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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Drogon Targaryen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Junior Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Drogon Targaryen!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, William Peck and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Targaryen has his takedown stuffed
and Dos Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Targaryen throws a leg kick but Dos Santos moved away.
Targaryen throws a series of punches but Dos Santos moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Targaryen.
It looks like Junior Dos Santos has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Targaryen.
Targaryen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Targaryen napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Dos Santos tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Dos Santos has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Dos Santos is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Targaryen is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Targaryen manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Targaryen wants to take a breather but Dos Santos is having none of it.
Dos Santos has his hands clasped together around Targaryen's back. He's all about the action.
Targaryen tries to pass to full mount but Dos Santos defends it.
Dos Santos wants to get back to his feet.
Dos Santos trying to control from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Targaryen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dos Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dos Santos fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Targaryen sprawls well initially but Dos Santos persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
Targaryen is trying to maintain the position but Dos Santos is very close to passing his half guard.
Dos Santos wants to work for an arm triangle but Targaryen is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Targaryen wants to get back to full guard.
Targaryen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Targaryen is refusing to be controlled, as Dos Santos sits in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Targaryen to stand up.
Dos Santos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Dos Santos showed some decent athleticism there.
Targaryen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dos Santos's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dos Santos's back!
Dos Santos controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Dos Santos tries to escape but Targaryen has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Dos Santos rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos wants to control but Targaryen is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dos Santos is not content to let Targaryen control the position.
Dos Santos is looking for a sweep. Targaryen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dos Santos is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Targaryen pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Drogon Targaryen dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Junior Dos Santos's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Targaryen works over Dos Santos's head and body with a nice combination.
Targaryen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dos Santos counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Dos Santos throwing strikes from guard but Targaryen blocks nicely.
Targaryen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Targaryen looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Targaryen is stalling here. Dos Santos is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Targaryen seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Dos Santos has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dos Santos decides to stand back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Targaryen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dos Santos is working away from the top position though.
Dos Santos performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Targaryen is refusing to be controlled, as Dos Santos sits in half guard.
Targaryen is looking for a sweep. Dos Santos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Junior Dos Santos just wasn't active enough.
Dos Santos scores with a head kick. Targaryen tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Dos Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Dos Santos successfully pulls guard.
Targaryen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dos Santos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dos Santos is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Targaryen wants to control from the top but Dos Santos keeps moving.
Dos Santos is controlling Targaryen's posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Junior Dos Santos.
Targaryen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dos Santos counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dos Santos.
Targaryen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dos Santos is one step ahead there.
Dos Santos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dos Santos works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Targaryen trying to control but Dos Santos postures up.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Dos Santos here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Targaryen blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dos Santos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Junior Dos Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dos Santos works his way into full mount!
Targaryen is trying desperately to improve position.
Targaryen is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Dos Santos controlling his opponent.
Dos Santos throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dos Santos controlling his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Junior Dos Santos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Junior Dos Santos's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Targaryen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dos Santos looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Targaryen can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dos Santos controls the pace.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Targaryen is on top in guard.
Targaryen trying to move into half guard but instead Dos Santos has managed to sweep!
Dos Santos seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Dos Santos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Targaryen looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Dos Santos passes into side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dos Santos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Targaryen can't do much from the bottom here.
Dos Santos misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Dos Santos decides to stand back up.
Dos Santos scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Targaryen wants to get back to full guard.
Dos Santos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Targaryen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Dos Santos wants to control but Targaryen is keeping him busy.
Targaryen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Targaryen.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Targaryen is on top in guard.
Targaryen trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is trying to keep Targaryen in close.
Dos Santos will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Dos Santos will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Dos Santos wants to sweep here but Targaryen controlling him for the moment.
Targaryen looking to sit in guard and control but Dos Santos gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Targaryen is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dos Santos is aware though and is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Targaryen looking to control.
Dos Santos won't allow Targaryen to sweep him here.
Dos Santos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dos Santos not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Dos Santos passes Targaryen's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Dos Santos is trying to control the action in half guard but Targaryen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dos Santos is thwarting Targaryen's attempts to control the position.
Dos Santos looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
And that's the end of the fight!
Junior Dos Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dos Santos has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Dos Santos!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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