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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jack O Faltraids (ranked 4267 p4p, 4977 weight class) and Michael Santos (ranked 507 p4p, 537 weight class). O Faltraids kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
KO power |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack O Faltraids!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Santos!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Faltraids takes the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Santos throws an elbow but misses.
Santos stalling against the cage.
O Faltraids avoids the elbow strike from Santos, against the cage.
Come on Santos - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Santos dodges an elbow strike from O Faltraids.
Santos throws a punch but it's blocked by O Faltraids.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Faltraids blocks a body shot from Santos.
Santos misses with a hook from the clinch.
O Faltraids blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Santos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos misses with the head strike.
Santos stalls.
Santos told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Santos lands a hook to the side of the head.
Santos looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Santos presses O Faltraids against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Santos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Santos is looking for a takedown up against the cage. O Faltraids gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
O Faltraids gets underhooks to prevent Santos's takedown attempt.
O Faltraids is working for takedown but Santos is calmly controlling the position for now.
O Faltraids avoids a wild elbow strike from Santos.
O Faltraids takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Santos throws an elbow but misses.
Santos lands an elbow that stopped O Faltraids in his tracks for a moment.
Santos turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
O Faltraids looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
O Faltraids is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Santos tries to move into full mount but can't pass O Faltraids's legs.
O Faltraids tries to buck Santos off but Santos is having none of it.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
O Faltraids is looking to reverse the position.
Santos wants to lay and pray for a moment but O Faltraids keeps working.
O Faltraids tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Faltraids looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
O Faltraids is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Santos trying to control but O Faltraids is having none of it.
O Faltraids is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Santos looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
O Faltraids wants to control but Santos is having none of it.
O Faltraids is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Santos is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
O Faltraids really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos looking to secure an arm triangle but O Faltraids defends it well.
Santos moves to take his opponent's back.
O Faltraids is really stuck here.
O Faltraids rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Santos moves nicely into side control.
Santos is working to tighten his grip on O Faltraids's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. O Faltraids has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Santos is really squeezing tight and eventually O Faltraids passes out! Santos breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Michael Santos!
Michael Santos really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Barry Bonds Performance Enhancers $110 160q Rec&St logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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