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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George Pulver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Balthazar Santee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Balthazar Santee will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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183 lbs
2 - 0 - 1 |
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190 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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
2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, George Pulver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Balthazar Santee!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Donk. Santee catches Pulver right on the button with a cross.
Pulver looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Santee throws a series of punches but Pulver moves out of range.
Pulver with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Santee to score with a decent uppercut.
It looks like George Pulver has been cut.
Santee throws a series of punches but Pulver moves out of range.
Santee feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pulver's calf.
Balthazar Santee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santee throws a lazy right hand but Pulver sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pulver walks forward, straight into a front kick from Santee.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pulver has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pulver there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pulver takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Santee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Santee throws a nice looking combination but Pulver bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Good exchange - Santee coming out on top.
Santee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Santee is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Santee lands a jab.
Pulver takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Pulver takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Santee swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pulver.
Santee throws a right and a left that Pulver avoids nicely.
A left lands for Santee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santee throws a series of punches but Pulver avoids them all with ease.
Santee will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Santee with a nice cross.
Santee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pulver.
Pulver takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Pulver takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Pulver takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Santee connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
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!
Santee swinging wilding here.
Santee bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pulver's head.
Santee swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pulver.
George Pulver's cut is getting worse.
Santee throws a series of punches but Pulver moves out of range.
Santee misses with a takedown attempt - Pulver sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Santee fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Pulver on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santee lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pulver on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Santee looks to land a combination but Pulver avoids it well.
Santee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santee tests Pulver's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pulver on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Santee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pulver shoots in for a double leg but Santee sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Santee dips to his left and cracks Pulver with an uppercut!
Balthazar Santee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pulver misses with a kick to the body.
Pulver takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Pulver uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Santee.
Pulver takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulver fails to land the takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pulver looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pulver tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santee lands a head shot.
A right-left combo lands from Santee.
Santee has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Pulver takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Santee lands with a kick to the temple. Pulver shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Santee throws a series of punches but Pulver moves out of range.
Pulver takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Santee connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Santee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pulver.
Pulver defending well as Santee loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Santee swats away the attempt to clinch by Pulver.
Pulver fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Santee sprawls well initially but Pulver persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pulver is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Santee wants to control but Pulver is keeping busy.
Santee wants to get back to full guard.
Pulver seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pulver seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Santee does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Santee wants to improve his position but Pulver is controlling well.
Pulver missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santee on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Pulver slips a jab and a cross from Santee.
A punch combination from Santee misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Balthazar Santee dominated that round.
The cut man is working on George Pulver's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Pulver walks into a stiff left hand from Santee.
Pulver misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pulver ducks right into an uppercut from Santee.
Santee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santee takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Pulver ducks right into an uppercut from Santee.
Santee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Santee lands a jab.
Danga de danga de dang - Santee scores with a four punch combination!
Pulver closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Santee looks to land a combination. Pulver sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Santee cracks Pulver with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Pulver takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Santee lands a really nice looking cross but Pulver seems unphased.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Santee!
Santee tests Pulver's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Santee throws a nice looking combination but Pulver bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Santee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santee has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Santee throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santee throws a sloppy head kick and Pulver moves out of range easily.
Santee misses with the combination.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Pulver.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Santee is not content to let Pulver control the position.
Santee manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santee pushes Pulver off looking to stand but Pulver dives back in and keeps control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Santee trying to control from the bottom.
Santee is looking to escape.
Santee is in trouble now - Pulver has advanced to mount!
Santee slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Pulver winds up and cracks Santee with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Santee is looking to escape.
Santee wants to stand back up but Pulver manages to pass into side control.
Santee wants to control but Pulver postures up.
Pulver lands some shots froms side control.
Pulver is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Santee is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Santee can't do much from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulver scoring with punches and elbows.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Santee scores with a head kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Pulver is defended easily by Santee.
Santee lands a head kick!
Santee swinging wilding here.
Santee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pulver throws out the jab.
Santee moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Santee throws a series of punches but Pulver moves out of range.
Santee fails to land with a series of punches.
Santee swats away the attempt to clinch by Pulver.
Santee will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Balthazar Santee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slapping leg kick lands for Santee.
Pulver clinches up against the cage.
Pulver gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Santee manages to get to full guard.
Pulver chips away with some ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pulver scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Pulver working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Santee looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Balthazar Santee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on George Pulver's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Pulver takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pulver takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A cross from Santee lands.
Pulver shoots in for a takedown but Santee shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Santee scores with a one two! Pulver had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Santee lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Santee.
Santee plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Pulver with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Santee to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by Santee. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Santee.
Santee looks to land a combination. Pulver sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pulver tries to clinch but Santee moves out of range.
Pulver fails in his attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Santee scores with a nice strike.
Pulver fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Santee, pushing him back against the cage.
Pulver tries to throw a body punch but Santee avoids it by throwing Pulver back against the cage.
Pulver wants the takedown. Santee is fighting it off but Pulver persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Santee's guard against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santee is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Santee is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pulver has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Pulver trying to control the position from guard on top but Santee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Santee is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Santee trying to control the position.
Santee wants to get back to his feet but Pulver is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pulver with a nice head shot there.
Pulver is working Santee over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pulver tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
George Pulver is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pulver takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
No joy there for Santee, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Santee misses with a double jab.
Pulver wants to clinch up but Santee keeps it at a distance.
Santee throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Santee scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Santee throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pulver.
Pulver tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Santee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santee misses with a two punch combination.
Santee lands the left hand.
Pulver showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santee.
Santee throws a nice looking combination but Pulver bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A thudding body kick lands there by Santee!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pulver avoids the head kick by Santee.
Pulver throws a series of punches but Santee avoids them all with ease.
Santee scores with a head kick.
Santee fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Santee misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santee throws a series of punches but Pulver moves out of range.
Santee misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Santee throws a right and a left that Pulver avoids nicely.
Pulver looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Santee bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pulver's head.
Santee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pulver looks to land a right hand but Santee moved out of range.
Santee dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pulver. That did some damage!
Santee stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Santee fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Santee explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Crunch! Santee slams his shin into Pulver's torso.
Santee scoring well with a low kick there.
Santee throws a hook to the side of Pulver's head but Pulver sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Santee scores with a leg kick.
Pulver slips a straight right by Santee.
Santee looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Santee moves out of range of the body kick from Pulver.
Pulver is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Santee misses with an uppercut.
Santee tries to bum rush Pulver with a series of wild strikes but Pulver uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santee connects with a looping right hand.
Santee misses with a head kick.
Santee lands with a hook. Pulver tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pulver fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
George Pulver has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheers as Santee lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pulver doesn't seem phased though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Balthazar Santee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Santee winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 26:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 26:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Balthazar Santee!
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energy
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hype
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