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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between junior dos santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohammad Malik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). dos santos kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is fire with fire. Malik comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Stronger kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! junior dos santos has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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188 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
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173 cm
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185 lbs
6 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced |
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Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, junior dos santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mohammad Malik!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malik fails to land the takedown.
Malik shoots in looking for a takedown. dos santos tries to sprawl out of it but Malik keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. dos santos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
dos santos keeps the fight on the outside.
dos santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Malik circles away quickly and effectively.
dos santos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
dos santos works over Malik's head and body with a nice combination.
Malik dodges the punch combination from dos santos.
Malik misses with a takedown attempt - dos santos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
junior dos santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mohammad Malik.
dos santos lands with a nice combination. Malik backs away looking to recover.
dos santos scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
dos santos throws a right hand that Malik ducks under and follows up with a left that Malik also avoids with ease.
Some wild striking there from dos santos.
dos santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Malik misses with a takedown attempt - dos santos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Malik shoots in and drives through. dos santos sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dos santos throws a nice head kick!
dos santos goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Malik is defended easily by dos santos.
Malik fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Malik looks gassed!
dos santos works over Malik's head and body with a nice combination.
Malik shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with dos santos but dos santos pushes him off and we're back to square one.
dos santos lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Malik closes this distance looking for a takedown but dos santos circles away.
dos santos lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
dos santos lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
dos santos moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
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 three punch combo!
dos santos is working the combinations to good effect here.
dos santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
dos santos stalks Malik and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Malik's face. Malik staggers backwards, shaken.
Malik on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
dos santos throws a right hand that Malik ducks under and follows up with a left that Malik also avoids with ease.
Malik on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
dos santos stalks Malik and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Malik's face. Malik staggers backwards, shaken.
Some wild striking there from dos santos.
dos santos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
dos santos scores with a body shot.
dos santos leaves Malik with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
dos santos throws a combination. Malik tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
junior dos santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
dos santos lands a nice shot to the body.
dos santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Malik slips a jab and a cross from dos santos.
Malik avoids the head kick by dos santos.
dos santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Malik shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts dos santos as he jumps to the side.
dos santos connects with a nice looking jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Malik is trying desperately to land a takedown but dos santos is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Malik.
dos santos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malik moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Some wild striking there from dos santos.
Malik tries to clinch up but dos santos circles away and keeps his distance.
A momentary lapse in concentration from dos santos enables Malik to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. dos santos manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
dos santos wants to stand and escape but Malik is having none of it.
Malik sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed dos santos's guard.
dos santos is trying to stand up here but Malik is controlling him well.
dos santos pushes Malik off but Malik dives into side control.
Malik thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Malik thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malik tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Malik has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
dos santos is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Malik is controlling him well.
Malik thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Malik thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
dos santos tries to escape but Malik is in control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mohammad Malik will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Malik.
Malik showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from dos santos.
Malik fails with a takedown attempt.
dos santos throws a series of punches but Malik moves out of range.
dos santos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Malik.
junior dos santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mohammad Malik.
dos santos scores with a three punch combo!
dos santos looks to land a combination but Malik avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
dos santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
dos santos throws a series of punches but Malik moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Malik shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. dos santos defends it nicely.
Malik shoots in and drives through. dos santos sprawls well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dos santos misses with a two punch combination.
dos santos works over Malik's head and body with a nice combination.
Malik shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by dos santos!
Malik takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
dos santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Malik circles away quickly and effectively.
Mohammad Malik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
dos santos misses with a two punch combination.
Malik shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
dos santos squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Mohammad Malik has got the better of the ground game so far.
Malik working for a guillotine from mount but dos santos is in no mood to give up.
dos santos is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Malik trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malik working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Malik trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Malik looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
dos santos wants to try and get back to his feet.
dos santos has left one of his arms exposed and Malik doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. dos santos screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mohammad Malik!
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hype
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