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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gustavo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Lizewski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dave Lizewski will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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150 lbs
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149 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gustavo Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dave Lizewski!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Lizewski wants to get back to his feet.
Santos throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
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 Lizewski's shoulder. That is not cool.
An elbow from Santos crashes against the mat.
Santos throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Santos works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Santos in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Santos working the ground and pound from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lizewski is being controlled here.
Santos tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Lizewski takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Santos lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Santos happy to just control the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos lands a nice forearm strike.
A lull in the action here as Santos stalls from top position.
Lizewski is trying to get back to his feet.
Lizewski taking punishment in the form of punches.
Santos throws a strike aimed at the side of Lizewski's head but Lizewski avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lizewski is trying to escape the position but Santos is controlling the position.
Santos misses with the ground and pound.
Santos working the ground and pound from side control.
Lizewski looks gassed!
Santos throws an elbow but Lizewski slips to the side and avoids it well.
The strikes coming from Santos are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Santos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Santos misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Santos staying calm.
Lizewski regains half guard, as Santos was trying to land strikes.
Santos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gustavo Santos dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Santos steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Lizewski. That one must have hurt.
Santos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Santos showed some decent athleticism there.
Santos throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Santos not doing much here.
Lizewski wants to get back to his feet.
Lizewski is breathing heavily.
Santos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lizewski with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos drops an elbow to the side of Lizewski's head.
Santos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Santos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Santos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Santos thows a huge punch but Lizewski dodges it nicely.
Santos is controlling the pace.
Santos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Santos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Santos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Santos throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Santos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Santos with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Santos working over Lizewski with some ground and pound. Lizewski looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Santos thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lizewski's head.
Santos seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gustavo Santos dominated that second round.
That's time! Santos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Lizewski keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Santos looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Santos working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Santos thows a huge punch but Lizewski dodges it nicely.
Lizewski blocking the ground and pound attempt from Santos.
Lizewski takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Gustavo Santos just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Lizewski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lizewski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lizewski pinned against the cage. Lizewski gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Lizewski tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Lizewski fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lizewski lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Santos shoots in for a double leg but Lizewski sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gustavo Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lizewski throws a nice head kick!
Santos shoots in looking for a takedown. Lizewski tries to sprawl out of it but Santos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lizewski manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lizewski tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lizewski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lizewski closes the distance and clinches.
Lizewski tries to break the clinch but Santos is controlling the position.
Lizewski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Santos misses with a head shot. Lizewski uses the momentum to regain guard.
Lizewski avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos stands up from Lizewski's guard - Santos perhaps looking for a knockout.
Lizewski wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Lizewski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santos gets a takedown into half guard.
Santos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lizewski defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos throwing shots but Lizewski is blocking nicely.
Santos is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Santos winds up and cracks Lizewski with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Santos is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gustavo Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Santos, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gustavo Santos!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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