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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Santana (ranked 1427 p4p, 2044 weight class) and Jari Lehtola (ranked 181 p4p, 247 weight class). Anthony Santana has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Santana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jari Lehtola!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lehtola clinches up with Santana and pushes him back against the cage.
Santana doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lehtola swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've been informed that Lehtola has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A head punch on the inside from Lehtola fails to land.
Lehtola fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lehtola tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Santana wants to break free but Lehtola has control.
Lehtola gets through Santana's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lehtola blocks a body shot from Santana.
Lehtola goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lehtola misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lehtola working some nice short punches in the clinch.
It looks like Anthony Santana has been cut.
Santana swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lehtola tries to work over Santana's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lehtola misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lehtola lands a shoulder strike.
Lehtola blocks a body shot from Santana.
Santana lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lehtola.
Santana prevents a body shot from Lehtola.
Lehtola tries to work over Santana's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Santana.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lehtola has a couple of punches blocked by Santana.
Santana lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lehtola goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Santana breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santana feints and then cracks Lehtola's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lehtola down.
Santana lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Santana throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Lehtola misses.
Santana throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Santana slips a straight right by Lehtola.
Santana throws a body punch but Lehtola moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lehtola.
Lehtola lands a body shot.
Lehtola waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santana.
Lehtola throws a leg kick that misses.
Santana misses with a straight left.
Lehtola fails in his attempt to clinch.
Santana is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santana doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santana throws a leg kick
and Lehtola counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A looping hook to the body misses from Lehtola. Santana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lehtola takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Lehtola throws a half hearted mid kick.
Santana tried to counter with a leg kick but Lehtola avoided it.
Santana cracks Lehtola with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Santana cracks Lehtola with an open hand slap.
Lehtola lands a right hook to the body.
Lehtola misses with an uppercut.
Santana thuds a left hand into Lehtola's body.
Santana throws a hook but Lehtola avoids it easily.
Lehtola avoids the body shot from Santana.
Lehtola on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Santana throws a big shot that misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lehtola, as that shot connected.
Santana chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santana tried to score with a low kick but Lehtola checks it.
Lehtola throws an off balance right hand
and Santana counters with a right hand to the body.
Lehtola needs to keep his hands up - Santana had a free shot at his head there.
Santana throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lehtola throws a sloppy head kick and Santana moves out of range easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Santana.
Lehtola keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santana.
Lehtola takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Santana misses with a looping left.
Lehtola dips to his left and cracks Santana with an uppercut!
Santana is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lehtola.
Lehtola swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Santana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lehtola now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lehtola checks the leg kick.
Lehtola throws out a counter right but Santana avoids it with no problem.
A slow jab from Lehtola misses its intended target.
Lehtola is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santana.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lehtola just misses with a punch to the body.
Santana throws a leg kick but Lehtola sees it coming and moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Lehtola misses.
Santana scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santana turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lehtola throws a right and a left that both miss.
Santana misses with a straight left.
Lehtola closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lehtola tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santana swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lehtola loads up on a big right hand but Santana slips the punch.
Santana dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lehtola. That did some damage!
Lehtola misses with a body shot
and Santana counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lehtola lands a body shot.
Lehtola fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big left from Lehtola misses.
A little feinted left hand from Santana on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Santana tries to keep at a distance but Lehtola has taken the fight into the clinch.
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 Anthony Santana will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Anthony Santana's cut.
That's time! Santana's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Lehtola lands an overhand right.
Santana uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lehtola.
Santana was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Santana connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Anthony Santana is winning the standup battle so far.
Santana keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lehtola avoids the body shot from Santana.
Santana avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Santana scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lehtola looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santana cracks a nice hook into Lehtola's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lehtola drives through and clinches with Santana against the cage.
Lehtola misses with a punch on the inside.
Lehtola tries a body shot but Santana blocks it.
Santana lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lehtola backwards.
Santana prevents a body shot from Lehtola.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santana blocks a body shot from Lehtola.
Santana misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Lehtola fails to land.
A right handed body shot lands from Lehtola.
Lehtola prevents a body shot from Santana.
Lehtola fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Lehtola.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santana.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lehtola.
Lehtola blocks a body shot from Santana.
Santana just leaning against Lehtola, taking a breather.
Lehtola misses with a hook to the ribs.
Santana tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Santana breaks the clinch.
Lehtola swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Santana.
Lehtola throws a lazy head kick
and Santana counters with a nice body shot.
Santana slips under a jab from Lehtola.
Santana avoids the head kick by Lehtola.
Santana throwing a counter right hand but Lehtola manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lehtola misses with a wild body shot.
Santana throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Santana throws a leg kick
and Lehtola counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lehtola tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santana was well out of range. Poor timing from Lehtola.
Lehtola misses with a looping right.
Santana throws the left hand but Lehtola avoids the punch easily.
Santana moves into range and connects with a jab.
Santana misses the shot to the body.
Santana thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lehtola misses with a body shot
and Santana counters with a straight right hand.
Santana tries to work over Lehtola's front leg with a kick but Lehtola checks it.
A shot to the body from Lehtola misses
and Santana counters with an inside leg kick.
Lehtola scores with a nice right hand.
Lehtola blocks a leg kick.
Santana throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Santana tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lehtola has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Santana finds it's way round the side to connect with Lehtola's head.
Santana wants to slow Lehtola down by chopping away at his legs.
Lehtola checks a low kick from Santana.
Santana fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lehtola manages to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santana looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santana misses with an uppercut. Lehtola saw that one coming.
Lehtola now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lehtola misses with a body shot.
A low kick from Lehtola misses
enabling Santana to counter with a crisp jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Santana lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lehtola has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lehtola and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Santana lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Santana lands with an overhand left.
Santana takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Santana keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lehtola.
Santana showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lehtola.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lehtola scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santana moves away from the strike by Lehtola.
Santana lands a nice shot to the body.
Lehtola waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santana.
Lehtola gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Santana pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lehtola pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Santana scores with a nice right hand.
Santana lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lehtola at a distance.
Lehtola ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santana thumps Lehtola with a low kick.
Santana tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lehtola was well out of range. Poor timing from Santana.
It looks like Santana has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Santana misses with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Santana dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Santana's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Lehtola uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santana.
A left lands for Santana.
Santana throws a hook but Lehtola blocks it.
Santana looks to land a right hand but Lehtola moved out of range.
Lehtola avoids the body shot from Santana.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lehtola! But no joy.
A clash of legs there as Lehtola blocks the low kick.
Lehtola throws a lazy right hand but Santana sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Santana connects with an inside leg kick.
Santana is looking to land body kicks.
Santana moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lehtola misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lehtola misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santana.
Santana misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lehtola.
Lehtola misses with a head kick.
Santana throwing a counter right hand but Lehtola manages to avoid it.
Lehtola keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Santana.
Lehtola takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lehtola takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Santana lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lehtola on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lehtola ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Santana moves away.
The crowd cheers as Santana lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lehtola doesn't seem phased though.
Lehtola with a hook.
A jab from Santana misses.
A big right from Lehtola misses.
Santana throws a leg kick but Lehtola sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lehtola paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Santana swats away the attempt to clinch by Lehtola.
Santana was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Lehtola darts in and clinches Santana up against the cage.
Lehtola's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santana lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lehtola backwards.
A short uppercut from Santana.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santana misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Santana prevents a body shot from Lehtola.
Lehtola tries to throw a body punch but Santana avoids it by throwing Lehtola back against the cage.
Santana working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Santana misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Santana.
Santana is working Lehtola over against the cage.
Lehtola takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Santana lands a body shot in the clinch.
Santana lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Santana.
Santana lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lehtola backwards.
Lehtola is rocked!
Santana is leaning against Lehtola and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lehtola is still on wobbly legs! Can Santana finish him?
Lehtola tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santana's elbow.
Santana tries to throw a body punch but Lehtola avoids it by throwing Santana back against the cage.
Lehtola seems to have recovered his senses.
Santana digs a right hand underneath Lehtola's ribcage. Lehtola let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Santana.
Anthony Santana is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santana breaks the clinch.
Santana is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lehtola can do to turn this around?
Santana pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Good leg kick by Santana.
Lehtola misses with a left hand
and Santana connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A slow jab from Lehtola misses its intended target.
Santana tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lehtola manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Santana slips a straight right by Lehtola.
Santana misses with an uppercut. Lehtola saw that one coming.
Lehtola misses with a leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lehtola lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Santana has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Santana and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Santana lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Santana misses with a body shot.
Santana scores with a push kick.
Santana lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lehtola is looking to clinch but Santana is avoiding it.
Jari Lehtola has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lehtola chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Santana can pounce on him.
Lehtola is looking to clinch but Santana is avoiding it.
Santana moves away from the strike by Lehtola.
A lazy left from Santana finds it's target.
Lehtola on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lehtola throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Santana works Lehtola's body with a nice hook.
Santana missing with a left hand there. Lehtola was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Santana cracks Lehtola with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lehtola misses with a looping right.
Santana checks a leg kick.
Santana staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lehtola. Santana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lehtola is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Santana.
Left hook, right uppercut from Santana.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anthony Santana showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Santana, 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anthony Santana!
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