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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joao De Santo Cristo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Jamison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Santo Cristo comes to the cage accompanied by Que país é esse?. John Jamison has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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157 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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145 lbs
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao De Santo Cristo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 25 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, John Jamison!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Santo Cristo throws out a loose jab but Jamison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jamison misses with a kick to the body.
Jamison cracks De Santo Cristo with an open hand slap.
De Santo Cristo has closed the distance and engaged Jamison in a clinch.
Jamison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A hook to the body from De Santo Cristo.
Jamison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Santo Cristo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jamison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
De Santo Cristo digs a right hand underneath Jamison's ribcage. Jamison let out a lung full of air as it connected.
De Santo Cristo tries a body shot but Jamison blocks it.
Jamison tries a body shot but De Santo Cristo blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Santo Cristo can't find room to land a body shot as Jamison controls the action.
Jamison tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. De Santo Cristo just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jamison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Santo Cristo is looking for a takedown.
Jamison misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Santo Cristo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo blocks a body shot from Jamison.
De Santo Cristo struggles to land a body shot inside as Jamison controls his hands.
Jamison tries to throw a body punch but De Santo Cristo avoids it by throwing Jamison back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Santo Cristo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Jamison gets through De Santo Cristo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jamison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Santo Cristo struggles to land a body shot inside as Jamison controls his hands.
De Santo Cristo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
De Santo Cristo pushes Jamison back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jamison tries to pull guard but De Santo Cristo holds him up against the cage and eventually Jamison drops back down to his feet.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Santo Cristo.
Jamison has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
De Santo Cristo tries a body shot but Jamison blocks it.
Jamison throws a head punch that misses.
Jamison blocks an uppercut.
De Santo Cristo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jamison tries for a takedown. No joy.
Joao De Santo Cristo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Jamison.
De Santo Cristo stops a takedown attempt from Jamison.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo pushes Jamison back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by De Santo Cristo.
Jamison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jamison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Santo Cristo misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Santo Cristo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Santo Cristo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jamisons head.
Jamison blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jamison struggles to land a body shot inside as De Santo Cristo controls his hands.
Jamison swings wildly with an uppercut but De Santo Cristo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jamison fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jamison tries a body shot but De Santo Cristo blocks it.
Jamison is leaning against De Santo Cristo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
De Santo Cristo throws a head punch that misses.
De Santo Cristo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Santo Cristo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
De Santo Cristo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Santo Cristo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo tries to score a body lock takedown but Jamison shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jamison lands with a short shot to the head.
Jamison stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
De Santo Cristo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Santo Cristo.
Jamison presses De Santo Cristo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
De Santo Cristo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jamison pulls guard.
De Santo Cristo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jamison keeping moving, preventing De Santo Cristo from controlling successfully.
De Santo Cristo tries to free his leg and advance position but Jamison is retaining full guard.
De Santo Cristo trying to control but Jamison is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jamison keeping full guard, as De Santo Cristo tries to pass.
Jamison is looking for a triangle but De Santo Cristo pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo stopping the sweep attempt from Jamison.
Jamison preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
De Santo Cristo slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
De Santo Cristo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jamison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jamison taking punishment in the form of punches.
Jamison regains half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Santo Cristo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jamison looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jamison works his way to full guard. Good work.
Jamison working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. De Santo Cristo doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. De Santo Cristo manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
De Santo Cristo wants to control from the top but Jamison keeps moving.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jamison looking for a guillotine here but De Santo Cristo defends easily.
De Santo Cristo passes Jamison's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
De Santo Cristo moves nicely into side control.
Jamison is looking for a sweep.
Jamison sneaks back into half guard.
De Santo Cristo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Jamison is looking to improve his position.
De Santo Cristo wants to control but Jamison is keeping him busy.
De Santo Cristo winds up and cracks Jamison with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Jamison manages to regain half guard. Good work.
De Santo Cristo trying to mount his opponent but Jamison defends it.
De Santo Cristo has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Jamison working to try and regain half guard.
De Santo Cristo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jamison looks a forlorn figure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Santo Cristo cracks Jamison with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
De Santo Cristo controlling from the full mount.
De Santo Cristo working the ground and pound effectively.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo landing shots from mount.
Jamison is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jamison is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
De Santo Cristo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jamison is looking to escape.
Jamison is looking to get to half guard.
Jamison keeps trying to improve his position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo tries to control but Jamison wriggling away.
Jamison is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jamison is trying to reverse the position but instead De Santo Cristo has taken his back - oops!
De Santo Cristo looking for the choke from the back.
Jamison is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if De Santo Cristo gets his way!
De Santo Cristo is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Jamison knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Jamison for a finish.
Jamison tries to escape the position.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jamison turns into De Santo Cristo and is now in his guard.
De Santo Cristo wants to sweep here but Jamison controlling him for the moment.
De Santo Cristo is working hard here to advance position.
Jamison is working De Santo Cristo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jamison with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jamison is fighting to break De Santo Cristo's control of his arms but De Santo Cristo is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joao De Santo Cristo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think De Santo Cristo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 10:9
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 10:9
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 10:9
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joao De Santo Cristo!
Joao De Santo Cristo seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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