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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vinicius Honorio (ranked 69 p4p, 246 weight class) and Junqueiro Santo Amaro (ranked 11 p4p, 36 weight class). Honorio comes to the cage accompanied by Through the Darkness by Vinicius Honorio. Santo Amaro has chosen дигга на юг as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
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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 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vinicius Honorio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Junqueiro Santo Amaro!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Honorio throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Some bone on bone action there as Honorio checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Santo Amaro misses the jab.
Santo Amaro misses with a straight right.
Honorio misses with a straight right.
Left hook, right uppercut from Honorio.
Honorio throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Santo Amaro's waist but Santo Amaro gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Honorio off to one side.
Honorio paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Honorio slips under a jab from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Santo Amaro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Honorio moves out of range of the leg kick from Santo Amaro.
Honorio throws a body punch but Santo Amaro moves out of range.
Santo Amaro was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Santo Amaro lands a nice shot to the body.
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!
Santo Amaro is looking to score with low kicks.
Santo Amaro throws a hook to the side of Honorio's head but Honorio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vinicius Honorio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice straight punches there by Santo Amaro. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Santo Amaro.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honorio lands a jab to the head.
Junqueiro Santo Amaro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Santo Amaro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santo Amaro throws a low kick but Honorio moves out of range easily.
Honorio bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Santo Amaro's head backwards.
Honorio cracks Santo Amaro with an open hand slap.
Honorio throws a hook but Santo Amaro blocks it.
Santo Amaro misses with an uppercut. Honorio saw that one coming.
Santo Amaro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Honorio throws a series of punches but Santo Amaro moves out of range.
Santo Amaro misses the body punch
and Santo Amaro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Honorio is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Santo Amaro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big right from Santo Amaro misses.
Honorio lands an overhand right.
Santo Amaro misses with a body kick.
A head kick misses from Santo Amaro.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santo Amaro jabs Honorio right on the nose. Honorio blinks but takes it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro throws a head kick that misses
and Honorio counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Honorio.
Santo Amaro tries a body shot but Honorio blocks it.
Santo Amaro misses with a punch to the body.
Honorio misses with a body punch.
Honorio takes a shot to the head.
Honorio definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Honorio throws a punch but it's blocked by Santo Amaro.
Honorio goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Santo Amaro lands a nice shot to the body.
Santo Amaro misses with a hook from the clinch.
Santo Amaro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A shot in the inside from Santo Amaro.
Honorio blocks a body shot from Santo Amaro.
A body shot lands from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro lands a nice shot to the body.
Honorio working aggressively here.
Honorio blocks a body shot from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santo Amaro misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Santo Amaro.
Santo Amaro misses with a punch on the inside.
Santo Amaro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Honorio turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro tries to buck Honorio off but Honorio is having none of it.
Santo Amaro wants to control but Honorio postures up.
Honorio throws an elbow but Santo Amaro slips to the side and avoids it well.
Honorio looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Santo Amaro is avoiding damage well.
Honorio throws a strike aimed at the side of Santo Amaro's head but Santo Amaro avoids it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Honorio is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Santo Amaro's shoulder. That is not cool.
Honorio is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Santo Amaro has escaped the position, nice work there.
Honorio advances nicely into full mount.
Honorio has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Santo Amaro doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Honorio thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Honorio there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Honorio tries to control but Santo Amaro wriggling away.
Honorio landing punches.
Santo Amaro sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Santo Amaro on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Honorio working Santo Amaro over with strikes.
Honorio trying to control the pace.
Honorio working over Santo Amaro with some ground and pound. Santo Amaro looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Vinicius Honorio will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Santo Amaro throws a leg kick that misses.
Honorio moves out of range of the strikes.
Honorio throws a right hand that Santo Amaro ducks under and follows up with a left that Santo Amaro also avoids with ease.
Santo Amaro is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Honorio lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Santo Amaro circles away quickly and effectively.
Honorio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Santo Amaro.
Nice jab there from Honorio.
Some wild striking there from Santo Amaro.
Honorio misses with a two punch combination.
Santo Amaro throws a looping overhand right but Honorio ducks down to avoid it.
Honorio tries to counter with a takedown but Santo Amaro is quick to defend against it.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Santo Amaro enables Honorio to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Santo Amaro manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Honorio throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santo Amaro wants to improve his position but instead Honorio has moved into half guard.
Honorio trying to mount his opponent but Santo Amaro defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honorio is just content to waste time from the top position. Santo Amaro takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Honorio stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Santo Amaro swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Santo Amaro tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Honorio accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Honorio passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Honorio throwing strikes but Santo Amaro manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Santo Amaro working away.
Santo Amaro decides to stand back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Santo Amaro misses.
Santo Amaro fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Honorio has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Honorio gets a takedown into half guard.
Honorio scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Honorio is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Honorio seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Honorio throwing shots but Santo Amaro is blocking nicely.
Honorio works his way into full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Honorio working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Honorio jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle�. Ooooh, that looks tight� Santo Amaro is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Santo Amaro and Honorio has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Honorio looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Honorio tries to move into full mount but can't pass Santo Amaro's legs.
Vinicius Honorio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Santo Amaro tries to bench press Honorio off him but Honorio keeps the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Honorio wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santo Amaro keeps working.
Santo Amaro is looking for a sweep.
Honorio in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Santo Amaro wants to get back to his feet.
Santo Amaro really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Honorio. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Honorio working the head with strikes.
Santo Amaro prevents Honorio from improving position.
Honorio advances to mount.
Honorio goes for an armbar but Santo Amaro turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Santo Amaro.
Honorio is trying to control the position from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vinicius Honorio dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Honorio takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Junqueiro Santo Amaro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Santo Amaro looks to score with a jab to the body but Honorio is just out of range.
Honorio scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Santo Amaro doesn't seem bothered though.
Santo Amaro throws a body kick that misses.
Honorio closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Honorio lands a few punches from side control.
Honorio working the head with strikes.
Santo Amaro on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Santo Amaro takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Honorio working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Honorio trying to control the position but Santo Amaro is working away.
Santo Amaro is looking to reverse the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Honorio throws an elbow but Santo Amaro slips to the side and avoids it well.
Santo Amaro is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Honorio lands an elbow.
Honorio happy to just control the position for now.
Santo Amaro takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Santo Amaro tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Honorio wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Honorio crashes against the mat.
Santo Amaro taking punishment in the form of punches.
Santo Amaro takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Honorio working the body and head with strikes.
Santo Amaro pushes Honorio away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Honorio gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Santo Amaro dodges the ground and pound from Honorio.
Honorio staying calm.
Santo Amaro takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
You can see the frustration on Santo Amaro's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santo Amaro defending against the ground and pound.
Honorio is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Santo Amaro is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
A lull in the action here.
Honorio is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Santo Amaro has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Honorio throws an elbow but Santo Amaro slips to the side and avoids it well.
Santo Amaro tries to improve position but can't.
Honorio trying to control the position but Santo Amaro is working away.
Santo Amaro wants to get back to his feet but Honorio drags him back down.
Honorio landing a few strikes.
You can see the frustration on Santo Amaro's face as Honorio controls the position.
Honorio working the head with strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Honorio is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Santo Amaro is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Honorio happy to just control the position for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vinicius Honorio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Honorio, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vinicius Honorio!
Vinicius Honorio thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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