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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joe Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trung Lu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trung Lu acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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135 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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178 cm
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143 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Santiago!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Trung Lu!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santiago connects with a solid leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santiago looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santiago tries to clinch up.
Santiago wants to clinch up but Lu keeps it at a distance.
Santiago wants to clinch up but Lu keeps it at a distance.
Lu misses with a hook. Santiago ducked under it nicely.
Santiago tries to clinch there but Lu circles away.
Santiago throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santiago really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santiago tries to clinch up.
Santiago is looking to slow Lu down with leg kicks.
Santiago moves in looking to clinch but Lu pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santiago looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lu swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Santiago counters with a three punch combo that has Lu backing up. Lu nods at Santiago to acknowledge the strikes.
Santiago moves in looking to clinch but Lu pushes him off.
Joe Santiago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santiago fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lu throws a series of punches but Santiago moves out of range.
Santiago tries to clinch there but Lu circles away.
Lu stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lu wants it to stay on the feet.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santiago looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santiago shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lu sprawls well. Lu wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Santiago gets slowly back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Santiago tries to clinch there but Lu circles away.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch but Lu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santiago is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lu sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Santiago. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santiago tries to clinch up but Lu circles away and keeps his distance.
Santiago fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - Lu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Santiago throws a big shot that misses.
Santiago tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santiago fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santiago changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lu tries to avoid it but Santiago manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lu to the ground. Lu escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago tries to clinch up.
Lu swats away the attempt to clinch by Santiago.
Santiago throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santiago looks for a takedown but Lu sprawls well.
Santiago fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santiago tries to clinch there but Lu circles away.
Santiago fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santiago is looking to chop away at Lu's legs.
Lu slips a jab and a cross from Santiago.
Santiago shoots in and drives through. Lu sprawls well.
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.
Santiago misses with a hook.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Santiago.
Santiago misses with a double jab
and Santiago takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Santiago tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Santiago misses with a takedown attempt
and Lu counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Santiago is breathing heavily.
Lu gets a powerful takedown and that's hurt Santiago.
Santiago is rocked!
The referee asks Lu politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Lu prefers to stall for the moment though.
Oh Santiago is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trung Lu dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Santiago tries to clinch
and Lu counters with a stiff jab, followed by a cross and an uppercut! That's too much punishment for Santiago to take - he tumbles to the canvas, blood pouring from his nose, barely conscious. That's the end of the fight! Great knockout by Lu!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Trung Lu!
Trung Lu is the new bantamweight champion!
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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