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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tico Tico (ranked 1330 p4p, 1851 weight class) and Erica Santana (ranked 105 p4p, 135 weight class). Tico's entrance music is Paco De Lucia - Tico Tico . A fine choice. Santana has chosen Scream - OG Ron C as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tico Tico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erica Santana!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tico misses with a wild body shot.
Tico finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Santana throws a one two combo.
Tico showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santana.
Santana throws a series of punches but Tico moves out of range.
Tico swings for the body but Santana moves out of range.
Tico bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Santana's head backwards.
Tico has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Hidden in the buildup to the fight.
Nice defenses there by Santana.
Santana unleashes a big counter combination but Tico bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Santana looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Santana trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Santana missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Santana in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Santana throwing strikes from guard but Tico blocks nicely.
Santana throwing strikes from guard but Tico blocks nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tico is pulling down on Santana's head to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tico works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Santana's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Santana throws a big elbow that misses.
Tico pulls Santana in close to prevent any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Santana accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Santana in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Santana with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tico misses with a few strikes there.
Tico Tico is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tico looks to land a left hand but Santana moved out of range nicely.
As Tico backs off Santana throws a huge counter combo but Tico manages to avoid it all.
Santana takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tico tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Santana is able to avoid easily.
Nice body punch from Tico.
Tico misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santana.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santana defending well as Tico loads up on a big left hand.
Santana looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Santana moves out of range of the strikes.
Santana tries to bum rush Tico with a series of wild strikes but Tico uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tico clinches up against the cage.
Tico scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tico scores with a nice hook to the head.
Santana is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
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!
Santana tries for a takedown. No joy.
Tico stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Santana looks winded!
Tico manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Santana drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tico Tico has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Erica Santana.
Tico lands with a short shot to the head.
Tico throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Santanas head.
Tico tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tico lands a body punch.
Tico misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tico lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tico has a couple of punches blocked by Santana.
Santana blocks a body shot from Tico.
Tico stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right hand to the body from Tico.
Tico lands a right hand.
Santana blocks an elbow strike from Tico.
Tico lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A shot in the inside from Tico.
A nice left hand lands by Tico.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tico takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tico lands a shot to the body.
Tico lands with a short shot to the head.
Tico misses with a hook to the ribs.
Santana is looking to take this one to the mat.
Tico lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
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!
Tico lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tico pushes Santana back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tico lands a shot to the body.
Tico lands a right hand.
Tico gets through Santana's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santana drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tico gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A short right from Tico.
Nice body punch from Tico.
Tico working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tico lands with a left to the head.
Tico lands a hook that snaps the head of Santana backwards.
Santana drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tico gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Santana is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Tico is defending well.
Tico lands a nice uppercut.
Tico lands a left hand.
Santana has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Tico is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Tico scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Tico scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice left hand lands by Tico.
Santana is rocked!
Tico is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Santana is still on wobbly legs! Can Tico finish him?
Tico makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tico Tico dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tico scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Santana seems to have recovered his senses.
A punch combination from Santana misses.
Santana moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tico leaves Santana with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Tico is looking to counter punch.
Tico lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nice cross by Tico.
Tico cracks Santana with an open hand slap.
Tico dips to his left and cracks Santana with an uppercut!
Tico looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tico lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tico.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santana uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tico.
Santana shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
It looked like Tico wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Santana avoids the body shot from Tico.
A nice side step and Santana releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Santana feints a jab promting Tico to slip. Santana then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Tico slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Tico swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tico is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santana can do to turn this around?
Santana fails with a takedown attempt.
Tico Tico has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Erica Santana.
Tico fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Santana.
Santana is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tico is looking to slow Santana down with leg kicks.
Tico Tico is winning the standup battle so far.
Tico ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tico throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tico looks to land a right hand but Santana moved out of range.
Tico dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Tico.
Tico looks to land a left hand but Santana moved out of range nicely.
Santana throws a right and a left that Tico avoids nicely.
Tico was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tico changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tico throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tico lands a jab to Santana's midsection.
Santana takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Despite the aggression on Santana's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Tico clinches.
Tico misses with an elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Tico scores with a nice short uppercut.
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!
Santana has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Tico is trying to keep an underhook but Santana manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Tico gets full guard.
Santana throws a big elbow that misses.
Tico avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santana throws a big elbow that misses.
Santana throws a big right hand that misses.
Tico avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Santana is looking to work some ground and pound but Tico has wrist control.
Santana throwing strikes from guard but Tico blocks nicely.
Tico working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Santana.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santana throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tico with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tico throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tico throws a lazy right hand but Santana sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Santana motions for Tico to come forward. Santana throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tico keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tico fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Santana.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Tico.
Tico misses with a looping right.
Tico goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tico throws a looping overhand right but Santana ducks down to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tico. Santana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tico misses with a wild combination.
Santana fails to land the takedown.
Santana lands with a straight right. Tico didn't see that one coming.
Tico misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Santana.
Santana takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Tico dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Santana. That did some damage!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tico misses with a body shot.
Santana uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tico.
Santana dodges the punch combination from Tico.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santana on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Santana takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tico has closed the distance and engaged Santana in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Santana tries for a takedown. No joy.
Tico fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Santana tries to score a body lock takedown but Tico shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Tico scores with a shoulder strike.
Tico working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Tico.
Tico working aggressively here.
Santana drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tico gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Still in the clinch, Tico scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tico is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Santana wants the takedown. Tico is fighting it off but Santana persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Tico's guard against the cage.
Tico has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Santana off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tico Tico dominated that second round.
That's time! Tico's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A slow jab from Tico misses its intended target.
Santana shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Santana was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
I wouldn't like to be where Tico is right now.
Santana is trying to ground and pound but Tico uses the momentary lack of control by Santana to regain half guard.
Tico keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Erica Santana has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tico moves into full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tico managing to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tico's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Santana has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Santana postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Santana scoring with some ground and pound.
Santana keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tico's head.
Tico trying to control the position here.
Santana working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
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.
Tico has momentary wrist control but Santana slips an elbow through the middle.
Tico is pulling down on Santana's head. It's preventing any offense from Santana, at least for the moment.
Santana wants to stand but Tico is controlling his posture from full guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Santana takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Santana keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tico.
Tico lands a nice looking body kick.
Santana fails to land with a series of punches.
Tico connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Santana's hands.
Tico throws a leg kick which misses Santana's front leg but catches the back leg as Santana tries to avoid it.
Tico lands an overhand right.
Tico lands a glancing blow to the side of Santana's head.
Tico chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Santana misses with a two punch combination.
Tico is looking to counter with a body kick.
Santana shoots for a double leg takedown but Tico sprawls well. He's pushed Santana's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Santana shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tico as he jumps to the side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santana slips a straight right by Tico.
Tico misses with a hook.
Santana walks into a jab.
Erica Santana has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tico looks to land a left hand but Santana moved out of range nicely.
Tico walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Santana shoots in but Tico avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Tico Tico has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Erica Santana.
Tico thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Santana if he has to take too many more of those.
Tico looks to score with a jab to the body but Santana is just out of range.
Santana throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tico.
Tico uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Tico fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Santana.
Santana lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tico circles away quickly and effectively.
A combination from Santana does no damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santana looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A jab from Tico finds it's way through Santana's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tico moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tico scores with a crisp jab that stopped Santana in his tracks.
Santana moves forwards but Tico connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A jab lands there for Tico.
Santana throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tico.
A jab from Tico finds it's way through Santana's defenses.
Tico lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tico swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Santana takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Santana fails to land the takedown.
Tico swings for the body but Santana moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Santana 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Santana misses with a few strikes there.
The fighters circling - Tico throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Santana is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Tico misses with a kick to the body.
Tico Tico is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice leg kick from Tico, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tico Tico showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tico, 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tico Tico!
Tico Tico bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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