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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between eddie toode (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). toode comes to the cage accompanied by somebodies goin get there ass kicked. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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189 cm
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212 lbs
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188 cm
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205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power |
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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
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, eddie toode! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Santos! The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Kavanagh and Bruno Lombardi.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! toode tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.
toode wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance. toode fails with an attempt to clinch.
toode is looking to take this fight into the clinch. toode displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Santos. toode doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Santos counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Santos.
toode looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. toode throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
toode working for a triangle but Santos defends it easily.
Santos is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position. Santos won't allow toode to sweep him here.
 That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
toode is breathing heavily. Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. toode swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Santos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Santos slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace. Santos wants to control from the top but toode keeps moving. Santos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
toode is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. toode wants to improve his position but instead Santos has moved into half guard.
Santos stops toode from getting back to his feet.
toode actively working from the bottom here.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Santos scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Santos trying to mount his opponent but toode defends it. Santos seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense. Santos working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Santos is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. toode manages to get to full guard.
Santos is working toode over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
 That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Santos jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. Santos working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. toode wants to hit a switch here but Santos passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for toode there! toode is looking to improve his position but Santos isn't that keen on the idea. Santos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
toode throwing hammer fists to the chest of Santos. What's that going to do exactly? And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
John Santos dominated that round. That's time! toode's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Santos lands a jab to the nose. toode wants to clinch but Santos slips to the side
and Santos counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Santos. toode keeping moving, preventing Santos from controlling successfully.
toode looking for a guillotine here but Santos defends easily.
Santos with a nice head shot there.
toode is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Santos is aware though and is defending well. Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. toode swivels though and keeps the full guard. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
 That's one minute gone in the round. toode looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Santos works over toode with some ground and pound from guard. Santos sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed toode's guard. toode is looking to improve his position.
toode is defending against the submission attempts here by Santos.
toode is looking for a sweep. Santos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
toode looking for subs from the bottom but Santos mounts him! Santos punishing his opponent with strikes.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Santos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish toode?

It looks like eddie toode has been cut. toode is desperately trying to improve his position but Santos has a good base and remains in mount. Santos landing strikes from the mount and toode is in trouble! toode is in a horrible position here. Santos smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
toode is in all sorts of trouble here.
Santos looking to secure an arm triangle but toode defends it well. Santos breaks from toode's wrist control and lands an elbow.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Santos working the ground and pound effectively.
toode is looking to improve his position but Santos isn't that keen on the idea. Santos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
toode is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Santos has hold of toode's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and toode manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Santos cracks toode with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Santos landing shots from mount. toode is wriggling around trying to escape.
Santos content just to control the position here. toode gets back to half guard. Santos prevents toode from improving his position. toode punching from the bottom.
Santos uses his free foot to push down on toode's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for toode. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Santos sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
John Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The cut man is working on eddie toode's cut. 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!

Santos shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. toode is trying to defend but Santos finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further. Santos blocks the strikes from toode.
toode makes his way to full guard. A much better position for toode.
toode working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Santos has passed into half guard!
Santos lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Both fighters are breathing heavily.
 That's one minute gone in the round.
toode has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Santos escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Santos! Santos controlling the position from side mount. Santos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Santos tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. Santos lands a decent elbow from side control.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Santos is looking to take a break and control but toode is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. toode tries to improve position but can't. toode manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
toode is defending against the submission attempts here by Santos.
toode is looking for a sweep. Santos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. John Santos has got the better of the ground game so far. Santos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Santos is looking to take a break and control but toode is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Santos controlling the pace. toode tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land. Santos scoring with strikes to the body and head. toode has a hand on Santos's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Santos takes advantage of the position though and mounts him! Santos prevents toode from getting the reversal.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Santos looking to secure an arm triangle but toode defends it well.
toode defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Santos. toode is wriggling around trying to escape.
Santos controlling the position easily from mount. eddie toode has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! John Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
And that's the end of the fight! John Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Santos has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30 Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30 Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Santos!
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energy
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hype
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