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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between craig whitehead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos De Souza Silva is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Darude - Sandstorm. Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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170 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
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183 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, craig whitehead!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
whitehead is defending against the submission attempts here by Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
whitehead is controlling Dos Santos De Souza Silva's trapped leg to prevent Dos Santos De Souza Silva from advancing to side control.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to stand but his hand is stuck under whitehead.
whitehead gets full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
whitehead trying to control the position here.
whitehead's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva looking to sit in guard and control but whitehead gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva has his foot on whitehead's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. whitehead works his way back into a safe position though.
whitehead cracks Dos Santos De Souza Silva with a solid left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
whitehead throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
whitehead wants to control from the top but Dos Santos De Souza Silva keeps moving.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
whitehead trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
whitehead stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dos Santos De Souza Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. whitehead defends it easily.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. whitehead is aware though and is defending well.
whitehead postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva keeping moving, preventing whitehead from controlling successfully.
whitehead is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
whitehead throwing strikes from guard but Dos Santos De Souza Silva blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
whitehead postures up and lands a big shot to Dos Santos De Souza Silva's brow.
whitehead is working Dos Santos De Souza Silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
whitehead won't allow Dos Santos De Souza Silva to sweep him here.
whitehead in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
whitehead postures up and lands a big shot to Dos Santos De Souza Silva's brow.
whitehead working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Dos Santos De Souza Silva's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as whitehead accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva has his foot on whitehead's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. whitehead works his way back into a safe position though.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva looks gassed!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but whitehead can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
whitehead passes Dos Santos De Souza Silva's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
whitehead looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
whitehead is trying to control. Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to kick whitehead off but whitehead keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
whitehead lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva has hold of whitehead's hands but whitehead slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
whitehead is nestled in close to Dos Santos De Souza Silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
whitehead content to control rather than advance.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is looking to escape.
whitehead prevents Dos Santos De Souza Silva from improving his position.
Ground and pound from whitehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
craig whitehead dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
whitehead is looking to clinch.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by whitehead.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva slips a straight right by whitehead.
whitehead throws a lazy right hand but Dos Santos De Souza Silva sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
whitehead with a nice cross.
whitehead lands a head shot.
whitehead tries to bum rush Dos Santos De Souza Silva with a series of wild strikes but Dos Santos De Souza Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
whitehead digs a good hook to Dos Santos De Souza Silva's body.
Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
whitehead misses with a hook.
whitehead throws a head kick that Dos Santos De Souza Silva semi-blocks.
whitehead lands a jab to the nose.
whitehead misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
whitehead scores with a head kick. Dos Santos De Souza Silva tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
whitehead throws a sloppy head kick and Dos Santos De Souza Silva moves out of range easily.
The fighters circling - whitehead throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but whitehead moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
whitehead throws an overhand right that lands on Dos Santos De Souza Silva's shoulder, as Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to avoid the shot.
whitehead throws a hook but Dos Santos De Souza Silva blocks it.
whitehead throws a jab but it's blocked by Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva blocks a jab.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses with a looping right.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from whitehead.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
whitehead displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
craig whitehead is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
whitehead showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Good standup being displayed there by whitehead as he connects with a hook.
whitehead looks to score with a jab to the body but Dos Santos De Souza Silva is just out of range.
whitehead thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Dos Santos De Souza Silva if he has to take too many more of those.
A slow jab from whitehead misses its intended target.
whitehead lunges at Dos Santos De Souza Silva with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dos Santos De Souza Silva's hand.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
whitehead throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd cheers as whitehead lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dos Santos De Souza Silva doesn't seem phased though.
whitehead tries a head kick but it misses.
whitehead ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dos Santos De Souza Silva moves away.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses with a few strikes there.
craig whitehead seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
whitehead throws out a loose jab but Dos Santos De Souza Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good standup being displayed there by whitehead as he connects with a hook.
whitehead connects with a right hand. Dos Santos De Souza Silva shakes it off.
whitehead throws a sloppy head kick and Dos Santos De Souza Silva moves out of range easily.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva avoids the head kick by whitehead.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from whitehead.
whitehead tries to bum rush Dos Santos De Souza Silva with a series of wild strikes but Dos Santos De Souza Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
whitehead moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
whitehead misses with a looping right.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but whitehead swats him away and circles back towards the center.
whitehead misses with a hook. Dos Santos De Souza Silva ducked under it nicely.
whitehead lands a jab to Dos Santos De Souza Silva's midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva misses with a few strikes there.
whitehead looks to throw the jab but Dos Santos De Souza Silva is out of range.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
whitehead tries to clinch but Dos Santos De Souza Silva moves away
so Dos Santos De Souza Silva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws and elbow that misses. whitehead uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Dos Santos De Souza Silva's guard. Nice move by whitehead!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is breathing heavily.
whitehead lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants to stand and escape but whitehead is having none of it.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Dos Santos De Souza Silva, not yet.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva looking for subs off his back but whitehead has passed one foot through into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
whitehead looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
craig whitehead dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
whitehead misses with an uppercut. Dos Santos De Souza Silva saw that one coming.
whitehead throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva slips a jab and a cross from whitehead.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva slips under a jab.
whitehead connects with a looping right hand.
whitehead is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
whitehead goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A swing and a miss from whitehead.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Danga de danga de dang - whitehead scores with a four punch combination!
whitehead lands with a kick to the ribs.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
whitehead keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
whitehead scores with a sloppy right hand. Dos Santos De Souza Silva should have avoided that one.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says whitehead as he avoids it easily.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
whitehead throws an overhand right that lands on Dos Santos De Souza Silva's shoulder, as Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries to avoid the shot.
whitehead misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from whitehead.
Nice shot lands for whitehead.
A punch lands to the side of Dos Santos De Souza Silva 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva on the wrong end of a nice jab.
whitehead lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva uses good head movement to avoid the hook from whitehead.
whitehead goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
whitehead lands a nice shot that snaps Dos Santos De Souza Silva's head back.
whitehead misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
whitehead moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
whitehead scores with a jab.
whitehead throws a big shot that misses.
whitehead lands with a kick to the temple. Dos Santos De Souza Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Dos Santos De Souza Silva throws a hook to the side of whitehead's head but whitehead sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
whitehead smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A jab from whitehead misses.
whitehead is looking to clinch but Dos Santos De Souza Silva is avoiding it.
whitehead throws a head kick that misses.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva slips under a jab.
whitehead lands with an uppercut that bounces Dos Santos De Souza Silva off the cage and back into rage.
A looping hook to the body misses from whitehead. Dos Santos De Souza Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
whitehead lands a glancing blow to the side of Dos Santos De Souza Silva's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
whitehead fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. whitehead tries to sprawl out of it but Dos Santos De Souza Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. whitehead manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
whitehead wants to clinch
and Dos Santos De Souza Silva counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
whitehead creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dos Santos De Souza Silva's defenses.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
whitehead unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dos Santos De Souza Silva lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
whitehead lands a shot to the body.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice glancing elbow lands by whitehead.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants a takedown.
craig whitehead has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva tries for a takedown but whitehead manages to get underhooks.
whitehead lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dos Santos De Souza Silva backwards.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva fails to pull the fight into his guard.
whitehead lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
whitehead misses with a short punch on the inside.
whitehead doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
whitehead with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short right from whitehead on the inside.
whitehead throws a head punch that misses.
whitehead lands with a left to the head.
whitehead lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dos Santos De Souza Silva backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dos Santos De Souza Silva.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for whitehead.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva avoids a wild elbow strike from whitehead.
whitehead working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva drops to a knee looking for a takedown but whitehead gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Nice body punch from whitehead - that landed with a thud.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva takes a shot to the head.
whitehead tries to land knees in the clinch but Dos Santos De Souza Silva avoids the damage to the body.
whitehead using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos De Souza Silva has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva jumps guard but whitehead stands there with Dos Santos De Souza Silva around his waist. Dos Santos De Souza Silva gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
whitehead misses with an elbow strike.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
whitehead scores with a shot to the side of Dos Santos De Souza Silva's head.
whitehead swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dos Santos De Souza Silva fails to pull guard.
whitehead throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dos Santos De Souza Silvas head.
whitehead lands with a short punch from the clinch.
whitehead lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by whitehead.
Julio Luis Cesar Moreira Dos Santos De Souza Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dos Santos De Souza Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
whitehead works on Dos Santos De Souza Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
craig whitehead showed his dominance in that final round.
Well whitehead has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight for craig whitehead!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for craig whitehead!
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight for craig whitehead!
craig whitehead wins by unanimous decision!
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