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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fionn Mac Cumhaill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mac Cumhaill has chosen Doomsword as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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188 cm
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205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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197 cm
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210 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent |
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Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Santos! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fionn Mac Cumhaill ! The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, David Schapiro and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The fight stays on the outside here - Mac Cumhaill looks like he's thinking about clinching though. A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mac Cumhaill is defended easily by Santos. Mac Cumhaill shoots in for a double leg but Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. Fionn Mac Cumhaill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Santos clinches. Santos breaks the clinch.
Santos pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Santos clinches. Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Santos closes the distance and clinches. Mac Cumhaill drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Santos gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Mike Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fionn Mac Cumhaill . Mac Cumhaill drops down looking for an ankle pick but Santos pulls his leg out and moves away.
Mac Cumhaill fails with a takedown attempt. Mac Cumhaill shoots in for a takedown but Santos shows good takedown defense. Mac Cumhaill shoots in for a takedown but Santos shows good takedown defense. Santos slaps away a takedown attempt from Mac Cumhaill , before circling back to the center of the mat. Mac Cumhaill looks gassed! Santos lands with a nice combination. Mac Cumhaill backs away looking to recover.
It looks like Fionn Mac Cumhaill has been cut. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Santos looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mac Cumhaill !
That's one minute gone in the round. Santos is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet! Mac Cumhaill with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Santos to score with a decent uppercut. Santos forces Mac Cumhaill back against the cage and clinches. Santos lands an uppercut. Santos jumps guard.
Mac Cumhaill trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Mac Cumhaill is sitting in close to Santos's body. Santos has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Mac Cumhaill is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Mac Cumhaill is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Santos.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mike Santos! Mike Santos is the new light heavyweight champion!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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