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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matheus Lucas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucas comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ridin' Dirty kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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270 lbs
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265 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matheus Lucas!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Santos. Lucas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lucas fails to land with a series of punches.
Lucas misses with a low kick.
Lucas wants to land a leg kick but Santos is out of range.
Santos scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Lucas is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lucas looks to move to half guard but instead Santos has passed into mount! Damn!
Santos with shots to the head and body - Lucas looks very uncomfortable down there.
Santos with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Santos gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lucas throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lucas works Santos's body with a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck for Santos with that takedown attempt.
Lucas motions for Santos to come forward. Lucas throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lucas stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lucas wants it to stay on the feet.
Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lucas.
Lucas attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lucas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santos checks the leg kick.
Santos is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Lucas's half guard.
Lucas looking for submissions off his back.
Santos tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Lucas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucas is trying to get back to full guard.
Santos content to control rather than advance.
Lucas is not content to let Santos control the position.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Jorge Santos has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Santos misses with a body kick.
Lucas pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Santos back to the cage. Lucas follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos moves into the clinch.
Santos displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lucas up against the cage.
Santos breaks the clinch.
Santos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lucas works Santos's body with a nice hook.
Santos checks a low kick from Lucas.
Lucas lands a two punch combo.
Matheus Lucas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lucas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Santos checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Santos throws a wild body kick that Lucas sees coming a mile off.
Matheus Lucas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos feints and as Lucas raises his hands in defense, Santos changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lucas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucas trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Santos passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Lucas manages to work his way to half guard, despite Santos's best efforts.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lucas moves into full guard.
Santos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Lucas wants to improve his position but instead Santos has moved into half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lucas is not content to let Santos control the position.
Lucas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Matheus Lucas will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Santos on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Santos drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Lucas wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Santos stands up.
Santos takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Santos takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lucas pivots, looking for a leg kick but Santos is out of range and Lucas settles back down.
Santos feints and as Lucas raises his hands in defense, Santos changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lucas throws his legs up looking for a submission but Santos uses it to pass to side control.
Lucas gets back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Santos pulls his head out easily.
Santos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Santos is trying to control the action in half guard but Lucas is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Santos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lucas tries to roll over but Santos keeps him under control.
Lucas is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Santos slows the pace down in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Santos prevents Lucas from improving his position.
Lucas throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Santos is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
We're going to have a standup here because Jorge Santos wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Santos decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Santos decides to stand and escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucas swinging wildly here.
Jorge Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Santos closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Lucas quickly recovers to half guard.
Santos is keen to just control but Lucas is a slippery customer.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lucas defending well though.
Lucas tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Santos has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Lucas is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos manages to capitalize on a mistake by Lucas to take his back!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lucas tries to roll but Santos sticks to his back.
Jorge Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lucas 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.
Lucas tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Santos controlling the pace for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lucas is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jorge 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Lucas throws a series of punches but Santos moves out of range.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Santos.
Lucas is trying to get back to half guard.
Lucas looking for a sweep but Santos has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Santos trying to control but Lucas is having none of it.
Lucas throwing hammer fists to the chest of Santos. What's that going to do exactly?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos with good strikes from the mount here!
Santos landing strikes, looking to finish!
Santos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lucas is looking to escape.
Lucas bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Santos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Santos trying to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Jorge Santos just wasn't active enough.
Santos on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice body punch from Lucas.
Lucas throws a series of strikes that have Santos backpedaling.
Lucas lands a lovely overhand right.
A leg kick checked by Santos.
Lucas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santos shoots in for a takedown but Lucas shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lucas is looking to score with low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucas throws a lazy right hand but Santos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Matheus Lucas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nice defenses there by Santos.
Santos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Santos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Santos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lucas pinned against the cage. Lucas gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lucas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Lucas tries to score with a low kick but Santos moves his leg out of the way.
Lucas connects with the punch.
Decent striking displayed by Lucas there.
Nice uppercut lands for Lucas. That snapped Santos's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucas tries to bum rush Santos with a series of wild strikes but Santos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santos slips a jab and a cross from Lucas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes from Lucas. Those never looked like landing.
Lucas stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Santos misses with a leg kick.
Lucas lands with a good body shot.
Lucas lands a head shot.
Lucas tries to land a leg kick but Santos saw it coming and moves away.
Santos dives in and grabs Lucas's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lucas pushes down on Santos's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jorge Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Santos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Santos walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Lucas's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lucas duly obliges.
Santos closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matheus Lucas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lucas has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matheus Lucas!
Our winner, Matheus Lucas, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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