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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gambaatar Nyambat (ranked 2359 p4p, 3086 weight class) and Adriano Dos Santos (ranked 293 p4p, 370 weight class). Nyambat's entrance music is The Hu - Wolf Totem. A fine choice. Adriano Dos Santos will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gambaatar Nyambat!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adriano Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Dos Santos with the ground and pound but Nyambat regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Nyambat keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Nyambat'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.
Dos Santos not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nyambat is looking to control Dos Santos's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Nyambat avoid being mounted?
Nyambat is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dos Santos scores with a couple of nice shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos throws a strike but Nyambat avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Dos Santos trying to move into half guard but instead Nyambat has managed to sweep!
Nyambat definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nyambat stopping the sweep attempt from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dos Santos is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Nyambat defends well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nyambat thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Dos Santos wants to sweep here but Nyambat controlling him for the moment.
Dos Santos has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Nyambat can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Dos Santos wants to sweep but no luck.
Nyambat working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Nyambat wants to control from the top but Dos Santos keeps moving.
Nyambat stands up over Dos Santos, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nyambat keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dos Santos's head.
Dos Santos is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Nyambat is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dos Santos lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Dos Santos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nyambat is looking for a triangle but Dos Santos pushes his legs off easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nyambat looking to control.
Dos Santos throwing strikes but missing.
Dos Santos throwing strikes from guard but Nyambat blocks nicely.
Dos Santos content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Dos Santos postures up in Nyambat's guard and throws a big left but Nyambat blocks it.
Dos Santos postures up in Nyambat's guard and throws a big left but Nyambat blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dos Santos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nyambat has his foot on Dos Santos's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Dos Santos works his way back into a safe position though.
Nyambat working for a triangle but Dos Santos defends it easily.
Dos Santos stands and throws Nyambat's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Dos Santos lands a few punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos landing strikes.
Dos Santos works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Dos Santos is trying to ground and pound but Nyambat uses the momentary lack of control by Dos Santos to regain half guard.
Nyambat is looking to control Dos Santos's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Nyambat avoid being mounted?
Nyambat keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dos Santos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nice strikes from Dos Santos there.
Nyambat is looking to control Dos Santos's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Nyambat avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nyambat has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dos Santos is working away from the top position though.
Dos Santos is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Nyambat is just riding it out for now. Dos Santos eventually gives up the hold.
Dos Santos scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Nyambat wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Nyambat has hold of Dos Santos's hands but Dos Santos slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dos Santos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dos Santos trying to control the action but Nyambat is working from the bottom.
Dos Santos working the head and body with strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Adriano Dos Santos dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Dos Santos closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Nyambat's guard.
Dos Santos trying to control but Nyambat is working from the bottom.
Dos Santos scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dos Santos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Adriano Dos Santos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dos Santos stands up over Nyambat, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dos Santos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nyambat wants to sweep here but Dos Santos controlling him for the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Dos Santos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dos Santos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nyambat is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dos Santos defends well.
Dos Santos won't allow Nyambat to sweep him here.
Dos Santos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos postures up in Nyambat's guard and throws a big left but Nyambat blocks it.
Dos Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Nyambat is retaining full guard.
Nyambat not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dos Santos wants to pass the guard but Nyambat is keeping the position.
Dos Santos wants to control from the top but Nyambat keeps moving.
Dos Santos is in close to Nyambat's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Nyambat throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Nyambat keeping moving, preventing Dos Santos from controlling successfully.
Dos Santos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dos Santos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos advances to half guard.
Dos Santos trying to control from half guard but Nyambat is working away.
Nyambat tries to roll over but Dos Santos keeps him under control.
Dos Santos sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Nyambat defending well though.
Dos Santos slips a nice elbow through Nyambat's hands, connecting with Nyambat's forehead.
Ground and pound from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dos Santos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nyambat has hold of Dos Santos's hands but Dos Santos slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dos Santos is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nyambat is rocked!
Dos Santos lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Nyambat! More strikes land and this one is all over! Dos Santos jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adriano Dos Santos!
Adriano Dos Santos is the new light heavyweight champion!
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