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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dante Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and steve tear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dante Santana has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dante Santana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, steve tear!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santana swings for the body but tear moves out of range.
tear shoots in and drives through. Santana sprawls well.
tear shoots in for a takedown but Santana shows good takedown defense.
Santana gets the takedown into side control.
Santana in side control lands a decent elbow.
Santana staying calm.
Santana has knee on belly and moves into mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Santana avoids the attempt from tear to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
tear blocking the ground and pound.
Santana fails to advance to tear's back.
Santana looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Santana wants to take tear's back here but tear is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dante Santana dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Santana scores with a nice strike.
tear tries for a takedown but Santana circles away easily
and Santana counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Santana content to control rather than advance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
tear has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Santana is working away from the top position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Santana perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Dante Santana just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
tear with a lazy takedown attempt
and Santana decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in tear's guard.
tear working a defensive guard here.
Santana sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santana advances position into side control!
tear being controlled for a moment.
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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dante Santana dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
tear misses with a takedown
and Santana counters with a nice double leg into side control. tear won't be happy with that.
A lull in the action here.
Santana's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
tear gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Santana with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Dante Santana just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
tear fails with the takedown
so Santana counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Santana not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
tear looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
tear takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santana sitting in guard here, content to control.
Dante Santana overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Santana wants to pass the guard but tear is keeping the position.
steve tear has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
tear is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dante Santana showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Santana has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dante Santana!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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