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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Genesuis Silverkush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos comes to the cage accompanied by ASAP. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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200 lbs
3 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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 Montreal, Richard Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Genesuis Silverkush!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silverkush tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silverkush tries to clinch up but Santos circles away and keeps his distance.
Santos looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Silverkush!
Santos cracks Silverkush with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Santos is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silverkush can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Santos is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Silverkush can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Silverkush wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Santos is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Santos throws a head kick but Silverkush moves out of range.
Santos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Silverkush.
Silverkush swats away the attempt to clinch by Santos.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Silverkush swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silverkush fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Santos.
Santos slips a jab and a cross from Silverkush.
A combination from Silverkush does no damage.
Santos shoots in for a double leg but Silverkush sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richard Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silverkush throws a head kick that half lands.
Silverkush takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Santos shoots for a double leg takedown but Silverkush sprawls well. He's pushed Santos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Silverkush fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Santos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Santos with that takedown attempt.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Santos not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Silverkush is trying to stand.
Santos thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Santos content to control rather than advance.
Silverkush really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Santos. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Santos scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Silverkush is defending against the submission attempts here by Santos.
Santos wants to work for an arm triangle but Silverkush is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Silverkush kicks Santos off and gets back to his feet.
Silverkush misses with a two punch combination.
Santos shoots in but no luck this time.
Santos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silverkush looks to land a combination. Santos sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Silverkush moves into the clinch successfully.
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silverkush swats away the attempt to clinch by Santos.
Santos shoots in and bounces Silverkush off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Santos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Silverkush has momentary wrist control but Santos slips an elbow through the middle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silverkush is looking to stand up but Santos isn't so interested in that idea.
Santos keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silverkush's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Silverkush keeping moving, preventing Santos from controlling successfully.
Santos controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Santos dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Santos shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Silverkush is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Santos scores with a couple of nice shots.
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.
Silverkush on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos stops Silverkush from getting back to his feet.
Santos lands strikes from half guard.
Santos is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Santos wants to work for an arm triangle but Silverkush is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Santos working the head and body with strikes.
Santos is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Santos lands with a punch from half guard.
Silverkush is staying active underneath Santos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silverkush with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Santos is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Santos lands strikes from half guard.
Silverkush taking some punishment here, with Santos in his half guard.
Santos working over Silverkush with some ground and pound. Silverkush looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Santos is looking to take a break and control but Silverkush is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Santos decides to stand and escape the position.
Santos tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos misses with a few strikes there.
A jab from Santos misses.
Silverkush's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Silverkush duly obliges.
No joy there for Silverkush, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A swing and a miss from Santos.
Santos scores a takedown into full mount!
Santos controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Santos cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Santos landing shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Santos connects with a massive shot to the dome!
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.
Silverkush takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Santos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Santos takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Richard Santos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Santos landing strikes from the mount and Silverkush is in trouble!
Santos trying to control but Silverkush is having none of it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Santos cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Santos looking to finish Silverkush with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silverkush!
Santos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Santos dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Santos shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Silverkush moves out of range as Santos strikes.
Silverkush is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santos throws an overhand right that lands on Silverkush's shoulder, as Silverkush tries to avoid the shot.
Silverkush tries a head kick but it misses.
Silverkush slaps away a takedown attempt from Santos, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Silverkush throws a combination that misses
and Santos counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Santos works over Silverkush with some ground and pound from guard.
Santos postures up and lands a big shot to Silverkush's brow.
Santos chips away with some ground and pound.
Santos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Santos wants to control from the top but Silverkush keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Santos jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Santos content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Santos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Santos thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Santos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Santos looking to sit in guard and control but Silverkush gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Santos throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
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.
Silverkush prevents Santos from getting back to his feet.
Santos working a defensive guard here.
Santos looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Santos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Silverkush manages to get himself to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos gets to his feet - Silverkush follows without any prompting.
Silverkush looks to land a combination. Santos sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Genesuis Silverkush seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silverkush misses with a few strikes there.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos closes the distance and clinches up with Silverkush, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes Silverkush against the cage but Silverkush circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Richard Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No joy there for Silverkush, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Santos shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Silverkush napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Santos is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Silverkush is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Santos lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Santos wants to control but Silverkush is keeping him busy.
Silverkush takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Silverkush takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Santos landing a few strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries for a kimura but Silverkush is defending well.
Silverkush tries to escape but Santos is in control.
Genesuis Silverkush has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Santos is putting a hurting on Silverkush here, landing some big shots from side control.
Silverkush manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Santos tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Santos trying to control but Silverkush postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Richard Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silverkush throwing shots but Santos is blocking nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Richard Santos showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Santos, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:26
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Santos!
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hype
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