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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clint Foote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clint Foote has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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264 lbs
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245 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Clint Foote!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Foote is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santos.
A slow jab from Santos misses its intended target.
Foote rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santos moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Foote moves away from the strike by Santos.
Santos throws a looping overhand right but Foote ducks down to avoid it.
A big right from Santos misses.
Foote catches Santos with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Santos swings widly with a right hand
and Foote counters by moving into the clinch.
Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Foote.
Foote thuds a left hand into Santos's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foote slips under a jab.
Santos attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Foote throws a solid leg kick but Santos takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Foote.
A jab from Santos misses.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Foote lands a really nice looking cross but Santos seems unphased.
Santos throws a poor cross that misses
and Foote counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Foote tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Foote.
A looping hook to the body misses from Foote. Santos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dos Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foote doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
Foote slips under a jab.
Foote throws a right and a left that both miss.
Foote throws a looping overhand right but Santos ducks down to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Foote. Santos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Foote drives through and clinches with Santos against the cage.
Foote swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Foote can't find room to land a body shot as Santos controls the action.
Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos leaves Foote with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos connects with a right hand. Foote shakes it off.
It looks like Clint Foote has been cut.
Foote doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
Foote closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Foote lands in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Santos is pulling down on Foote's head to control his posture.
Foote postures up in Santos's guard and throws a big left but Santos blocks it.
Foote stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Santos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Foote is one step ahead there.
Foote landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos trying to keep a closed guard but Foote is proving a slippery customer.
Santos keeping full guard, as Foote tries to pass.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Foote is pushing down on Santos's leg trying to pass to half guard. Santos is fighting to maintain full guard but Foote has managed to sneak the leg through.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clint Foote dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Clint Foote's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Santos gets tackled into the cage by Foote. Foote maintains the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Foote scores with a nice short uppercut.
Foote tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santos avoids it.
Foote fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Foote swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Foote tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santos's elbow.
Santos misses with some punches.
Foote tries to work over Santos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Foote misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Foote tries to score a body lock takedown but Santos shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Foote lands a nice shot to the body.
Foote struggles to land a body shot inside as Santos controls his hands.
Foote tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Foote tries to score a body lock takedown but Santos shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clint Foote. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos avoiding damage.
Foote is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Santos avoiding damage as Foote throws knees to the body.
Foote lands a left hand that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Santos stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Foote pulls Santos into guard.
Foote working for a triangle but Santos defends it easily.
Foote looking for a guillotine here but Santos defends easily.
Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Foote is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Santos is aware though and is defending well.
Santos preventing the sweep.
Foote is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Santos defends well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Foote looking to hit a scissor sweep but Santos is one step ahead there.
Santos looking to pass the guard.
Santos preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foote has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Santos has passed into side control.
Foote tries to improve position but can't.
Foote sneaks back into half guard.
Foote tries to roll over but Santos keeps him under control.
Santos is looking to take a break and control but Foote is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Foote moves into full guard.
Santos trying to control but Foote is working from the bottom.
Foote lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Santos!
Foote landing punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos is wriggling around trying to escape.
Foote lands a big shot there that rocks Santos but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Foote thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Foote prevents Santos from getting the reversal.
Clint Foote overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Poor strikes thrown by Foote there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Santos is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Foote misses with a head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Foote lands a nice shot to the head.
Foote is landing with some decent strikes but Santos is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Foote raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clint Foote dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Clint Foote's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Foote fails with a takedown attempt.
Foote thuds a left hand into Santos's body.
Foote shoots in but no luck this time.
Foote fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Santos sprawls well initially but Foote persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Foote passes to side control.
Foote tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Foote has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Foote working the ground and pound but Santos is defending the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos defending against the ground and pound.
Santos is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Foote grinds an elbow into Santos's temple.
Santos is looking to reverse the position.
Santos defending against the ground and pound.
Santos is not content to let Foote control the position.
Foote working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos is working to avoid the ground and pound but Foote connects with a decent elbow.
Santos is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Foote tries to score with some ground and pound. Santos controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Foote working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Santos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Foote working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to control but Foote postures up.
Santos prevents Foote from moving into mount.
Foote looks up at the clock and then as Santos takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Foote smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Foote postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Foote throws an elbow but Santos slips to the side and avoids it well.
Foote landing a few strikes.
Foote has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Foote tries to move to mount but Santos blocks the move with his legs.
Foote sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Santos is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Foote is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santos can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries to bench press Foote off him but Foote keeps the position.
Santos dodges the ground and pound from Foote.
Foote tries to move to mount but Santos blocks the move with his legs.
Foote scoring with punches and elbows.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Foote tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Foote has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Santos is working to avoid the ground and pound but Foote connects with a decent elbow.
Dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Clint Foote is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A lull in the action here as Foote stalls from top position.
Foote trying to control the position but Santos is working away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Clint Foote showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Foote 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clint Foote!
Clint Foote took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, GR Design - Top quality, from $10 to $150 ! for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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