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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Giovanni Santos (ranked 3172 p4p, 2845 weight class) and Mando Morin (ranked 352 p4p, 313 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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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 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Giovanni Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mando Morin!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jorge Garcia and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Morin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morin tries to clinch up.
Santos seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Morin moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
Morin instigates a clinch.
Morin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Santos avoids it.
Santos wants to break free but Morin has control.
Morin looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Morin prevents Santos from breaking the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morin.
Morin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.
Morin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Santos is breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Morin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Morin looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Morin lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A knee to the head by Morin.
It looks like Giovanni Santos has been cut.
Morin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morin slowing the pace effectively.
Morin taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos is trying to break free.
Morin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morin slows down the pace here.
Morin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.
Morin trying to land knees to the body.
Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Morin blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morin scores a nice knee to the body.
Morin connects with a knee to the head.
Morin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morin.
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santos is defending well for now.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Santos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Morin has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morin.
Morin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Morin effectively controlling the action here.
Morin stalls.
Morin receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Morin avoiding damage as Santos throws knees to the body.
Morin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Morin lands a good knee to the midsection. Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Morin misses with a knee strike.
Morin scores a nice knee to the body.
Morin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morin is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Morin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santos is defending well for now.
Morin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Morin.
Morin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Morin.
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Morin misses with a knee strike.
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Morin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Morin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Morin scores with a knee to the head.
Morin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Santos's face.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
Morin tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Morin slowing the pace effectively.
Morin with a knee to the head.
Santos tries to circle away but Morin has him pinned against the cage.
Morin with a knee to the head.
Santos is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morin connects with a knee to the head.
Oh Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Santos tries to break the clinch but Morin is controlling the position.
Morin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morin scores with a knee to the head.
Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Santos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Morin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Santos throws an elbow but misses.
Morin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morin is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morin obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morin.
Morin has Santos pressed against the cage, preventing Santos from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
With the fighters up against the cage, Santos throws an elbow but misses.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
Morin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Morin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Morin tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Santos is trying to break free.
The referee calls for Morin to work.
Santos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morin lands a good knee to the midsection. Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
Morin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos seems to have got his legs back now.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos wants to land a leg kick but Morin is out of range.
Morin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mando Morin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morin wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Santos seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Morin doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
Morin wants to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mando Morin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Giovanni Santos's cut.
That's time! Santos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Morin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Santos tries to throw a body punch but Morin avoids it by throwing Santos back against the cage.
Santos manages to break the clinch.
Morin clinches up with Santos and pushes him back against the cage.
Morin with a knee to the head.
Morin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Santos looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Santos tries to keep at a distance but Morin has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos working hard to break the clinch.
Santos can't find room to land a body shot as Morin controls the action.
Morin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santos.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos avoiding damage as Morin throws knees to the body.
Santos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morin or not.
Morin looking to slow down the pace here.
Morin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Santos digs a right hand underneath Morin's ribcage. Morin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morin attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Santos scores with a one two! Morin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Santos rushes Morin and presses him up against the cage.
Morin crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.
Morin looking to stall.
Santos tries a body shot but Morin blocks it.
Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morin landing knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morin lands a nice knee to the body.
Santos avoiding damage as Morin throws knees to the body.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Morin.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Morin obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Morin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Morin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Morin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morin lands a good knee to the midsection. Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Morin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Santos lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Morin lands a knee to the body.
Morin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Morin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morin stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Morin scores a nice knee to the body.
Morin working Santos over with knees to the body.
Santos has had enough of the clinch but Morin keeps him there for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries to circle away but Morin has him pinned against the cage.
Santos can't break the clinch.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Santos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Morin blocks an elbow strike.
Morin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Santos's efforts to push away.
Santos breaks from the clinch.
Morin tries to clinch there but Santos circles away.
Morin motions for Santos to come forward. Morin throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Santos tries to bum rush Morin with a series of wild strikes but Morin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Morin closes the distance and clinches.
Morin managing to block the knees to the body from Santos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morin blocks the elbow strike.
Morin tries a knee to the head but Santos blocks it.
Santos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
Santos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Morin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos wants to break free but Morin has control.
Morin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Morin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Santos misses with a body punch.
Morin leaning against his opponent.
Morin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Morin misses with a knee strike.
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.
Morin prevents a body shot from Santos.
Morin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morin missing with knees to the body.
Morin takes an elbow to the forehead.
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!
Morin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Morin.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mando Morin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Giovanni Santos's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Morin rushes Santos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Morin with a knee to the head.
Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Morin avoiding damage as Santos throws knees to the body.
Morin with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Morin blocks the elbow strike.
Santos missing with knees to the body.
Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morin landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morin working Santos over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morin will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Santos up against the cage.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Morin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Morin.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
Morin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santos is defending well for now.
Morin landing knees to the body.
Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Santos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Santos is trying to push Morin away but Morin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Morin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Morin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santos is defending well for now.
Morin tries to land knees in the clinch but Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Morin.
Santos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morin clinches up with Santos and pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Santos misses with a knee strike.
Morin is struggling to control the position.
Santos is trying to break the clinch but Morin has him pressed against the cage.
Morin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Santos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Santos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Santos takes a knee right on the jaw!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Morin lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Morin.
Morin is pushing Santos up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Morin crunches a lovely knee into Santos's ribcage.
Morin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Santos's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Morin is defending well for now.
Morin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Morin.
Morin connects with a knee to the head.
Giovanni Santos's cut is getting worse.
Morin looking to throw knees to the head but Santos is blocking nicely.
Santos working hard to break the clinch.
Morin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Santos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Santos is defending well for now.
Santos throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morin is looking to clinch.
Morin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morin tries to clinch up.
Morin tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morin tries to clinch up.
Morin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Santos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Santos is looking to counter with head kicks.
Santos throws a series of punches but Morin moves out of range.
A low kick from Morin is predictable there
and Santos counters with a nice uppercut.
Morin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Santos counters with a left and a right that stings Morin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos jabs Morin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Morin wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Morin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Giovanni Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mando Morin is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Morin moves to clinch but Santos breaks away
and Santos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mando Morin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Morin winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mando Morin!
After the fight, Mando Morin was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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