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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akisame Koetsuji (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koetsuji has chosen Monster as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for William Dos Santos has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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170 lbs
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175 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, William Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akisame Koetsuji!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koetsuji drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Dos Santos controls Koetsuji momentarily but Koetsuji frees himself.
Koetsuji trying to control but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.
Koetsuji postures up in Dos Santos's guard and throws a big left but Dos Santos blocks it.
Koetsuji trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dos Santos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Koetsuji defends it easily.
Dos Santos manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Dos Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Koetsuji doesn't manage to clinch there - Dos Santos circles away.
A jab from Koetsuji misses.
Dos Santos moves into the clinch successfully.
Dos Santos is trying to break free.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dos Santos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dos Santos blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koetsuji tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dos Santos misses with a punch to the body.
Koetsuji lands a right hand.
Dos Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koetsuji scores with a shot to the side of Dos Santos's head.
Koetsuji misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Dos Santos fails to land.
Dos Santos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Koetsuji struggles to land a body shot inside as Dos Santos controls his hands.
Koetsuji blocking some punches.
Koetsuji throws an elbow but it misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dos Santos.
Dos Santos trying to control the position but instead, Koetsuji has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dos Santos into the cage.
Dos Santos lands with a short shot to the head.
Koetsuji tries to throw a body punch but Dos Santos avoids it by throwing Koetsuji back against the cage.
Dos Santos blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Koetsuji lands a nice uppercut.
Dos Santos fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
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!
Dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Koetsuji misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dos Santos stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dos Santos avoids a wild elbow strike from Koetsuji.
Dos Santos lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Koetsuji backwards.
Dos Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Koetsuji has him pressed against the cage.
Dos Santos struggles to land a body shot inside as Koetsuji controls his hands.
Dos Santos taking a breather.
Koetsuji missing with knees to the body.
Dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dos Santos tries to stall but Koetsuji uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Koetsuji misses with a short punch on the inside.
Koetsuji tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dos Santos blocking some punches.
Dos Santos trying to control the position but instead, Koetsuji has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dos Santos into the cage.
Dos Santos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Koetsuji blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dos Santos tries to stall but Koetsuji uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Koetsuji fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koetsuji tries to land knees in the clinch but Dos Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Dos Santos stalling against the cage.
Dos Santos blocking some punches.
Dos Santos pushes Koetsuji back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dos Santos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koetsuji.
Dos Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is trying to break free.
Dos Santos lands a right hand.
Dos Santos tries to work over Koetsuji's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Koetsuji lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dos Santos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dos Santos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dos Santos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Koetsuji swings wildly with an uppercut but Dos Santos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dos Santos is looking to control Koetsuji's arms but Koetsuji gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dos Santos has his back to the cage.
Koetsuji working aggressively here.
Dos Santos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Koetsuji misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short left from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos lands with a left to the head.
Koetsuji misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Koetsuji.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that William Dos Santos will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Koetsuji just misses with a punch to the body.
Koetsuji thows a body shot but no joy.
Dos Santos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dos Santos feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Koetsujis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Koetsuji walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dos Santos misses the shot to the body.
Dos Santos scores with a jab to the head.
Koetsuji fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dos Santos moves in looking to clinch but Koetsuji pushes him off.
Dos Santos lands a jab to Koetsuji's midsection.
Dos Santos misses the shot to the body.
Koetsuji bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koetsuji working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Koetsuji misses with the ground and pound.
Dos Santos sneaks back into half guard.
Dos Santos is looking for a sweep. Koetsuji is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Koetsuji is working away from the top position though.
Koetsuji landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Koetsuji wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping him busy.
Koetsuji thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Dos Santos's head.
Dos Santos wants to get back to full guard.
Koetsuji is trying to work for a kimura but Dos Santos is defending well.
Dos Santos regains full guard. Nicely done.
Koetsuji stopping the sweep attempt from Dos Santos.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koetsuji trying to control but Dos Santos is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koetsuji throwing strikes from guard but Dos Santos blocks nicely.
Koetsuji drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Dos Santos dives on top into guard.
Dos Santos looking to sit in guard and control but Koetsuji gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Koetsuji throwing strikes from guard but Dos Santos blocks nicely.
Dos Santos is trying to keep Koetsuji in close.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koetsuji gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Koetsuji tries to clinch but Dos Santos is having none of it.
Dos Santos rushes Koetsuji and presses him up against the cage.
Koetsuji working aggressively here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Dos Santos avoids a wild elbow strike from Koetsuji.
Dos Santos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Koetsuji.
William Dos Santos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dos Santos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dos Santos scores with a shoulder strike.
Koetsuji is working Dos Santos over against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dos Santos lands a nice uppercut.
Koetsuji blocks an uppercut.
Koetsuji swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dos Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dos Santos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Koetsuji.
William Dos Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos moves into the clinch.
Koetsuji lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dos Santos is working Koetsuji over against the cage.
Koetsuji has a couple of punches blocked by Dos Santos.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dos Santos creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dos Santos lands a body punch.
Koetsuji swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dos Santos lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dos Santos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koetsuji throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dos Santos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Koetsuji misses with the head strike.
Koetsuji throws a punch but it's blocked by Dos Santos.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dos Santos seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Koetsuji is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Dos Santos dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Dos Santos thows a body shot but no joy.
Koetsuji takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dos Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Dos Santos wants it to stay on the feet.
Koetsuji drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Dos Santos is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Koetsuji in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Dos Santos is looking to reverse the position.
Koetsuji swings around for an armbar but Dos Santos sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Koetsuji's guard.
Dos Santos wants to control from the top but Koetsuji keeps moving.
Koetsuji is controlling Dos Santos's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koetsuji is trying to keep Dos Santos in close.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dos Santos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Koetsuji is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Koetsuji being controlled here, momentarily.
Dos Santos forces his way into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos passes to full mount!
Dos Santos avoids the attempt from Koetsuji to control.
Koetsuji is squirming around, avoiding Dos Santos's attempts to control the action.
Dos Santos is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Koetsuji is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Koetsuji really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos raining down shots from the mount!
Koetsuji wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos get's back to his feet.
Koetsuji wants to clinch up but Dos Santos keeps it at a distance.
Dos Santos connects with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koetsuji tries to move into range but Dos Santos moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Dos Santos moves in looking to clinch but Koetsuji pushes him off.
Nice shot by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos lands a head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dos Santos lands a really nice looking cross but Koetsuji seems unphased.
Dos Santos is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Dos Santos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koetsuji manages to avoid it.
Dos Santos jabs at Koetsuji's body.
William Dos Santos is winning the standup battle so far.
Koetsuji drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Koetsuji is looking to clinch.
Akisame Koetsuji seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Koetsuji looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
William Dos Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A telegraphed right hand from Dos Santos misses the target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koetsuji scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Dos Santos gets full guard.
Akisame Koetsuji has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Koetsuji works over Dos Santos with some ground and pound from guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
William Dos Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dos Santos, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Dos Santos!
Jumping up and down and very excited, William Dos Santos waved his t-shirt featuring Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (159.49 $150)'s logo in front of the cameras.
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