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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andre The Giant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emerson Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andre The Giant has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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435 lbs
7 - 7 - 0 |
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300 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andre The Giant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Emerson Santos!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with The Giant but The Giant pushes him off and we're back to square one.
The Giant is breathing heavily.
The Giant loads up on a big right hand but Santos slips the punch.
The Giant throws a right and a left that Santos avoids nicely.
The Giant throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santos.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up with The Giant, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes The Giant against the cage but The Giant circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from The Giant as Santos shoots in.
Andre The Giant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Emerson Santos.
Santos looks for a takedown but The Giant sprawls well.
Santos closes this distance looking for a takedown but The Giant circles away.
Santos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. The Giant tries to avoid it but Santos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag The Giant to the ground. The Giant escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Santos swings for the body but The Giant moves out of range.
Horrible takedown by Santos or perhaps it was just good defense by The Giant which made him look bad.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from The Giant as Santos shoots in.
Santos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The Giant drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Santos wants to sweep here but The Giant controlling him for the moment.
Santos bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in The Giant's guard.
Santos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The Giant keeping moving, preventing Santos from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Santos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Santos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Santos is looking to work some ground and pound but The Giant has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Giant throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Santos looking to pass the guard.
The Giant working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Santos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Santos manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The Giant throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos wanted to stand there but The Giant had control of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Giant swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Santos trying to control the position from guard on top but The Giant is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but The Giant is retaining full guard.
Santos passes into half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The Giant has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Santos is working away from the top position though.
The Giant on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Santos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Santos is looking for a kimura here.
Santos is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Giant is trying to get back to full guard.
Santos is looking for a kimura but The Giant is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Santos to get the leverage.
Santos seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but The Giant does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos is looking for a kimura here.
Santos wants to control but The Giant is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Emerson Santos dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Santos shoots in for a double leg but The Giant sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Andre The Giant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Horrible takedown by Santos or perhaps it was just good defense by The Giant which made him look bad.
Santos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. The Giant tries to avoid it but Santos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag The Giant to the ground. The Giant escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Andre The Giant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Emerson Santos.
Santos shoots in for a takedown but The Giant shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Giant. Santos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Santos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has The Giant pinned against the cage. The Giant gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Santos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos shoots in looking for a takedown but The Giant manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Santos's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos slips a jab from The Giant.
Santos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Santos tries for a takedown but The Giant sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The Giant avoids the body shot from Santos.
Santos shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with The Giant but The Giant pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt - The Giant sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Santos fails to land the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up with The Giant, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes The Giant against the cage but The Giant circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Santos shoots in and drives through. The Giant sprawls well.
Santos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around The Giant's waist but The Giant gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Santos off to one side.
Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Santos fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Santos closes the distance and pushes The Giant back into the cage.
Santos is trying to drag The Giant to the mat but The Giant just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries for a takedown. No joy.
Santos has dropped down and is working for a takedown. The Giant is trying to keep an underhook but Santos manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The Giant wants to get back to full guard.
Santos is working for a submission of some sort.
The Giant is defending against the submission attempts here by Santos.
The Giant gets back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Giant is defending against the submission attempts here by Santos.
Santos is looking for a kimura here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Giant is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Santos pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Emerson Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
The Giant defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Santos.
Santos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has The Giant pinned against the cage. The Giant gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts The Giant as he jumps to the side.
Andre The Giant has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Emerson Santos.
Santos changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. The Giant tries to avoid it but Santos manages to keep hold of a leg and drag The Giant to the ground. The Giant escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Santos is defended easily by The Giant.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Giant throws a left and a right that both miss
and Santos moves into the clinch.
Santos is working for takedown but The Giant is calmly controlling the position for now.
Santos is trying to stall.
Santos works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The Giant working for a triangle but Santos defends it easily.
The Giant escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Santos gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Santos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as The Giant works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Andre The Giant has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos stands and throws The Giant's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Santos tries for a kimura but The Giant is defending well.
Santos tries to advance to mount but can't.
Santos looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Giant is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Santos is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
The Giant wants to control but Santos is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but The Giant manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Santos prevents The Giant from escaping the position.
Santos has knee on belly and moves into mount.
The Giant is squirming around, avoiding Santos's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos moves to the back.
Santos keeps control of the position as The Giant tries to break free.
The Giant fending off the submission attempt from Santos.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santos is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Emerson Santos is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos trying to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Emerson Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Santos has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Emerson Santos!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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