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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Colon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Fayth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fayth has chosen Awry Decade - Aisle of Denial as his entrance music. Santiago Colon could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ray Fayth's chin.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Good low kicks
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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
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Santiago Colon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ray Fayth!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Colon misses with a body kick.
Colon thows a leg kick but Fayth checks it
so Fayth counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Fayth trying to control the position from guard on top but Colon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Colon looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fayth is one step ahead there.
Fayth missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fayth loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Colon pulls Fayth in to control the position.
Fayth passes Colon's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Colon is positioning himself well to prevent Fayth advancing to mount.
Fayth throws a strike but Colon avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Fayth tries to free his leg and advance position but Colon is retaining full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Colon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Colon preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Colon wants to sweep but no luck.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Fayth working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Fayth postures up in Colon's guard and throws a big left but Colon blocks it.
Colon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Colon keeping moving, preventing Fayth from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fayth landing some decent shots from guard.
Colon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Colon wants to sweep here but Fayth controlling him for the moment.
Fayth trying to control the position from guard on top but Colon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Colon wants to sweep here but Fayth controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Colon keeping moving, preventing Fayth from controlling successfully.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Ray Fayth wasn't active enough on the ground.
Colon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fayth swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Colon misses with an uppercut
and Fayth counters with a nice double leg into side control. Colon won't be happy with that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fayth in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Fayth is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Colon knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Colon is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at The Charles Martel School of Greatness, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Colon struggling a bit here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fayth is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Colon knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Fayth working away.
Fayth advances to full mount.
Fayth prevents Colon from getting the reversal.
Fayth lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Colon gets back to half guard.
Fayth moves into full mount! Colon won't be happy about that!
Fayth blocks Colon's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fayth throws some wild stikes that Colon manages to avoid easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fayth working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fayth has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fayth trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Fayth lands a big shot there that rocks Colon but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fayth trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Fayth avoids the attempt from Colon to control.
Fayth looking for a guillotine from mount but Colon is having none of it.
Fayth looking to control but Colon is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fayth fails to move to back control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Fayth dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Colon misses with a looping left.
Colon throws a shot from downtown. Fayth moves away and avoids it.
Colon scores with a hook.
Colon throws a solid leg kick but Fayth takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Colon.
A jab from Colon finds it's way through Fayth's defenses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Colon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Colon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fayth moves away.
Nice defenses there by Fayth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Colon throws a leg kick
and Fayth counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Fayth lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Colon lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Fayth!
Fayth really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Colon postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Fayth looks a forlorn figure.
Fayth is in all sorts of trouble here.
Fayth regains half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fayth trying to control from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Colon is looking to take a break and control but Fayth is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fayth tries to roll over but Colon keeps him under control.
Fayth is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Colon pulls his head out easily.
Ray Fayth has got the better of the ground game so far.
Colon wants to control but Fayth is keeping him busy.
Fayth wants to control the action here but instead Colon manages to pass to full mount!
Colon sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fayth is looking to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fayth is squirming around, avoiding Colon's attempts to control the action.
Fayth tries to reverse the position but Colon maintains control.
Colon landing strikes, looking to finish!
Colon controlling the position easily from mount.
Fayth regains half guard.
Fayth looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fayth looking for submissions off his back.
Colon working over Fayth with some ground and pound. Fayth looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fayth looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fayth keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Colon wants to stand but Fayth has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fayth wants to improve his position but Colon is controlling well.
Colon wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fayth keeps working.
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 Santiago Colon will probably get the nod.
That's time! Colon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Fayth takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Colon cracks Fayth with an open hand slap.
It looks like Ray Fayth has been cut.
Colon drives through and clinches with Fayth against the cage.
Colon looking to slow down the pace here.
Colon tries a body shot but Fayth blocks it.
Fayth blocking some punches.
Fayth prevents a body shot from Colon.
Fayth tries to pull guard but Colon won't allow it.
Colon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Colon misses with some punches.
Fayth tries to pull guard but Colon holds him up against the cage and eventually Fayth drops back down to his feet.
Colon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fayth fails to pull guard.
Santiago Colon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Fayth.
Fayth tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Colon just stands there and leans against the cage.
Colon misses with the head strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fayth manages to pull guard.
Fayth is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Colon has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Fayth to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Colon is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Fayth pulls down on the head and he's put Colon to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ray Fayth!
A victorious Ray Fayth thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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