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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Anwar Sadat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tito Santana has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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155 lbs
11 - 7 - 1 |
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170 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Insanely flexible |
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anwar Sadat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tito Santana!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sadat changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Santana gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sadat throws the left hand but Santana avoids the punch easily.
Santana takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sadat connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Santana moves in looking to clinch but Sadat pushes him off.
Sadat shoots in for a takedown but Santana shows good takedown defense.
Sadat scores with a hook to the body. Santana takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Santana gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sadat.
Santana shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sadat but Sadat pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Santana shoots for a takedown but Sadat saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Santana uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sadat.
Santana tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santana fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sadat avoids it really well and circles away.
Anwar Sadat has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tito Santana.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Sadat.
Santana tries to clinch
and Sadat counters with a nice double leg into side control. Santana won't be happy with that.
Santana prevents Sadat from improving position.
Santana is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Santana tries to get to full guard but Sadat has control of the leg.
Sadat tries to pass the half guard into mount. Santana knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santana tries to get to full guard but Sadat has control of the leg.
Sadat wants to free his trapped foot but Santana is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Santana is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sadat pulls his head out easily.
Santana is not content to let Sadat control the position.
Sadat is looking to advance position but Santana won't allow it.
Santana wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santana is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sadat pulls his head out easily.
Sadat is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Santana is just riding it out for now. Sadat eventually gives up the hold.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sadat is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Sadat seems to be looking for submissions.
Santana is holding on to half guard well.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Santana is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sadat sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Sadat tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santana was well out of range. Poor timing from Sadat.
Santana uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sadat.
Sadat throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santana sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sadat throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Santana on the side of the head.
Santana uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sadat.
Sadat throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santana sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Santana! But no joy.
Sadat is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santana.
Santana fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sadat avoids it really well and circles away.
Sadat lands a jab to Santana's midsection.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sadat connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anwar Sadat dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Santana darts in looking for a takedown but Sadat gets double underhooks and turns Santana into the cage.
Sadat changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Santana looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Santana sneaks back into half guard.
Sadat moves nicely into side control.
Sadat looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Santana is looking for a sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sadat goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Santana has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Sadat but great work by Santana.
Sadat is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at CW's Elite Kung-Fu Academy, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Sadat is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santana can do to turn this around?
Santana thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Santana tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana tries for a kimura but Sadat is defending well.
Sadat tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Santana wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Santana looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Sadat is looking to regain half guard here but Santana keeps moving and retains side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Santana looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Sadat sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Santana is looking to advance position but Sadat won't allow it.
Santana is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Sadat regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santana stopping the sweep attempt from Sadat.
Santana drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Sadat manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Santana has Sadat in his guard.
Sadat stopping the sweep attempt from Santana.
Santana looking to control.
Sadat looking to sit in guard and control but Santana gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Santana postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Sadat is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Santana, into his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sadat controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Santana trying to keep a closed guard but Sadat is proving a slippery customer.
Santana keeping moving, preventing Sadat from controlling successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Santana has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sadat can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sadat is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Santana is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Santana has escaped and now he's on top!
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 Anwar Sadat 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. And we move into the final round!
Sadat lands a lovely overhand right.
A big right from Sadat misses.
Santana stuffs the takedown attempt from Sadat. Sadat gets slowly back to his feet.
Santana feints the counter takedown.
Anwar Sadat is winning the standup battle so far.
Sadat scores with a hook.
Sadat lands with an uppercut that bounces Santana off the cage and back into range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sadat lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Santana closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Sadat quickly recovers to half guard.
Sadat trying to hold on to Santana's head to control him but Santana postures up.
Sadat is pressing down on Santana's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Santana throws a big right hand that misses.
Santana drops back, looking for a kneebar! Sadat looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Sadat looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Sadat!
Sadat wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santana keeps working.
The referee asks Sadat politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Sadat prefers to stall for the moment though.
Sadat seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Santana for as long as he can get away with.
Sadat trying to control the action but Santana is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sadat is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Santana is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santana tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Santana prevents Sadat from improving position.
Santana can't do much from the bottom here.
Santana tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santana tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Sadat easily slips into full mount!
Sadat tries to control but Santana wriggling away.
Sadat controlling the pace for now.
Sadat wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Anwar Sadat is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Sadat content just to control the position here.
Tito Santana has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Santana is controlling an arm, preventing Sadat from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Santana is in all sorts of trouble here.
Santana is squirming around, avoiding Sadat's attempts to control the action.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Santana is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anwar Sadat showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sadat has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anwar Sadat!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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