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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giovanni Santos (ranked 25160 p4p, 21879 weight class) and Steven Tiramisu (ranked 575 p4p, 559 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Giovanni Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steven Tiramisu!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos clinches.
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tiramisu fails with the takedown
enabling Santos to counter with a crisp jab.
Santos clinches with his opponent.
Tiramisu utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tiramisu blocks it with crossed arms.
Tiramisu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santos manages to break the clinch.
Tiramisu wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santos throws a front kick that sends Tiramisu stumbling back into the cage.
Santos checks a low kick from Tiramisu.
Santos clinches with his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiramisu breaks the clinch.
Santos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tiramisu, pushing him back against the cage.
Tiramisu stalling in the clinch.
Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tiramisu avoids the elbow strike from Santos, against the cage.
Santos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Tiramisu avoids the damage to the body.
Tiramisu breaks from the clinch.
Santos slaps away a takedown attempt from Tiramisu, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Santos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tiramisu, pushing him back against the cage.
Tiramisu dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tiramisu tries to land a knee to the head but Santos blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tiramisu wants to clinch but Santos slips to the side
and Santos counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Giovanni Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santos bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tiramisu's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tiramisu.
Tiramisu shoots in looking for a takedown but Santos manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Tiramisu's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Santos went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Giovanni Santos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Steven Tiramisu.
Tiramisu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tiramisu shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Santos defends it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos blocks a head kick by Tiramisu.
Santos lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tiramisu shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Santos sprawls well. Santos wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tiramisu gets slowly back to his feet.
Tiramisu looks winded!
Tiramisu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tiramisu throws a head kick that misses.
Santos throws a nice looking combination but Tiramisu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tiramisu steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Santos.
Santos moves into the clinch successfully.
We've been informed that Tiramisu has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Santos has Tiramisu pressed against the cage, preventing Tiramisu from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Santos missing with knees to the body.
Tiramisu with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Giovanni Santos has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos avoids the head kick by Tiramisu.
Tiramisu delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos avoids the head kick by Tiramisu.
Santos throws a big counter combination but Tiramisu scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice uppercut lands for Santos. That snapped Tiramisu's head back.
Santos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tiramisu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Tiramisu.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Giovanni Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Giovanni Santos's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Santos scores with a decent looking hook.
Santos connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tiramisu. Tiramisu circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Santos pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Tiramisu back to the cage. Santos follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Santos instigates a clinch.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Tiramisu has him pressed against the cage.
Tiramisu lands a good knee to the midsection. Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tiramisu has him pressed against the cage.
Santos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tiramisu can do to turn this around?
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tiramisu takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Santos is working Tiramisu over against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tiramisu blocks an elbow strike from Santos.
Tiramisu managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but Tiramisu blocks with his arms.
Tiramisu working aggressively here.
Tiramisu managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tiramisu throws a counter combo.
Santos avoids the body shot from Tiramisu.
As Tiramisu looks to move away, Santos throws a big counter combo but Tiramisu just gets out of the way.
Tiramisu throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Santos clinches with his opponent.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Santos throws an elbow but it misses.
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tiramisu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tiramisu throws a leg kick that is checked
and Santos counters with a series of strikes. Tiramisu will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tiramisu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tiramisu loads up on a big right hand but Santos slips the punch.
Giovanni Santos is winning the standup battle so far.
Tiramisu takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Steven Tiramisu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tiramisu.
Santos has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tiramisu blocks it with crossed arms.
Tiramisu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tiramisu is defending well for now.
Tiramisu's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tiramisu in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tiramisu is breathing heavily.
Tiramisu avoiding damage as Santos throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos breaks the clinch.
Tiramisu misses the shot to the body.
Tiramisu takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Tiramisu throws a leg kick that misses.
Tiramisu doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tiramisu.
Santos rushes Tiramisu and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Santos breaks from the clinch.
Santos takes the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos misses with a knee strike.
Tiramisu lands a good knee to the midsection. Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Tiramisu taking a breather.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tiramisu closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the cage.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tiramisu.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tiramisu throws a head kick that misses.
Tiramisu shoots in for a double leg but Santos sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Santos closes the distance and clinches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Giovanni Santos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Giovanni Santos'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!
The fight stays on the outside here - Tiramisu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tiramisu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santos gets a clinch.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tiramisu clinches.
Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tiramisu drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Santos defends it well.
Santos moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tiramisu looking to stall.
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tiramisu is looking to land body kicks.
Santos blocks a head kick by Tiramisu.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tiramisu looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
A head kick misses from Tiramisu.
Tiramisu shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Santos as he jumps to the side.
Tiramisu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tiramisu throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Santos's waist but Santos gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tiramisu off to one side.
Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos manages to break the clinch.
Santos gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tiramisu looking to slow down the pace here.
Santos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tiramisu in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Santos landing knees to the head.
Santos scores a nice knee to the body.
Tiramisu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Santos can't find room to land a body shot as Tiramisu controls the action.
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tiramisu moves to clinch but Santos breaks away
and Santos counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Santos clinches up with Tiramisu and pushes him back against the cage.
Tiramisu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tiramisu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tiramisu is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Tiramisu clinches with his opponent.
Santos breaks from the clinch.
Tiramisu tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos drives through and clinches with Tiramisu against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tiramisu.
Santos scores with a hook to the body.
Santos avoiding damage as Tiramisu throws knees to the body.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Santos.
Steven Tiramisu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Santos punishes Tiramisu's body with a nice straight punch.
Santos swinging wildly here.
Tiramisu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santos circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos moves into the clinch.
Tiramisu manages to break the clinch.
Tiramisu is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Santos lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Santos lands an overhand right.
Giovanni Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Giovanni Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tiramisu throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Giovanni Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Santos 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Giovanni Santos!
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hype
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