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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Icky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joao De Santo Cristo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Icky comes to the cage accompanied by Wrecking Ball. De Santo Cristo has chosen Que país é esse? as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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174 lbs
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165 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
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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
24 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricky Icky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao De Santo Cristo!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, William Gold and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Santo Cristo moves into the clinch.
De Santo Cristo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Icky misses with a body punch.
Icky is trying to break the clinch but De Santo Cristo has him pressed against the cage.
Icky lands a nice shot to the body.
De Santo Cristo prevents a body shot from Icky.
Icky misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Icky prevents a body shot from De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo wants the takedown. Icky is fighting it off but De Santo Cristo persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Icky's guard against the cage.
De Santo Cristo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Icky works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Icky keeping moving, preventing De Santo Cristo from controlling successfully.
Icky is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Icky preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
De Santo Cristo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Icky is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Icky avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
De Santo Cristo looking to sit in guard and control but Icky gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Icky will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Icky 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.
De Santo Cristo looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Icky misses with a low kick.
De Santo Cristo has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Icky is landing a low percentage of strikes.
De Santo Cristo delivers a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo digs a good body shot into Icky's ribs.
De Santo Cristo misses with a body kick.
Icky connects with a leg kick. De Santo Cristo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
De Santo Cristo misses with a hook
and Icky counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Icky attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Icky.
Icky throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Icky throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Icky swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Santo Cristo throws a chopping leg kick but Icky manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That kick from Icky tenderised De Santo Cristo's leg. De Santo Cristo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Icky misses with an uppercut. De Santo Cristo saw that one coming.
Icky lands with an uppercut that bounces De Santo Cristo off the cage and back into range.
De Santo Cristo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Icky.
De Santo Cristo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Icky swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Icky throws a shot from downtown. De Santo Cristo moves away and avoids it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A telegraphed right hand from Icky misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Icky scores with a spinning back kick!
Joao De Santo Cristo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking cross lands there for Icky.
Icky scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A thudding body kick lands there by Icky!
De Santo Cristo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Icky counters with a nice body kick.
Icky lands a glancing blow to the side of De Santo Cristo's head.
De Santo Cristo scores with a spinning back kick!
De Santo Cristo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Icky is out of range.
Icky with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling De Santo Cristo to score with a decent uppercut.
Icky moves away from the strike by De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Icky sprawls well. Icky wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. De Santo Cristo gets slowly back to his feet.
Ricky Icky is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Santo Cristo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Icky dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A slapping leg kick lands for De Santo Cristo.
A nice inside leg kick there by Icky. That's going to slow De Santo Cristo down.
De Santo Cristo fakes the leg kick and cracks Icky in the body.
De Santo Cristo misses with an attempted mid kick.
De Santo Cristo misses with a takedown
and Icky counters with a right hand to the body.
Icky is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Santo Cristo can do to turn this around?
De Santo Cristo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Icky jabs De Santo Cristo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ricky Icky is winning the standup battle so far.
De Santo Cristo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Icky takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Icky takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
De Santo Cristo takes a swing at Icky's ribcage but misses.
Icky throws a quick inside leg kick.
De Santo Cristo shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than De Santo Cristo was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Santo Cristo working the strikes but Icky uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo throws a strike but Icky avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Icky looking for a sweep. Not yet Icky, not yet.
De Santo Cristo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
De Santo Cristo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
De Santo Cristo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
De Santo Cristo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
De Santo Cristo postures up in Icky's guard and throws a big left but Icky blocks it.
Icky working a defensive guard here.
De Santo Cristo scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Icky is keeping the position for now.
De Santo Cristo postures up in Icky's guard and throws a big left but Icky blocks it.
De Santo Cristo trying to control but Icky is working from the bottom.
De Santo Cristo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
De Santo Cristo trying to move into half guard but instead Icky has managed to sweep!
Joao De Santo Cristo has got the better of the ground game so far.
De Santo Cristo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Icky 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.
De Santo Cristo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Icky stopping the sweep attempt from De Santo Cristo.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Icky sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
De Santo Cristo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Santo Cristo thuds a left hand into Icky's body.
De Santo Cristo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
De Santo Cristo doesn't manage to clinch there - Icky circles away.
De Santo Cristo gets the takedown into side control.
De Santo Cristo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Icky is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
De Santo Cristo landing a few strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo working away.
De Santo Cristo taking a breather here.
De Santo Cristo in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
De Santo Cristo with the ground and pound but Icky regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
De Santo Cristo is trying to control the action in half guard but Icky is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Icky is looking to improve his position.
Icky trying to hold on to De Santo Cristo's head to control him but De Santo Cristo postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joao De Santo Cristo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
De Santo Cristo scores with a decent looking hook.
De Santo Cristo throws a low kick, looking for Icky's leg but Icky calmly moves out of range.
De Santo Cristo misses with a kick to the body.
Icky cracks a nice hook into De Santo Cristo's ribs.
Icky is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
De Santo Cristo throws a leg kick which misses Icky's front leg but catches the back leg as Icky tries to avoid it.
Icky misses with a few strikes there.
De Santo Cristo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Santo Cristo slips a jab from Icky.
Icky throws a lazy uppercut
and De Santo Cristo counters with a nice body kick.
Icky motions for De Santo Cristo to come forward. Icky throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Icky is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Icky walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Icky misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Icky lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Santo Cristo circles away quickly and effectively.
Icky throws a body punch but De Santo Cristo moves out of range.
Icky misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Santo Cristo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Icky lands with a thumping leg kick.
De Santo Cristo defending well as Icky loads up on a big left hand.
De Santo Cristo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Icky.
De Santo Cristo misses with a kick to the body.
De Santo Cristo thumps Icky with a low kick.
De Santo Cristo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De Santo Cristo tries to clinch there but Icky circles away.
It looked like Icky wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
De Santo Cristo throws a leg kick but Icky checks it.
An attempted straight right counter from Icky misses the target.
De Santo Cristo connects with a body shot.
Icky throws the kick towards the body but De Santo Cristo avoids it.
Nice body kick there by De Santo Cristo.
Icky misses with a wild body shot.
Icky lands a body shot.
De Santo Cristo moves to clinch but Icky breaks away
and Icky makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Icky.
De Santo Cristo misses the shot to the body.
De Santo Cristo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Icky.
De Santo Cristo jabs at Icky's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fight stays on the outside here - De Santo Cristo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Santo Cristo doesn't manage to clinch there - Icky circles away.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Icky. De Santo Cristo shrugs it off though.
A decent looking body kick lands there for De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo scores with a body shot.
Icky avoids the body shot from De Santo Cristo.
Icky throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
De Santo Cristo shoots in for a double leg but Icky sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Icky walks into a stiff left hand from De Santo Cristo.
Icky will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
De Santo Cristo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Icky was well out of range. Poor timing from De Santo Cristo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo misses the shot to the body.
De Santo Cristo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Icky lands with an overhand left.
Icky chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before De Santo Cristo can pounce on him.
De Santo Cristo misses the shot to the body.
De Santo Cristo wants to clinch up but Icky keeps it at a distance.
Nice uppercut lands for Icky. That snapped De Santo Cristo's head back.
De Santo Cristo tries to clinch up but Icky circles away and keeps his distance.
De Santo Cristo connects with a body shot that sends Icky's belly button to the back.
De Santo Cristo cracks Icky with a right hand to the side of the head.
De Santo Cristo throws a hook to the side of Icky's head but Icky sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Icky scores with a hook.
Icky misses with a series of wild punches.
Icky lands a nice leg kick that just misses De Santo Cristo's sensitive parts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Santo Cristo fails with an attempt to clinch.
De Santo Cristo closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - De Santo Cristo lands in his opponent's guard.
De Santo Cristo works a leg free and moves into half guard.
De Santo Cristo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Icky keeps working.
Icky is looking for a sweep. De Santo Cristo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
De Santo Cristo is looking to take a break and control but Icky is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Icky manages to get to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Joao De Santo Cristo.
I think De Santo Cristo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joao De Santo Cristo!
During a confident post fight interview, Joao De Santo Cristo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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pop
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