside of Souza's front leg.
dos Santos feints and then cracks Souza's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Souza down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
dos Santos swings for the body but Souza moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Souza. That's going to slow dos Santos down.
The fighters circle momentarily. dos Santos darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rogerio dos Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think dos Santos has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rogerio dos Santos!
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energy
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hype
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