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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Victor Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bradley Ecco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ecco has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Bradley Ecco will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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260 lbs
9 - 24 - 0 |
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265 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined |
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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
9 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Victor Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bradley Ecco!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ecco checks a leg kick nicely.
Ecco looks gassed!
Dos Santos scores with a hook to the body. Ecco takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dos Santos stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dos Santos clinches up against the cage.
Dos Santos controlling the action here for a moment.
Ecco avoiding damage as Dos Santos throws knees to the body.
Dos Santos manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dos Santos is looking to take this one to the mat.
Come on Dos Santos - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dos Santos misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Ecco wants to get back to striking at distance but Dos Santos won't allow it.
Dos Santos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dos Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Dos Santos trying to land knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Dos Santos has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Ecco is trying to keep an underhook but Dos Santos manages to get the takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Dos Santos keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Dos Santos stands up and beckons Ecco to join him on the feet.
Dos Santos wants to clinch up but Ecco keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos misses with an uppercut.
Ecco ducks under a wild hook from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ecco moves out of range of the body kick.
Dos Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thiago Victor Dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ecco avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dos Santos connects with a leg kick. Ecco looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ecco takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dos Santos wants to land a leg kick but Ecco is out of range.
Ecco with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dos Santos to score with a decent uppercut.
Dos Santos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ecco was well out of range. Poor timing from Dos Santos.
Ecco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dos Santos throws a right hand that Ecco ducks under and follows up with a left that Ecco also avoids with ease.
Dos Santos cracks Ecco with a right hand to the side of the head.
Dos Santos tried to score with a low kick but Ecco checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos shoots in and gets a takedown into Ecco's guard.
Dos Santos stands up and waves to Ecco to follow him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dos Santos. Ecco does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ecco gets caught flat footed, as Dos Santos shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Ecco looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Dos Santos passes into half guard.
Dos Santos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dos Santos controlling the action here.
Dos Santos has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dos Santos is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dos Santos seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Dos Santos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice strikes from Dos Santos there.
Dos Santos lands with a punch from half guard.
Dos Santos is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Victor Dos Santos dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dos Santos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bradley Ecco is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice shot lands for Dos Santos.
Dos Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
An inside leg kick from Dos Santos misses.
Dos Santos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dos Santos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Dos Santos is looking to chop away at Ecco's legs.
Dos Santos is looking to clinch but Ecco is avoiding it.
Dos Santos throws a leg kick but Ecco moved away.
A left and a right from Dos Santos both land. Nice combination.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dos Santos lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ecco has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ecco and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dos Santos loads up on a big right hand but Ecco slips the punch.
Ecco is breathing heavily.
Dos Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ecco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos lands a nice hook to Ecco's body. Ecco takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Dos Santos throws an overhand right that lands on Ecco's shoulder, as Ecco tries to avoid the shot.
Dos Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ecco.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ecco manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dos Santos thuds a left hand into Ecco's body.
Dos Santos jabs at Ecco's body.
Dos Santos misses the jab.
Dos Santos clinches.
Ecco avoiding damage as Dos Santos throws knees to the body.
Dos Santos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Dos Santos controlling the action here for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Dos Santos for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Ecco is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Dos Santos is defending well.
Ecco should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the head but Ecco blocks with his arms.
Dos Santos avoiding damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Thiago Victor Dos Santos.
Dos Santos tries a low kick but Ecco avoids it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Dos Santos, right into the meat.
Dos Santos misses with a body kick.
Dos Santos is looking to wear down Ecco with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ecco keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ecco gets caught flat footed, as Dos Santos shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Ecco is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dos Santos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ecco wants to control but Dos Santos passes easily into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Dos Santos there.
Still in half guard, Dos Santos seems content to control.
Dos Santos seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ecco for as long as he can get away with.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ecco is trying to stand.
Thiago Victor Dos Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dos Santos decides to stand up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dos Santos lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dos Santos stuffs the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Victor Dos Santos dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Dos Santos lands with a shot to the body.
Ecco avoids a kick to the body.
Ecco checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dos Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ecco can do to turn this around?
Good leg kick by Dos Santos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jab, jab by Dos Santos - just one landing.
Dos Santos scores with a jab to the body.
Ecco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dos Santos has Ecco up against the cage in a clinch.
Dos Santos pressing his opponent against the cage.
Dos Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Ecco avoids the damage to the body.
Ecco takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ecco jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dos Santos walks away with a smile on his face. Ecco gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
A combination from Dos Santos does no damage.
Dos Santos misses the shot to the body.
Dos Santos tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dos Santos moves into the clinch successfully.
Dos Santos leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dos Santos misses with some punches.
Ecco prevents a body shot from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos misses with an elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos struggles to land a body shot inside as Ecco controls his hands.
Dos Santos presses Ecco against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Dos Santos dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ecco tries to pull guard but Dos Santos holds him up against the cage and eventually Ecco drops back down to his feet.
Ecco tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Thiago Victor Dos Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bradley Ecco.
Dos Santos has Ecco pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ecco manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A bit of stalling here from Dos Santos.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos tries a body shot but Ecco blocks it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos trying to stall but Ecco improves his position.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Dos Santos as Ecco tries to tie him up.
Dos Santos tries to work over Ecco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ecco avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ecco blocks a body shot from Dos Santos.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Dos Santos.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Dos Santos struggles to land a body shot inside as Ecco controls his hands.
Ecco stalling in the clinch but Dos Santos improves position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dos Santos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bradley Ecco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ecco tries for a takedown. No joy.
Thiago Victor Dos Santos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ecco.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Victor Dos Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Dos Santos 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:26
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Victor Dos Santos!
Thiago Victor Dos Santos took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'My body can not take anymore. I fought with vigor for a long time. For me, it's over. Thanks to all my fans. †'.
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energy
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hype
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