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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tha Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Man might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to lukenback texas. Dos Santos has chosen Shogun style as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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189 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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198 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin |
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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
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tha Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vitor Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos throws a series of punches but Man avoids them all with ease.
Man connects with a solid leg kick.
Dos Santos lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Man ducks under a wild hook from Dos Santos.
Dos Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Man.
Dos Santos smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Dos Santos fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Man checks it well.
Dos Santos misses with the combination.
Man on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Dos Santos. Dos Santos obviously looking to wear him down.
Man looks for the body kick but Dos Santos saw that one coming.
A nice leg kick lands there from Man.
Man throws an overhand right that lands on Dos Santos's shoulder, as Dos Santos tries to avoid the shot.
Dos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
A lazy body kick from Dos Santos
and Man counters with an outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dos Santos misses with a body punch
enabling Man to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dos Santos.
Dos Santos takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
It looks like Vitor Dos Santos has been cut.
Dos Santos looks gassed!
Man dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dos Santos. That did some damage!
Man wants to land a leg kick but Dos Santos is out of range.
Dos Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Man works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Dos Santos misses with the body kick
and Man counters with a thumping low kick.
Man connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
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 takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Man thuds his right hand into Dos Santos's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Man pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Man feints and then cracks Dos Santos's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dos Santos down.
Man tries to land a front kick but Dos Santos steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Man rushes Dos Santos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos wants to break the clinch but can't.
Man with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Man with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Man lands a knee to the body.
Dos Santos blocks an elbow strike from Man.
Man connects with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos blocks an elbow strike.
Man using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Man.
Man tries a knee to the head but Dos Santos blocks it.
A knee to the head by Man.
Man misses with a knee strike.
Man misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dos Santos.
Man putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dos Santos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Man putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dos Santos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Man using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Man lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Man crunches a lovely knee into Dos Santos's ribcage.
Man with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Man throws an elbow that misses.
Man scores with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos is looking to control Man's arms but Man gets an underhook and turns him. Now Dos Santos has his back to the cage.
Dos Santos is trying to break free.
Dos Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Man.
Man lands an elbow that stopped Dos Santos in his tracks for a moment.
Man lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Man throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Man.
Man putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dos Santos in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Man lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dos Santos backwards.
Man pushes Dos Santos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Man landing knees to the head.
Man scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Man digs a right hand into Dos Santos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dos Santos's gas tank.
Man tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Man utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Man connects with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos is trying to break free.
Man with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Man misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Man utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Man gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Man.
Dos Santos avoiding damage as Man throws knees to the body.
Dos Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dos Santos working hard to break the clinch.
Man creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Man misses with an elbow strike.
Man throws an elbow that misses.
Man working aggressively here.
Dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Man creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dos Santos's defenses.
Knees to the body from Man.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Man lands a hook that snaps the head of Dos Santos backwards.
Man misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Man.
Man with a knee to the head.
Man pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tha Man dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vitor Dos Santos's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Dos Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Man lands a head kick. Dos Santos smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tha Man is winning the standup battle so far.
Man tries to clinch but Dos Santos is having none of it.
Man throws a nice outside leg kick.
Man tries to clinch there but Dos Santos circles away.
Dos Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Man keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Man throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Dos Santos is breathing heavily.
Man throws a head kick but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Man throws a sloppy head kick and Dos Santos moves out of range easily.
Dos Santos throws a body kick the misses
and Man counters with a head kick.
Man misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Man thumps Dos Santos with a low kick.
Dos Santos just misses with a punch to the body.
Dos Santos misses the shot to the body.
Dos Santos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Man manages to avoid it.
Man forces Dos Santos back against the cage and clinches.
Dos Santos wants to break free but Man has control.
Dos Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Man missing with knees to the body.
Man with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Man with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Man throws an elbow but it misses.
Dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Man connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dos Santos's face.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Man just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dos Santos's brow.
Man tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Man throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Man with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dos Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Man lands a good knee to the midsection. Dos Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Man fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Man using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Man connects with a knee to the head.
Man lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dos Santos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Dos Santos is trying to break the clinch but Man is controlling him.
Man tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Man throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dos Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Man tries to clinch there but Dos Santos circles away.
Dos Santos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Man moves into the clinch.
Dos Santos tries to circle away but Man has him pinned against the cage.
Man working Dos Santos over with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Man.
Man throws a knee to the head but misses.
Man lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dos Santos takes an elbow to the forehead.
Man comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Man scores with a knee to the head.
Man lands with a light punch inside.
Man comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Man tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dos Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dos Santos is trying to force a seperation but Man has the dominant position.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Man obliges.
Man lands an elbow inside.
Man throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Man tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dos Santos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Man missing with knees to the body.
Man is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dos Santos can do to turn this around?
Man utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dos Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dos Santos is defending well for now.
Man landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Man as Dos Santos tries to tie him up.
Man tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dos Santos avoids it.
Man lands a good knee to the midsection. Dos Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Dos Santos is trying to break the clinch but Man has him pressed against the cage.
Man creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dos Santos's defenses.
Man lands a knee to the head.
Man missing with knees to the body.
Man tries to land knees in the clinch but Dos Santos avoids the damage to the body.
Tha Man has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Man throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Santos tries to land knees in the clinch but Man avoids the damage to the body.
Man lands a good knee to the midsection. Dos Santos won't want to take too many of those.
Man tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dos Santos pushes Man back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Man with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dos Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Man shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tha Man dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vitor Dos Santos's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Man misses with a leg kick
and Dos Santos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dos Santos misses the shot to the body.
Dos Santos throws a nice head kick!
Dos Santos looks to score with a jab to the body but Man is just out of range.
Man throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dos Santos counters with a two punch combo.
Dos Santos lands a nice hook to Man's body. Man takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Man throws the kick towards the body but Dos Santos avoids it.
Man tries to clinch there but Dos Santos circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dos Santos takes a swing at Man's ribcage but misses.
Dos Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Man dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dos Santos. That did some damage!
Man scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Man fails with an attempt to clinch.
A head kick from Man lands but Dos Santos takes it in his stride.
Man gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Man lands an elbow inside that Dos Santos shrugs off.
Dos Santos managing to block the knees to the body from Man.
Dos Santos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Dos Santos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dos Santos is trying to maintain a safe position but Man gets an underhook and turns Dos Santos into the cage.
Dos Santos working hard to break the clinch.
Man throws a knee to the head but misses.
Man with a knee to the head.
Man throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Dos Santos tries to break free but Man pushes him back against the cage.
Dos Santos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Man avoids it.
Man lands an elbow inside.
Man looking to throw knees to the head but Dos Santos is blocking nicely.
Dos Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man throws an elbow that misses.
Dos Santos tries to circle away but Man has him pinned against the cage.
Man connects with a knee to the head.
Dos Santos avoiding damage as Man throws knees to the body.
Man lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dos Santos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dos Santos avoiding damage as Man throws knees to the body.
Man missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Man throws an elbow but misses.
Dos Santos avoids the elbow strike from Man, against the cage.
Man lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Man throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dos Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Nice elbow from Man.
Dos Santos on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dos Santos has had enough of the clinch but Man keeps him there for the moment.
With the fighters up against the cage, Man throws an elbow but misses.
Man can't find room to land a body shot as Dos Santos controls the action.
Man using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dos Santos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dos Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Man lands a good knee to the midsection. Dos Santos won't want to take too many of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dos Santos is trying to break the clinch but Man is controlling him.
Dos Santos is trying to break the clinch but Man is controlling him.
Man trying to land knees to the body.
Dos Santos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Man misses with an elbow strike.
Man with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dos Santos tries to break free but Man pushes him back against the cage.
Dos Santos working hard to break the clinch.
Vitor Dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dos Santos struggles to land a body shot inside as Man controls his hands.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Man.
A short right from Man on the inside.
Dos Santos wants to break free but Man has control.
Man misses with a knee strike.
Man blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dos Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Man tries to clinch but Dos Santos is having none of it.
Man throws a head kick that misses.
Man gets a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dos Santos looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Dos Santos tries to break free but Man pushes him back against the cage.
Man lands with a light punch inside.
Dos Santos takes a knee to the side of the body.
Man looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dos Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Man tries to clinch up.
Man looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Man with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dos Santos has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Man.
Man throws a head kick that Dos Santos semi-blocks.
Dos Santos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dos Santos takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Man bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tha Man showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Man has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tha Man!
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hype
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