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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Igor Santana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenpachi Zaraki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Igor Santana has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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210 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Counter striker
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Igor Santana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kenpachi Zaraki!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaraki dodges the punch combination from Santana.
Santana fails to land with a series of punches.
Santana misses with a series of wild punches.
Santana throws a series of punches but Zaraki moves out of range.
Zaraki closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Santana did well to prevent Zaraki getting side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zaraki scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Santana pushes Zaraki off looking to stand but Zaraki dives back in and keeps control.
Zaraki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Zaraki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Santana is trying to stand back up but Zaraki is controlling him
Zaraki trying to control the pace.
Nice strikes from Zaraki there.
Zaraki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaraki is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Santana is trying to stand.
Santana might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Santana taking some punishment here, with Zaraki in his half guard.
Santana wants to get back to his feet.
Zaraki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zaraki is controlling the pace.
Zaraki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Zaraki drops an elbow to the side of Santana's head.
Zaraki lands strikes from half guard.
Zaraki scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaraki stalling.
Zaraki is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Santana pushes Zaraki off looking to stand but Zaraki dives back in and keeps control.
Zaraki landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Zaraki stops Santana from getting back to his feet.
Zaraki trying to pass the guard but Santana defending well.
Zaraki content to control rather than advance.
Zaraki is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Santana doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Zaraki.
Zaraki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santana looks like he's trying to stand up.
Zaraki slows the pace down in half guard.
Santana is trying to stand back up but Zaraki is controlling him
Zaraki frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Zaraki wants to control the pace but Santana is squirming around nicely.
Zaraki looking to finish Santana with some ground and pound. This is bad for Santana!
Zaraki takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Santana squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Zaraki controlling his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaraki in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Santana is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Santana is breathing heavily.
Santana taking shots to the head.
Zaraki is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Santana can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Zaraki trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Zaraki with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zaraki scoring with strikes but Santana is staying in there.
Santana is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Santana is bucking up trying to escape but Zaraki cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Santana tries to buck Zaraki off but he can't manage it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenpachi Zaraki dominated that round.
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.
Zaraki shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Santana is trying to stand up.
Santana in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Zaraki can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Santana is looking to escape.
A nice elbow there by Zaraki.
Santana really wants to buck Zaraki off and get back to his feet.
Zaraki working from mount. He moves in close and looks like he might be going for an arm triangle... He's hopped off to the side and he's transitioned into an Anaconda choke. Santana turning a nasty shade of purple. He's refusing to tap but he's gone! He's out! The ref rips Zaraki off and cradles Santana's limp body as Zaraki celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Anaconda Choke). Kenpachi Zaraki!
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hype
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