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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Junior Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexei Erschov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Junior Dos Santos has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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176 lbs
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180 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Junior Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 25 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alexei Erschov!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Erschov misses with a takedown attempt - Dos Santos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dos Santos really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Erschov wants to clinch.
Erschov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dos Santos gets a takedown into half guard.
Dos Santos works his way into side control.
Dos Santos is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Erschov's shoulder. That is not cool.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Erschov prevents Dos Santos from improving position.
Dos Santos is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Erschov is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
We've been hearing good reports from Dos Santos's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Erschov tries to improve position but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Erschov's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dos Santos controls the position.
Erschov tries to improve position but can't.
Dos Santos controls the position.
Erschov tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Dos Santos presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Erschov's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Dos Santos will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Erschov is looking to improve his position but Dos Santos isn't that keen on the idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erschov tries to hold on but Dos Santos pushes him away.
Dos Santos prevents Erschov from getting the reversal.
Erschov tries to hold on but Dos Santos pushes him away.
Erschov is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Dos Santos has taken his back.
Dos Santos is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Erschov can't escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Erschov is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Dos Santos.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erschov rolls, trying to escape but Dos Santos keeps control of the position.
Dos Santos has good solid back control here.
Dos Santos looking for the choke from the back.
Dos Santos is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Erschov wants to get back to his feet.
Dos Santos slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos working for the choke.
Dos Santos controlling well, preventing Erschov from escaping the position.
Dos Santos trying to control momentarily.
Erschov trying to get back to his feet but Dos Santos is in full control for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dos Santos is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Dos Santos looking for the choke but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Junior Dos Santos dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Erschov drives through and clinches with Dos Santos against the cage.
Dos Santos has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Erschov after a bit of a struggle.
Dos Santos goes for a takedown in the clinch but Erschov prevents it.
Erschov looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Dos Santos wants the takedown. Erschov is fighting it off but Dos Santos persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Erschov's guard against the cage.
Dos Santos wants to control from the top but Erschov keeps moving.
Erschov had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dos Santos defends it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Dos Santos passes into half guard.
Junior Dos Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Erschov looking for submissions off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erschov missing with punches from the bottom.
Erschov tries to get to full guard but Dos Santos has control of the leg.
Erschov pushes Dos Santos off but Dos Santos dives into side control.
Erschov is trying to improve his position.
Erschov reaches up around Dos Santos's neck trying to control. But Dos Santos takes advantage instantly and he's locked on an arm triangle! Big trouble for Erschov! Oh that looks nasty! A human being's head is not meant to turn that color! Erschov is out! He's gone limp! The ref steps in to break the fighters up and Dos Santos celebrates the victory with the fans!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Junior Dos Santos!
Junior Dos Santos decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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