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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Taki Nakagami (ranked 25668 p4p, 25207 weight class) and Evandro Santos (ranked 465 p4p, 442 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Evandro Santos enters the ring!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Taki Nakagami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Evandro Santos!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Ron Honeybunn and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nakagami tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Nakagami takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Nakagami as he jumps to the side.
Nakagami fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Santos darts in looking for a takedown but Nakagami gets double underhooks and turns Santos into the ropes.
Santos fails to land the takedown.
Taki Nakagami has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Evandro Santos.
Nakagami tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Santos defends well and Nakagami ends up having to push Santos into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Nakagami is looking for a takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nakagami is looking to break free of the clinch but Santos has double underhooks.
Santos fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Santos changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Nakagami fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up with Nakagami, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes Nakagami against the ropes but Nakagami circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos throws a hook but Nakagami blocks it.
Santos clinches up against the ropes.
Nakagami ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Nakagami no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Santos is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nakagami is keeping the position for now.
Nakagami wants to get back to his feet but Santos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Nakagami keeping moving, preventing Santos from controlling successfully.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Santos is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakagami looking for a sweep. Not yet Nakagami, not yet.
Nakagami doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Santos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nakagami. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nakagami doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nakagami wants to break the clinch but can't.
Santos is trying to maintain a safe position but Nakagami gets an underhook and turns Santos into the ropes.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos moves into the clinch.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nakagami pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Santos back to the ropes. Nakagami follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
It looks like Evandro Santos has been cut.
Santos fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Santos instigates a clinch.
Santos stalling the fight.
Santos breaks the clinch.
Nakagami misses with a takedown attempt - Santos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Santos defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Nakagami.
A head kick misses from Nakagami.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos closes the distance and clinches.
Santos gets control of Nakagami's arms and successfully pulls guard. Santos will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Nakagami sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Santos is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santos throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nakagami throws a big elbow that misses.
Nakagami pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Santos is keeping the position for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Evandro Santos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Evandro Santos's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nakagami lands with a shot to the body.
Nakagami throws a leg kick that misses.
Santos gets tackled into the ropes by Nakagami. Nakagami maintains the clinch.
Santos lands a nice knee to the body.
Nakagami is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Santos to keep the fight standing.
Santos breaks from the clinch.
Nakagami circles away from the clinch attempt
and Nakagami counters with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nakagami lands with a nice combination. Santos backs away looking to recover.
Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nakagami has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos pulls guard successfully.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Nakagami from controlling successfully.
Nakagami 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.
Nakagami won't allow Santos to sweep him here.
Santos pulls Nakagami in close to his closed guard and prevents Nakagami from doing any damage or advancing position.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Nakagami from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Santos working a defensive guard here.
Santos is looking to stand up but Nakagami isn't so interested in that idea.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Nakagami looks for a takedown but Santos sprawls well.
Santos shoots and misses
and Nakagami counters with a one-two to the body.
Santos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Nakagami circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Nakagami is defended easily by Santos.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Taki Nakagami. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakagami shoots in but no luck this time.
Santos changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Santos dodges the punch combination from Nakagami.
Santos shoots in but no luck this time.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nakagami.
Santos wants to clinch up but Nakagami keeps it at a distance.
Nakagami stuffs the takedown attempt from Santos. Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Nakagami defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Santos.
Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nakagami.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos has Nakagami up against the ropes in a clinch.
Santos is trying to pull guard but Nakagami turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Nakagami fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nakagami working hard to break the clinch.
Santos fails to pull guard.
Nakagami 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 breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Santos fails to land the takedown.
Santos lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Taki Nakagami dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Evandro Santos's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Santos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nakagami pinned against the ropes. Nakagami gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nakagami fails with a takedown attempt.
Santos has his takedown stuffed
and Nakagami counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nakagami is trying to drag Santos to the mat but Santos just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Nakagami is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Santos is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Taki Nakagami. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos fails to pull guard.
Nakagami is looking to take this one to the mat.
Santos is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Nakagami to keep the fight standing.
Santos successfully pulls guard.
Santos has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Nakagami has passed into side control.
Santos wants to control but Nakagami postures up.
Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Santos is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Nakagami in side control, throwing shots but Santos defends.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nakagami has control of an arm but Santos manages to advance to Nakagami's back!
Santos controlling well, preventing Nakagami from escaping the position.
Nakagami just trying to survive but Santos is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Santos is persistently looking for the submission but Nakagami is defending it well.
Nakagami is trying to stand back up.
Nakagami trying to control the hands but Santos breaks the grip.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakagami preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Santos.
Nakagami rolls, trying to escape but Santos keeps control of the position.
Nakagami fending off the submission attempt from Santos.
The referee is taking a good look at Nakagami as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Santos!
Santos lands shots from the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nakagami tries to escape the position.
Santos lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Nakagami hold on?!
Santos is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Santos wants to control the position but Nakagami frees himself and scrambles - Santos manages to regain control in side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Evandro Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Santos has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Topper Green scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Evandro Santos!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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