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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Santiago Santos (ranked 149 p4p, 200 weight class) and Tiff Sanford (ranked 19 p4p, 28 weight class). Sanford comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Body Count - Body Count's in the House kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Santiago Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tiff Sanford!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
A jab from Sanford misses.
Santos wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Sanford throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Sanford.
Santos is looking to counter with head kicks.
Sanford throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Santos is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos circles away from the clinch attempt
and Santos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Santos manages to avoid it.
As Sanford backs away, Santos returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Sanford wants to clinch.
Santos misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Santos looks to land a body kick but Sanford moved away.
Santos moves out of range as Sanford throws a body kick.
Sanford moves into the clinch successfully.
Sanford works on Santos's body with a couple of short punches.
Santos misses with a body punch.
Sanford prevents a body shot from Santos.
Sanford 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 can't find room to land a body shot as Sanford controls the action.
Sanford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Santos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sanford lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Sanford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanford pushes Santos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Santiago Santos has been cut.
Santos throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sanfords head.
Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Sanford.
A short body shot lands from Sanford as the two fighters clinch.
Sanford pushes Santos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santos.
Santos blocking some punches.
Santos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sanford working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Sanford on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Sanford.
Sanford trying to land knees to the body.
Sanford blocks a body shot from Santos.
Santos lands with a right to the head.
Santos tries to work over Sanford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanford softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanford lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sanford.
Sanford scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sanford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanford scores with a hook to the body.
Santos can't find room to land a body shot as Sanford controls the action.
A short uppercut from Sanford.
Sanford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santos's elbow.
A short body shot lands from Sanford as the two fighters clinch.
Sanford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanford prevents a body shot from Santos.
Sanford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
A short body shot lands from Sanford as the two fighters clinch.
Sanford lands with a right to the head.
Sanford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Sanford scores with a hook to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sanford.
Sanford lands a right hand.
Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sanford can't find room to land a body shot as Santos controls the action.
Sanford pushes Santos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Sanford.
Santos avoiding damage as Sanford throws knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tiff Sanford dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Santiago Santos's cut.
That's time! Santos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Sanford clinches up with Santos and pushes him back against the cage.
Sanford can't find room to land a body shot as Santos controls the action.
Santos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanford softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sanford misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Sanford.
Sanford blocks a body shot from Santos.
Sanford dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sanford lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Santos or not.
Sanford lands a left hand that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanford goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanford stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Sanford digs a right hand into Santos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Santos's gas tank.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice left hand lands by Sanford.
Sanford presses Santos against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sanford throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sanford throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Santoss head.
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanford misses with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Sanford - that landed with a thud.
Sanford putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Santos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sanford has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice left hand lands by Sanford.
Santos prevents a body shot from Sanford.
Santos struggles to land a body shot inside as Sanford controls his hands.
Santos misses with a body punch.
Santos blocking some punches.
Santos avoiding damage as Sanford throws knees to the body.
Santos tries to throw a body punch but Sanford avoids it by throwing Santos back against the cage.
Santos tries to work over Sanford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santos.
Sanford lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sanford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanford working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Santiago Santos's cut is getting worse.
Nice body punch from Sanford - that landed with a thud.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sanford.
Sanford scores with a shot to the side of Santos's head.
Sanford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos prevents a body shot from Sanford.
Sanford lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Sanford.
Sanford landing knees to the body.
Sanford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Sanford softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sanford putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Santos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sanford unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A right handed body shot lands from Sanford.
Sanford working Santos over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sanford obliges.
Tiff Sanford seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Santos takes a shot to the head.
Sanford pushes Santos back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sanford lands a right hand.
Santiago Santos's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Sanford misses with a body punch.
Santos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sanford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sanford.
Santos is rocked!
Sanford blocking some punches.
Oh Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sanford digs a right hand underneath Santos's ribcage. Santos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Santos seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanford lands a hook that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Sanford working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sanford throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Santoss head.
Sanford goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanford misses with a body punch.
Santos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanford lands an uppercut.
Sanford creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Santos with a big uppercut! Santos tries to clinch up but Sanford pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Santos to the mat! Santos covers up and Sanford unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tiff Sanford!
A relieved looking Tiff Sanford thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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