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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Junqueiro Santo Amaro (ranked 179 p4p, 478 weight class) and Patrick Matthew (ranked 28 p4p, 61 weight class). Santo Amaro kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is дигга на юг. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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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 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Junqueiro Santo Amaro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Patrick Matthew!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santo Amaro scores with a kick to the midsection.
Santo Amaro staying out of range there.
It appears Santo Amaro was looking to counter with a kick there.
Matthew looks to land a left hand but Santo Amaro moved out of range nicely.
Matthew misses with a left hand
and Santo Amaro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Matthew scores with the left hand. Santo Amaro knows he should have avoided that one.
Matthew uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Santo Amaro.
Matthew misses with a left hand
enabling Santo Amaro to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice defenses there by Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santo Amaro. Matthew does a little dance to reset his feet.
Matthew tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santo Amaro was well out of range. Poor timing from Matthew.
Matthew throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Matthew looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matthew bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Matthew throws a lazy right hand but Santo Amaro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Santo Amaro avoids the body shot from Matthew.
Santo Amaro moves out of range as Matthew strikes.
Santo Amaro staying out of range there.
Matthew throws a poor cross that misses
and Santo Amaro counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthew swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Matthew misses with an uppercut. Santo Amaro saw that one coming.
It looked like Santo Amaro was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Matthew.
Santo Amaro fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Matthew misses with a double jab.
Some wild striking there from Matthew.
Santo Amaro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Matthew sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Matthew avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Matthew on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Matthew throws a shot from downtown. Santo Amaro moves away and avoids it.
Santo Amaro misses with a wild body shot.
Matthew misses with a right hand
and Santo Amaro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Matthew might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Matthew misses with a straight right.
Matthew blocks a jab.
Santo Amaro looks to throw the jab but Matthew is out of range.
Matthew misses with a hook
and Santo Amaro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Santo Amaro with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matthew rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Santo Amaro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Matthew misses with a looping left.
Santo Amaro throws the left hand but Matthew avoids the punch easily.
Matthew takes a swing at Santo Amaro's ribcage but misses.
Matthew just misses with a punch to the body.
Matthew throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Santo Amaro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Matthew throws a shot from downtown. Santo Amaro moves away and avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Santo Amaro.
Nice straight punches there by Matthew. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Matthew.
Matthew falls off balance throwing a combination
and Santo Amaro counters with a good, hard body kick but Matthew shrugs it off.
Santo Amaro takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Matthew throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Matthew is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Matthew throws a sloppy head kick and Santo Amaro moves out of range easily.
Matthew lands a nice hook to Santo Amaro's body. Santo Amaro takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro connects with a looping right hand.
Matthew lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Santo Amaro at a distance.
Matthew lands with a cross.
Matthew scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Matthew lands a glancing blow to the side of Santo Amaro's head.
Patrick Matthew seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santo Amaro staying out of range there.
A big left from Matthew misses.
It looked like Santo Amaro wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Matthew throws a jab but it's blocked by Santo Amaro.
Matthew misses with a series of wild punches.
Matthew throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Santo Amaro was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Matthew.
Matthew throws a front kick that sends Santo Amaro stumbling back into the cage.
Matthew jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Santo Amaro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matthew misses with a lunging right hand
and Santo Amaro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Santo Amaro dodges the punch combination from Matthew.
Santo Amaro looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Matthew.
And Santo Amaro counters with a quick kick to the body but Matthew blocks it.
Matthew swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Santo Amaro counters with a nice leg kick.
Matthew missing with a left hand there. Santo Amaro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A telegraphed right hand from Matthew misses the target.
It looked like Santo Amaro wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Santo Amaro takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Matthew lands a really nice looking cross but Santo Amaro seems unphased.
Santo Amaro ducks under a wild hook from Matthew.
Matthew throws a right hand that misses
and Santo Amaro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Santo Amaro takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Santo Amaro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Matthew.
Matthew blocks a jab.
Matthew keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Santo Amaro looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Matthew rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Santo Amaro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santo Amaro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Matthew throws out a counter right but Santo Amaro avoids it with no problem.
Matthew lands the left hand.
Matthew throws a jab but it's blocked by Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Matthew dominated that 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.
Santo Amaro throws a lazy right hand but Matthew sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Matthew is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Santo Amaro lands a lovely overhand right.
Matthew getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A head kick from Matthew lands but Santo Amaro takes it in his stride.
Matthew misses with an uppercut
and Santo Amaro counters with a nice uppercut.
Santo Amaro slips a jab from Matthew.
Santo Amaro is looking to counter punch.
Matthew misses with a kick to the body.
Matthew throws a head kick that misses.
Santo Amaro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Matthew.
Santo Amaro is looking to counter punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Matthew. Santo Amaro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice defenses there by Santo Amaro.
Matthew throws a poor cross that misses
and Santo Amaro counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Santo Amaro takes a swing at Matthew's ribcage but misses.
Santo Amaro connects with a leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Matthew misses with a hook.
Matthew throws a lazy uppercut
and Santo Amaro counters with an outside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Matthew throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthew just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Matthew. Those never looked like landing.
Matthew has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Matthew misses the target.
Matthew connects with a good right hand that stumbles Santo Amaro. Santo Amaro circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Matthew throws a right hand that misses
and Santo Amaro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Matthew throws an off balance right hand
and Santo Amaro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Matthew throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Matthew jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Santo Amaro connects with a leg kick.
Matthew throws out a powerful jab.
Santo Amaro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Matthew sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Patrick Matthew seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Matthew takes one to the side of the head.
Santo Amaro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Matthew.
Santo Amaro throwing a counter right hand but Matthew manages to avoid it.
Santo Amaro throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matthew throws a head kick that misses.
Matthew lands a right hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santo Amaro. Matthew does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthew misses with a two punch combination.
Nice cross by Matthew.
Matthew misses with a hook
and Santo Amaro counters with a straight right hand.
Matthew takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Santo Amaro drops his hands momentarily and Matthew takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The fighters circle momentarily. Matthew darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Matthew misses with a hook
and Santo Amaro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Matthew lands with a right hand.
Matthew misses with a hook
and Santo Amaro makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Santo Amaro blocks a jab.
Santo Amaro throws a nice inside leg kick.
Matthew lands a glancing blow to the side of Santo Amaro's head.
Matthew throws a lazy uppercut
and Santo Amaro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Santo Amaro throws a body shot but no joy.
Matthew misses with a hook
and Santo Amaro counters with a good low kick that Matthew was not able to check.
Matthew's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Matthew throws a jab but it's blocked by Santo Amaro.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro throws a body shot but no joy.
Matthew throws an off balance right hand
letting Santo Amaro counter with a right hand.
Matthew looks to score with a jab to the body but Santo Amaro is just out of range.
Santo Amaro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Matthew throws out the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Santo Amaro on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Santo Amaro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Matthew.
Santo Amaro moves out of range of the strikes.
Santo Amaro tried to counter with a leg kick but Matthew avoided it.
Matthew throws an overhand right that lands on Santo Amaro's shoulder, as Santo Amaro tries to avoid the shot.
Matthew tries to close the distance and clinch but Santo Amaro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santo Amaro fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Matthew looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A slow jab from Matthew misses its intended target.
Matthew throws a jab when Santo Amaro was well out of range.
Matthew lands with a right hand.
Matthew pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Santo Amaro fires out a quick counter leg kick but Matthew just manages to avoid it.
Matthew throws a body punch but Santo Amaro moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matthew takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Santo Amaro lands with a nice body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matthew stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Matthew slips a straight right by Santo Amaro.
Matthew throws out a counter right but Santo Amaro avoids it with no problem.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santo Amaro. Matthew does a little dance to reset his feet.
Matthew cracks Santo Amaro with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A swing and a miss from Matthew.
Santo Amaro feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Santo Amaro feints and then cracks Matthew's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Matthew down.
Matthew misses with a hook. Santo Amaro ducked under it nicely.
Matthew swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Santo Amaro ducks under a wild hook from Matthew.
Matthew digs a good hook to Santo Amaro's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matthew throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santo Amaro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Matthew throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Santo Amaro throwing a counter right hand but Matthew manages to avoid it.
Matthew rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Santo Amaro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Patrick Matthew will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Santo Amaro is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Junqueiro Santo Amaro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Patrick Matthew is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Matthew with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Santo Amaro to score with a decent uppercut.
Santo Amaro lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Matthew throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Matthew throws a looping overhand right but Santo Amaro ducks down to avoid it.
Santo Amaro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Matthew manages to avoid it.
Matthew has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Matthew throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Matthew waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro tries a low kick but Matthew avoids it.
Santo Amaro looks to score with a jab to the body but Matthew is just out of range.
Matthew missing with a left hand there. Santo Amaro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santo Amaro takes a swing at Matthew's ribcage but misses.
Santo Amaro takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Matthew throws a shot from downtown. Santo Amaro moves away and avoids it.
Santo Amaro tries a low kick but Matthew avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Matthew! But no joy.
Santo Amaro avoids the head kick by Matthew.
As Matthew backs away, Santo Amaro returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Matthew looks for the body kick but Santo Amaro saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthew misses with a jab to the body
and Santo Amaro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Matthew slips under a jab from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Matthew slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Santo Amaro lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Santo Amaro takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Matthew looks to throw the jab but Santo Amaro is out of range.
Matthew moves out of range of the strikes.
Matthew throws a poor cross that misses
and Santo Amaro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Santo Amaro instigates a clinch.
Matthew blocks a body shot from Santo Amaro.
Matthew blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Santo Amaro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Matthew makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Matthew creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Santo Amaro tries a body shot but Matthew blocks it.
Santo Amaro is pushing Matthew up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Santo Amaro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Matthew scores with a shot to the side of Santo Amaro's head.
Santo Amaro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santo Amaro.
Matthew takes a shot to the head.
Santo Amaro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Matthew's elbow.
Matthew blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro is pushing Matthew up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Santo Amaro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Matthew prevents a body shot from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro can't find room to land a body shot as Matthew controls the action.
Matthew blocking some punches.
Matthew swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Santo Amaro has a couple of punches blocked by Matthew.
Santo Amaro misses with a body punch.
Santo Amaro tries to throw a body punch but Matthew avoids it by throwing Santo Amaro back against the cage.
Santo Amaro scores with a shot to the side of Matthew's head.
A short right from Santo Amaro.
Matthew has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Santo Amaro seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Matthew can turn it around.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matthew scores with a shoulder strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Santo Amaro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Matthew's elbow.
Matthew blocks a body shot from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro struggles to land a body shot inside as Matthew controls his hands.
Santo Amaro has a couple of punches blocked by Matthew.
Matthew scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Santo Amaro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santo Amaro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Junqueiro Santo Amaro showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Matthew has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Patrick Matthew!
Patrick Matthew decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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