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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Troy Anselmo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jorge Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jorge Santos acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Troy Anselmo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorge Santos!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Kavanagh and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anselmo looks to throw the jab but Santos is out of range.
Anselmo blocks a leg kick.
Anselmo is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Anselmo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Santos tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Anselmo is able to avoid easily.
Santos lands a jab.
Santos throws a hook but Anselmo blocks it.
Anselmo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Anselmo looks to land a right hand but Santos moved out of range.
Anselmo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Santos with a hook.
Anselmo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santos.
Santos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Anselmo throws a front kick aimed at Santos's knee but Santos avoids it well.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santos shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos wants to control from the top but Anselmo keeps moving.
Santos is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Santos throwing strikes but missing.
Anselmo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Santos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Santos slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Anselmo wants to get back to his feet but Santos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's two 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.
Santos shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Anselmo defends it nicely.
Anselmo looks to throw the jab but Santos is out of range.
Anselmo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Santos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anselmo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Anselmo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Santos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Anselmo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Santos unleashes a big counter combination but Anselmo bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Anselmo misses with a straight left.
Santos drives through with a takedown into Anselmo's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Anselmo wants to stand and escape but Santos is having none of it.
Santos trying to control but Anselmo is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is looking to work some ground and pound but Anselmo has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Santos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Santos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Santos wants to control from the top but Anselmo keeps moving.
Santos controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Santos throws the left hand but Anselmo avoids the punch easily.
Anselmo throws an overhand right that lands on Santos's shoulder, as Santos tries to avoid the shot.
Anselmo defending well as Santos loads up on a big left hand.
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.
Santos shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Santos on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Santos avoids a punch combination nicely.
Santos throws a shot from downtown. Anselmo moves away and avoids it.
Good exchange - Santos coming out on top.
Anselmo misses with a body shot
and Santos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anselmo has closed the distance and engaged Santos in a clinch.
Santos misses with some punches.
Anselmo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santos's elbow.
Anselmo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Santos is looking to take this one to the mat.
Santos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Anselmo backwards.
Anselmo misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jorge Santos dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Anselmo displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Santos.
Anselmo pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Santos back to the cage. Anselmo follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Anselmo as he avoids it easily.
It looked like Anselmo was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Santos.
Anselmo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Santos swinging wildly here.
Santos misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Santos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A decent looking cross lands there for Santos.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos looks to land a combination but Anselmo avoids it well.
Santos with a poor takedown
and Anselmo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Troy Anselmo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jorge Santos.
Anselmo connects with a right hand. Santos shakes it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anselmo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santos circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anselmo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Santos doesn't seem bothered though.
Santos slips under a jab.
Santos throws a lazy right hand but Anselmo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Anselmo clobbers Santos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Anselmo as he jumps to the side.
Anselmo closes the distance and clinches.
A right handed body shot lands from Anselmo.
Anselmo cracks Santos with a nice body shot.
Anselmo can't find room to land a body shot as Santos controls the action.
A short left from Santos.
Anselmo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Anselmo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Anselmo can't find room to land a body shot as Santos controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Anselmo backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A bit of stalling here from Anselmo.
Anselmo misses with a body punch.
Santos lands with a right to the head.
A short body shot lands from Anselmo as the two fighters clinch.
Still in the clinch, Anselmo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Santos breaks the clinch.
Anselmo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santos looks to throw the jab but Anselmo is out of range.
Santos scores with a hook to the body. Anselmo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
Santos misses with a lunging right hand
and Anselmo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos takes one to the side of the head.
Santos is rocked!
Anselmo digs a good body shot into Santos's ribs.
Santos is still on wobbly legs! Can Anselmo finish him?
Troy Anselmo is winning the standup battle so far.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Anselmo is stalking Santos. Santos circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Anselmo, and it's lights out! Santos really payed the price for that rookie mistake.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Troy Anselmo!
After winning the bout, Troy Anselmo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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