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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Humberto Manuel Arboleda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santiago Calirante (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arboleda comes into the arena with ASTAROTH - GUERRA DE METAL blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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154 lbs
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149 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Humberto Manuel Arboleda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Santiago Calirante!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calirante keeps the fight on the outside.
Arboleda moves in looking to clinch but Calirante pushes him off.
Calirante thumps Arboleda with a low kick.
Arboleda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Calirante paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Arboleda displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Calirante throws out the jab.
A leg kick checked by Arboleda.
Arboleda tries to clinch
and Calirante counters with a nice uppercut.
Jab, jab by Calirante - just one landing.
Calirante scores with a decent looking hook.
It looks like Humberto Manuel Arboleda has been cut.
Arboleda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Arboleda tries to close the distance and clinch but Calirante swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Arboleda takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Arboleda pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Calirante blocks a head kick by Arboleda.
Arboleda throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arboleda tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Humberto Manuel Arboleda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Calirante cracks the inside of Arboleda's front leg.
Arboleda checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Calirante lands a jab to the head.
Arboleda darts in trying to clinch
enabling Calirante to counter with a crisp jab.
Arboleda throws a head kick that misses.
Calirante avoids the head kick by Arboleda.
Calirante listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Arboleda is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Arboleda tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Arboleda closes the distance but Calirante moves to the side
and Calirante counters with a series of strikes. Arboleda will be more careful next time no doubt.
Arboleda misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Calirante lands with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arboleda thumps Calirante with a low kick.
Arboleda is looking to chop away at Calirante's legs.
Calirante is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Arboleda had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arboleda is looking to clinch but Calirante is avoiding it.
Arboleda darts in trying to clinch
and Calirante counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Arboleda is rocked!
Arboleda throws a front kick aimed at Calirante's knee but Calirante avoids it well.
Calirante misses with a looping right.
Calirante has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Arboleda pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Arboleda darts in trying to clinch
and Calirante counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oh Arboleda is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fight stays on the outside here - Arboleda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Arboleda seems to have got his legs back now.
Arboleda throws a head kick but Calirante moves out of range.
Arboleda ducks under a wild hook from Calirante.
Calirante has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Arboleda.
A head kick misses from Calirante.
Arboleda on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Calirante.
Calirante takes a kick to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Arboleda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Arboleda tries to clinch but Calirante moves away
and Calirante counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Calirante blocks a head kick by Arboleda.
Calirante ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Arboleda throws the kick towards the body but Calirante avoids it.
Arboleda throws a leg kick
and Calirante counters with a stiff right hand.
Arboleda misses with a head kick.
Arboleda lands with a nice body kick.
Calirante takes a swing at Arboleda's ribcage but misses.
Calirante scores with a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Calirante misses with a low kick as Arboleda jumps back.
Calirante fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Arboleda throws a sloppy head kick and Calirante moves out of range easily.
Arboleda misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Arboleda.
Calirante moves into the clinch.
Arboleda pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Calirante effectively controlling the action here.
Arboleda creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Calirante's defenses.
Calirante lands a left hand that snaps the head of Arboleda backwards.
Calirante lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Arboleda looking to stall.
Calirante lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Arboleda lands an elbow inside that Calirante shrugs off.
Calirante misses with the head strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Calirante misses with a punch on the inside.
Arboleda blocking some punches.
Calirante lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Calirante swings wildly with an uppercut but Arboleda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Arboleda is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Calirante is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santiago Calirante dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Humberto Manuel Arboleda's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Calirante misses with a looping left.
Arboleda on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Calirante swats away the attempt to clinch by Arboleda.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Arboleda.
Calirante avoids the head kick by Arboleda.
Arboleda throws a sloppy head kick
and Calirante connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Calirante takes a kick to the side of the head.
The crowd cheers as Calirante lands an impressive looking overhand right. Arboleda doesn't seem phased though.
Calirante throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Arboleda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Calirante throws a front kick aimed at Arboleda's knee but Arboleda avoids it well.
Arboleda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Calirante walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Arboleda checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Calirante 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 Arboleda has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Arboleda and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Arboleda tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Calirante misses with an uppercut. Arboleda saw that one coming.
Arboleda doesn't manage to clinch there - Calirante circles away.
Calirante is looking to land body kicks.
Arboleda lands a nice looking kick to the body. Calirante takes a step back to recover.
Arboleda throws a leg kick but Calirante sees it coming and moves out of range.
Arboleda tries to clinch up.
Arboleda scores with a head kick. Calirante tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Calirante lands with a hook. Arboleda tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Arboleda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Arboleda tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Calirante manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Calirante lands a left and a right that send Arboleda crashing to the mat, dazed. Calirante thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Humberto Manuel Arboleda's cut is getting worse.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arboleda throws a head kick but Calirante moves out of range.
Arboleda throws a sloppy head kick
and Calirante counters with a big right hand! Oh Arboleda is in trouble here! Calirante follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Santiago Calirante!
After the fight, Santiago Calirante was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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