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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ulysses Corbin (ranked 1479 p4p, 2972 weight class) and Valentino Santiago (ranked 212 p4p, 391 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Valentino Santiago has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ulysses Corbin's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ulysses Corbin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Valentino Santiago!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corbin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Santiago looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Santiago shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
It looks like Valentino Santiago has been cut.
Corbin goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Corbin misses with a body shot
and Santiago counters with a takedown into side control.
Corbin manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Corbin on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Corbin tries to get out of the position.
Corbin is defending against the submission attempts here by Santiago.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santiago is working for a kimura but Corbin is defending it quite comfortably.
Corbin is holding on to half guard well.
Corbin's coaches at Brooklyn Mixed Martial Arts have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Santiago is working for a submission of some sort.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santiago is trying to work for a kimura but Corbin is defending well.
Santiago seems to be working for a kimura but Corbin defends the submission attempt.
Corbin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Santiago on the ground.
Santiago looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Santiago is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Corbin doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Santiago.
Santiago is working for a kimura but Corbin is defending it quite comfortably.
Corbin controlling the position for now.
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.
Santiago is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Corbin doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Santiago.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santiago wants to work for an arm triangle but Corbin is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Corbin is looking to improve his position.
Santiago seems to be looking for submissions.
Santiago is looking to take a break and control but Corbin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Santiago has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Cozad MMA Sydney. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Santiago looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago is trying to work for a kimura but Corbin is defending well.
Santiago is looking for a kimura here.
Santiago seems to be looking for submissions.
Santiago is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Santiago wants to free his trapped foot but Corbin is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's four 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.
Santiago is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Corbin is refusing to be controlled, as Santiago sits in half guard.
Santiago is looking to advance position but Corbin won't allow it.
Santiago is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Santiago is working for a kimura but Corbin is defending it quite comfortably.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Corbin tries to get to full guard but Santiago has control of the leg.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Valentino Santiago dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Valentino Santiago's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Corbin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sloppy strikes from Corbin. Those never looked like landing.
Ulysses Corbin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corbin lands with a nice body punch.
Corbin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Corbin pushes Santiago up against the cage in a clinch.
Santiago tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Corbin taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corbin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Santiago tries to pull guard but Corbin won't allow it.
Santiago tries to pull guard but Corbin won't allow it.
Ulysses Corbin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Valentino Santiago.
Corbin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Corbin connects with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corbin scores with a jab. Santiago acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nice uppercut lands for Corbin. That snapped Santiago's head back.
Corbin digs a good hook to Santiago's body.
Corbin misses with a body punch
and Santiago counters with a nice double leg into side control. Corbin won't be happy with that.
Corbin is looking for a sweep.
Santiago wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Corbin, who protects the arm well.
Santiago is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Corbin knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Corbin tries to improve position but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santiago tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Santiago has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Corbin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Corbin is not content to let Santiago control the position.
Santiago tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Santiago tries for a kimura but Corbin is defending well.
Santiago working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santiago trying to control the position but Corbin is working away.
Santiago goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Corbin has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Santiago but great work by Corbin.
Santiago stops Corbin from passing to mount.
Santiago is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Santiago's face as Corbin controls the position.
Corbin wants to control but Santiago is keeping him busy.
Corbin content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Santiago looks to move to half guard but instead Corbin has passed into mount! Damn!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santiago regains half guard.
Corbin performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Santiago looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Santiago looking for submissions off his back.
Santiago has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Corbin. Oh but Santiago has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Corbin goes limp - he's gone! Santiago jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Valentino Santiago!
Valentino Santiago is the new light heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Valentino Santiago made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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