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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adriano Dos Santos (ranked 1894 p4p, 2957 weight class) and Teagan Martin (ranked 231 p4p, 312 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Brawler
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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adriano Dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Teagan Martin!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and Colin Fotheringham.
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.
Martin bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Dos Santos definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Martin as he jumps to the side.
Dos Santos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dos Santos feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dos Santos stands up over Martin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Martin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dos Santos trying to control but Martin is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martin working a defensive guard here.
Dos Santos connects with a couple of short punches.
Dos Santos wants to control from the top but Martin keeps moving.
Dos Santos postures up and lands a big shot to Martin's brow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos throwing strikes from guard but Martin blocks nicely.
Dos Santos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Dos Santos landing some decent shots from guard.
Dos Santos showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Dos Santos scoring with some ground and pound.
Dos Santos scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dos Santos scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos connects with a couple of short punches.
Dos Santos works over Martin with some ground and pound from guard.
Dos Santos distracts Martin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dos Santos scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dos Santos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dos Santos is in close to Martin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Our spies down at at Cozad MMA Sydney inform us that Martin has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Dos Santos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin has momentary wrist control but Dos Santos slips an elbow through the middle.
Dos Santos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
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!
Dos Santos throws a big right hand that misses.
Dos Santos lands a couple of elbows.
Dos Santos scoring with punches to the head and body.
Martin looks winded!
Dos Santos working some strikes from top position.
Dos Santos cracks Martin with a solid left hand.
Dos Santos working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Martin's head.
Dos Santos drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Martin manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Dos Santos has Martin in his guard.
Dos Santos bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Martin's guard.
Dos Santos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dos Santos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dos Santos 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.
Dos Santos wants to control from the top but Martin keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos postures up and lands a big shot to Martin's brow.
Dos Santos distracts Martin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dos Santos is in close to Martin's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Dos Santos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Martin keeping moving, preventing Dos Santos from controlling successfully.
Dos Santos working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dos Santos keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Martin's head.
Dos Santos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Martin wants to get back to his feet but Dos Santos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Dos Santos wants to control from the top but Martin keeps moving.
Martin has momentary wrist control but Dos Santos slips an elbow through the middle.
Dos Santos postures up and lands a big shot to Martin's brow.
Dos Santos stands up over Martin, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dos Santos is working Martin over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Martin is rocked!
Dos Santos landing some decent shots from guard.
Martin is still in real trouble! Can Dos Santos finish him?
Dos Santos gets to his feet and stands over Martin, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Martin felt that one! Dos Santos unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Martin from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adriano Dos Santos!
Adriano Dos Santos thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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