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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Santiago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felix Cardosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cardosa is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Pennywise - Bro Hymn. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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26
185 lbs
11 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
Good kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel Santiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Felix Cardosa!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santiago tries to clinch up.
Santiago fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cardosa manages to avoid it.
Santiago takes a swing at Cardosa's ribcage but misses.
Santiago lands with a nice combination. Cardosa backs away looking to recover.
Santiago defending well as Cardosa loads up on a big left hand.
Santiago is looking to clinch but Cardosa is avoiding it.
Cardosa rushes Santiago and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Santiago is trying to break the clinch but Cardosa has him pressed against the cage.
Cardosa prevents Santiago from breaking the clinch.
Santiago is trying to push Cardosa away but Cardosa has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Santiago is trying to break the clinch but Cardosa is controlling him.
Cardosa tries to throw a body punch but Santiago avoids it by throwing Cardosa back against the cage.
Santiago wants to break the clinch but can't.
Santiago is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Santiago is trying to break the clinch but Cardosa is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardosa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santiago's efforts to push away.
Cardosa gets through Santiago's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cardosa keeps control of Santiago as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cardosa digs a right hand underneath Santiago's ribcage. Santiago let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Santiago is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short left from Cardosa.
Santiago blocks an uppercut.
Santiago working hard to break the clinch.
Santiago working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cardosa scores a nice knee to the body.
Cardosa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cardosa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Santiago backwards.
Santiago is trying to break free.
Cardosa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santiago's efforts to push away.
Santiago tries to break free but Cardosa pushes him back against the cage.
Cardosa crunches a lovely knee into Santiago's ribcage.
Cardosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cardosa lands a body shot.
Cardosa scores with a shot to the side of Santiago's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cardosa.
Santiago is looking to break free of the clinch but Cardosa has double underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Santiago is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Santiago stalling against the cage.
Cardosa tries a knee to the head but Santiago blocks it.
Santiago wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Santiago pulls Cardosa into guard.
Cardosa lands a couple of elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santiago being controlled here, momentarily.
Cardosa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cardosa with a nice head shot there.
Cardosa slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Cardosa is looking to work some ground and pound but Santiago has wrist control.
Santiago trying to control the position.
Cardosa working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Santiago's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cardosa won't allow Santiago to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cardosa trying to control but Santiago is working from the bottom.
Cardosa with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Felix Cardosa dominated that round.
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.
Santiago tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santiago dips to his left and cracks Cardosa with an uppercut!
Cardosa feints and then cracks Santiago's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Santiago down.
Cardosa throws out a powerful jab.
Santiago tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cardosa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cardosa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Santiago.
Santiago slaps away a takedown attempt from Cardosa, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Santiago 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.
Daniel Santiago seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santiago takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cardosa connects with a high kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cardosa takes one on the button.
Santiago takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Santiago moves away from the strike by Cardosa.
Santiago on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cardosa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Santiago is rocked!
Santiago tries to clinch but Cardosa is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Santiago checks a leg kick.
Santiago misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Cardosa does it's job there.
Oh Santiago is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Santiago avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santiago misses with the combination.
Cardosa scores with a jab.
Felix Cardosa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cardosa bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Cardosa sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Santiago is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Santiago seems to have got his legs back now.
Santiago seems a little lost for a moment, as Cardosa dominates the positioning.
Santiago struggling a bit here.
Santiago on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Santiago tries to bench press Cardosa off him but Cardosa keeps the position.
Cardosa landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago is not content to let Cardosa control the position.
Cardosa lands a few punches from side control.
Cardosa landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Cardosa tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Santiago is looking to regain half guard here but Cardosa keeps moving and retains side control.
Cardosa wants to control but Santiago is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cardosa taking a breather here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardosa scoring with punches from side control.
Santiago wants to get back to his feet.
Cardosa is chipping away with strikes.
Santiago is pushing Cardosa's head away, looking to escape. Cardosa manages to hold on to the position though.
Cardosa scoring with punches and elbows.
Cardosa working the head and body with strikes.
Santiago struggling a bit here.
Cardosa working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cardosa is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Santiago is trying to escape and Cardosa transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Santiago is forced to tap! Nice work there by Cardosa! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Felix Cardosa!
An out of breath Felix Cardosa thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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