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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Travis Healy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dos Santos has chosen Three Amigos - Mexican Party as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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175 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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170 cm
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172 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Travis Healy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miguel Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dos Santos misses with the combination.
Dos Santos moves into the clinch successfully.
Healy is working for takedown but Dos Santos is calmly controlling the position for now.
Dos Santos lands a nice shot to the body.
Dos Santos gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Dos Santos scoring with some ground and pound.
Dos Santos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Dos Santos content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos stands up over Healy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dos Santos trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dos Santos seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Dos Santos landing with the ground and pound.
Dos Santos is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Dos Santos looking to pass the guard.
Dos Santos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Healy keeping moving, preventing Dos Santos from controlling successfully.
Dos Santos might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Healy kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Dos Santos landing with the ground and pound.
Dos Santos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Dos Santos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Healy can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dos Santos controls the pace.
Dos Santos with a nice head shot there.
Dos Santos scoring with punches to the head and body.
Dos Santos showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Dos Santos with a nice head shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Healy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Healy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dos Santos doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dos Santos manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dos Santos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Healy is breathing heavily.
Dos Santos is stalling in the full guard.
Healy keeping moving, preventing Dos Santos from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos sitting in guard here, content to control.
Despite being in the dominant position, Miguel Dos Santos just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dos Santos closes the distance and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos manages to break the clinch.
Dos Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Healy napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Dos Santos lands a few punches from side control.
Dos Santos landing strikes.
Dos Santos cracks Healy with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Dos Santos is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Healy will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Dos Santos working the ground and pound.
Dos Santos trying to control the position but Healy is working away.
Dos Santos landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Dos Santos landing strikes.
Dos Santos grinds an elbow into Healy's temple.
Healy takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos controlling from side mount.
Dos Santos works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee asks Dos Santos politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Dos Santos prefers to stall for the moment though.
Healy taking a bit of punishment here - Dos Santos scoring with strikes.
Dos Santos is chipping away with strikes.
Healy is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Dos Santos lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Healy is trying to escape the position but Dos Santos is controlling the position.
Dos Santos's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Dos Santos landing a few strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Dos Santos dominated that round.
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 closes the distance and clinches.
Dos Santos has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Healy is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Healy changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Dos Santos fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Miguel Dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dos Santos moves into the clinch successfully.
Dos Santos has hold of one of Healy's legs. Healy is fighting the takedown attempt but Dos Santos gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Dos Santos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dos Santos is stalling in the full guard.
Let's hope that Dos Santos has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Dos Santos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Dos Santos lands a couple of elbows.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dos Santos slips nicely into half guard.
Healy is in trouble now - Dos Santos has advanced to mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Dos Santos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Healy?
Dos Santos dominating with strikes here.
Dos Santos controlling from the full mount.
Dos Santos is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Healy has managed to escape the submission attempt.
A nice elbow there by Dos Santos.
Dos Santos controlling from the full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos lands a big shot there that rocks Healy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Dos Santos controlling from the full mount.
Healy tries to reverse the position but Dos Santos maintains control.
Dos Santos tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Dos Santos breaks from Healy's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dos Santos unloading with bombs!
Dos Santos cracks Healy with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dos Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dos Santos content just to control the position here.
Despite being in the dominant position, Miguel Dos Santos just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dos Santos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Dos Santos gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Dos Santos distracts Healy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Dos Santos controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dos Santos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dos Santos controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Dos Santos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Dos Santos shoots in and bounces Healy off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Despite being in the dominant position, Miguel Dos Santos just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dos Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Dos Santos moves into the clinch.
Dos Santos is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Healy can't fight it off and eventually Dos Santos manages to take the fight to the floor. Healy looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Healy can't keep his opponent in guard - Dos Santos advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Dos Santos takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Miguel Dos Santos has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dos Santos is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Nice strikes from Dos Santos there.
Dos Santos takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Still in half guard, Dos Santos seems content to control.
Despite being in the dominant position, Miguel Dos Santos just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dos Santos has closed the distance and engaged Healy in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos has clasped his hands together around Healy's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Dos Santos working the body and head with strikes.
Dos Santos scores with a couple of short elbows.
Dos Santos working the body and head with strikes.
Dos Santos landing a few strikes.
Healy seems a little lost for a moment, as Dos Santos dominates the positioning.
Dos Santos looks up at the clock and then as Healy takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Dos Santos smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Healy is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dos Santos connects with a decent elbow.
Dos Santos scores with punches from side control.
Dos Santos taking a breather here.
Dos Santos is putting a hurting on Healy here, landing some big shots from side control.
Miguel Dos Santos is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos controls the position.
Dos Santos scores with a couple of short elbows.
Healy takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Dos Santos is staying tight to Healy's torso, preventing him from escaping.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Despite being in the dominant position, Miguel Dos Santos just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dos Santos rushes Healy and presses him up against the cage.
Healy jumps guard but Dos Santos stands there with Healy around his waist. Healy gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Dos Santos turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Dos Santos lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Healy down.
Dos Santos works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Dos Santos controlling from side mount.
Dos Santos working the head with strikes.
Dos Santos scoring with punches from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dos Santos decides to stand up, so the ref orders Healy to his feet.
Dos Santos moves into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Miguel Dos Santos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dos Santos has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 24:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 24:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miguel Dos Santos!
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energy
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RATING
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