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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Togi Makabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Makabe's choice of entrance music: Immigrant Song. This should be fireworks!
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260 lbs
1 - 5 - 0 |
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265 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin |
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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
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gustavo Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Togi Makabe!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Winston Alpacca and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Makabe moves into the clinch.
Makabe landing knees to the head.
Makabe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Gustavo Santos has been cut.
Makabe tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Makabe working Santos over with knees to the body.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Makabe crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.
Makabe's coach down at Island Premium CT was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Makabe's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Makabe using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Come on Makabe - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nice body punch from Makabe.
Makabe lands a good knee to the midsection. Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Makabe landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Makabe content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Makabe scores with a knee to the head.
Santos takes an elbow to the temple.
Makabe is stalling here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makabe crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.
Makabe's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Makabe crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.
Santos takes a knee right on the jaw!
Makabe lands a good knee to the midsection. Santos won't want to take too many of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Makabe putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Santos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've been hearing reports that Santos has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Makabe creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Santos's defenses.
Makabe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Santos is rocked!
Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Oh Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Makabe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Makabe working the clinch nicely. Santos is working for position but Makabe cracks him with a big knee to the head! Santos crumples up against the cage and Makabe lands two more shots before the ref can save Santos! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Togi Makabe!
An out of breath Togi Makabe 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
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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