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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jarkko Rautavaara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eduardo Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rautavaara's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Kiss - I Love It Loud. Santos has chosen The Smashing Pumpkins - Tarantula as his entrance music. 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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169 cm
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155 lbs
7 - 7 - 0 |
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211 cm
24
155 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced |
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ADCC Champion
Counter striker
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jarkko Rautavaara! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eduardo Santos ! The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Rautavaara misses with a head kick.
Santos shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away. Santos looking for a guillotine from mount but Rautavaara is having none of it. Santos goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Rautavaara turns into him and now he's in Santos 's guard.
Rautavaara has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player. Santos has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Rautavaara is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Santos . Santos tries to bench press Rautavaara off him but Rautavaara keeps the position. Rautavaara misses with the ground and pound. Santos looks to move to half guard but instead Rautavaara has passed into mount! Damn!
That's one minute gone in the round. Rautavaara unloading with bombs! Rautavaara looking to control but Santos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Santos is looking to improve his position but Rautavaara isn't that keen on the idea. Rautavaara tries to control but Santos wriggling away. Santos is working to get back to half guard.
Santos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Santos is squirming around, avoiding Rautavaara's attempts to control the action. Rautavaara lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Santos is desperately trying to improve his position but Rautavaara has a good base and remains in mount.
That's two 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. Rautavaara controlling the position easily from mount. Santos is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rautavaara with good strikes from the mount here! Santos tries to reverse the position but Rautavaara maintains control. Santos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Rautavaara trying to control but he's not successful this time. Santos sneaks a leg under to get to half guard. Santos looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Santos moves into full guard.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Rautavaara from controlling successfully. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Santos has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Rautavaara should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Santos has tightened it up now! Rautavaara should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Eduardo Santos !
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
39% |
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