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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bjorn Persson (ranked 2758 p4p, 3970 weight class) and Samuel Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Samuel Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Excellent MT
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bjorn Persson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Samuel Santos!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurstr�m, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Persson shoots in and drives through. Santos sprawls well.
Santos tries to counter by closing the distance.
Santos scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Persson is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Persson's face as Santos controls the position.
Persson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Persson tries to get out of the position.
Santos trying to control the position but Persson is working away.
Persson is looking for a sweep.
Santos is looking to take a break and control but Persson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Persson is trying to improve his position.
Persson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos trying to control the position but Persson is working away.
Persson is looking for a sweep.
Persson parries the strikes from Santos easily there. Santos is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Persson to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Persson to see if he's OK.
Persson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Santos on the ground.
Persson is trying to improve his position.
Persson is not content to let Santos control the position.
Persson is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Santos is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Persson tries to reverse the position but Santos maintains control.
Santos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Persson hang on?
Santos trying to control but Persson is having none of it.
Persson is desperately trying to improve his position but Santos has a good base and remains in mount.
Santos controlling from mount.
Santos unloading with bombs!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Persson working to try and regain half guard.
Santos lands a big shot there that rocks Persson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Santos lands a nice shot to the head.
Santos lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santos landing punches.
Persson is trying to escape the mount.
Santos is landing with some decent strikes but Persson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Santos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Persson is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Persson is working hard here to advance position.
Santos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Persson is looking to escape.
Santos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Persson is looking to improve his position but Santos isn't that keen on the idea.
Santos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Persson is rocked!
Santos works his way to his opponent's back.
Oh Persson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Santos has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Persson! Can he survive? No! He's out! Santos gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Samuel Santos!
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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