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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lyoto Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Joey Santos!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maia manages to avoid it.
Santos looks for a takedown but Maia sprawls well.
Maia doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
Santos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Maia wants to clinch.
Joey Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice takedown defense from Maia. No joy for Santos on that attempt.
Maia gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Santos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Santos is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Santos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos throwing strikes from guard but Maia blocks nicely.
Maia looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Maia keeping moving, preventing Santos from controlling successfully.
Santos is looking to work some ground and pound but Maia has wrist control.
Santos passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Santos looks gassed!
Maia is looking to regain half guard here but Santos keeps moving and retains side control.
Maia sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Maia is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Santos is pressing down on Maia's thigh, looking to free his foot. Maia is holding on for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Maia tries to roll over but Santos keeps him under control.
Maia is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Santos pulls his head out easily.
Santos winds up and cracks Maia with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Santos missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Santos looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Santos is trying to work for a kimura but Maia is defending well.
Maia moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Santos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Santos manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Santos postures up.
Maia looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Santos is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Santos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Santos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Maia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Santos trying to control but Maia is working from the bottom.
Santos stopping the sweep attempt from Maia.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Santos connects with a couple of short punches.
Santos working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Maia's head.
Maia working a defensive guard here.
Santos content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Santos scoring with punches to the head and body.
Santos landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Maia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Santos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Santos trying to move into half guard but instead Maia has managed to sweep!
Santos wants to sweep but no luck.
Santos controlling Maia's posture.
Santos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Joey Santos will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Santos tries to clinch up but Maia circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos slow jab from Maia misses its intended target.
Santos throws a right hand that Maia ducks under and follows up with a left that Maia also avoids with ease.
Santos shoots in and bounces Maia off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Maia is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Maia tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Santos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Santos passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Santos tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Santos has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Maia manages to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia is not content to let Santos control the position.
Santos looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Santos not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Santos wants to control but Maia is keeping him busy.
Maia wants to control but Santos is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Santos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Maia knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Santos working Maia over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Santos.
Santos moves nicely into side control.
Santos in side control lands a decent elbow.
Check out the look on Santos's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Santos is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Maia has escaped the position, nice work there.
Maia can't do much from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia gets back to half guard.
Maia on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Maia won't allow Santos to pass to mount.
Santos wants to control but Maia is keeping him busy.
Maia works his way to full guard. Good work.
Santos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Joey Santos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Santos working some strikes from top position.
Santos landing with the ground and pound.
Maia is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santos wants to control from the top but Maia keeps moving.
Oh Maia is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Santos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Maia seems to have got his legs back now.
Maia looking for a sweep. Not yet Maia, not yet.
Maia working for a triangle but Santos defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to control from the top but Maia keeps moving.
Maia working for a triangle but Santos defends it easily.
Santos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Santos wants to control from the top but Maia keeps moving.
Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Maia is retaining full guard.
Santos is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Maia is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Maia has escaped and now he's on top!
Maia stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Santos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Maia trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Santos has his foot on Maia's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Maia works his way back into a safe position though.
Maia pushing down on Santos's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Maia wants to work for an arm triangle but Santos is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Maia prevents Santos from improving his position.
Maia winds up and cracks Santos with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Santos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Santos tries to clinch up.
Maia doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
Maia is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Maia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Santos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Santos gets a takedown into half guard.
Santos landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Santos seems to be working for a kimura but Maia defends the submission attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maia gets back to full guard.
Santos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Santos avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Santos passes Maia's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Maia looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Santos trying to control from half guard but Maia is working away.
Santos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Maia knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Santos is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Maia is looking to control Santos's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Maia avoid being mounted?
Santos is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to control but Maia is keeping him busy.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Santos shoots in and drives through. Maia sprawls well.
Santos swings for the body but Maia moves out of range.
Donk. Santos catches Maia right on the button with a cross.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up with Maia, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes Maia against the cage but Maia circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lyoto Maia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joey Santos.
Santos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Maia dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Santos. That did some damage!
Santos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Maia stuffs the takedown attempt from Santos. Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
Santos lands with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
Santos cracks Maia with an open hand slap.
Maia shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Maia with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Santos tries for a takedown but Maia circles away easily
and Maia counters with a low kick, right behind Santos 's knee.
Santos on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Maia. Maia obviously looking to wear him down.
Lyoto Maia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maia misses the shot to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Santos.
Maia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Maia is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Santos shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Maia's guard.
Santos looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos is posturing up here but Maia has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Santos tries to roll out but it's too tight and Santos has to tap! Slick submission there by Maia!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lyoto Maia!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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