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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luke Rockhold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Libio Do Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Libio Do Santos will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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196 lbs
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196 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Luke Rockhold!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Libio Do Santos !
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rockhold fails in his attempt to clinch.
Do Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Rockhold.
Rockhold tries to clinch but Do Santos is having none of it.
Rockhold fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rockhold tries to clinch up.
Do Santos is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Do Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Rockhold.
Do Santos looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rockhold is fending him off so far but Do Santos persists. Nope, Rockhold circles away and we're back to standing.
Rockhold drives through and clinches with Do Santos against the cage.
Rockhold working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rockhold misses with a hook from the clinch.
Do Santos tries for a takedown but Rockhold manages to get underhooks.
Do Santos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rockhold lands a left hand.
Rockhold throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Do Santos 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Do Santos 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rockhold tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Rockhold on the inside.
Rockhold lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Do Santos is rocked!
Do Santos tries to score a body lock takedown but Rockhold shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Luke Rockhold has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Libio Do Santos .
Do Santos tries to pull guard but Rockhold forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Rockhold fails to land.
Rockhold prevents the takedown attempt.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rockhold.
Rockhold cracks Do Santos with a nice body shot.
A short right from Rockhold.
Do Santos looks winded!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rockhold creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Do Santos is still on wobbly legs! Can Rockhold finish him?
Nice body punch from Rockhold.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Do Santos tries to pull guard but Rockhold won't allow it.
Rockhold lands a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rockhold dips a shoulder and cracks Do Santos with a mighty uppercut! Do Santos falls back against the cage and Rockhold unloads with a barrage of strikes! Do Santos is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Rockhold screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luke Rockhold!
Luke Rockhold retains his middleweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Luke Rockhold thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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