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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steven Steele (ranked 1396 p4p, 4021 weight class) and Johnny Santos (ranked 194 p4p, 470 weight class). Steele comes to the cage accompanied by Bloody Sunday . Santos is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Nazareth- Let Me Be Your Leader. This should be a great matchup!
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Steven Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnny Santos!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steele rushes Santos and presses him up against the cage.
Steele looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Santos blocking some punches.
Santos avoids the elbow strike from Steele, against the cage.
Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Steele is blocking nicely.
Santos looking to stall.
Steele looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Santos tries a knee to the head but Steele blocks it.
Santos landing knees to the head.
It looks like Steven Steele has been cut.
Steele comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Johnny Santos has been cut.
Steele creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Our sources have told us that Steele has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Steele misses with an elbow over the top.
Steele takes a knee right on the jaw!
Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Steele is blocking nicely.
Santos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Steele's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steele gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Steele avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Steele has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Santos is proving hard to escape from.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Santos wants to control but Steele passes easily into half guard.
Santos trying to hold on to Steele's head to control him but Steele postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are battling for position here. Santos manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Santos looking for a guillotine here but Steele defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele wants to get up but he can't break Santos's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Santos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Steele is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Santos has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Steele is looking to defend but Santos has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Steele! Santos pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Steele taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Johnny Santos!
An out of breath Johnny Santos thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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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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